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Bermuda analysis

R&Q reports strong growth in H1 2020

Randall & Quilter Investment Holdings (R&Q) reported strong growth across both its programme and legacy businesses in the first half of 2020.   15 October 2020

Asset management analysis

Stocks are not all created equal

Investing in an index implies a high degree of diversification, but in fact weighting by market capitalisation means indexes such as the S&P 500 are dominated by their largest stocks, to a quite surprising degree, as Jack Meskunas of Oppenheimer explains.   15 October 2020

Actuarial & underwriting

Katherine Keefe joins Marsh to strengthen US cyber offering

Marsh has appointed Katherine Keefe as US cyber incident management leader.   14 October 2020

Bermuda analysis

Fleming Re to acquire Sinclair in legacy deal

Fleming Re Holdings will acquire Sinclair Insurance Company, a Bermuda-based captive that was incorporated in 1985 and has provided workers’ compensation, general and products liability and commercial auto lines of business.   13 October 2020

EMEA analysis

Exposing supply chain risk and boosting captives: COVID-19’s impact on risk managers

FERMA board member Laurent Nihoul has seen supply chain risk management tested by COVID-19 and as captives become a more attractive option in response to the hardening market, he told Intelligent Insurer, Captive International’s sister publication, why the regulations governing them should be proportional to their size.   13 October 2020

Actuarial & underwriting

BMA registers two new captives in September

The Bermuda Monetary Authority registered two new single parent captives in September.   12 October 2020

Executive Appointments

John Ludlow to step down as Airmic boss in Q1 2021

John Ludlow will step down as chief executive of Airmic, the association that represents UK risk and insurance professionals.   12 October 2020

IT & claims management analysis

How captives enable emerging technologies

Ride-hailing apps changed the taxi industry; streaming services changed the music industry; food-delivery apps changed how we eat. These shifts have had a profound impact on the ways businesses use insurance, which has created opportunities for captives, says Marsh’s Alexandra Gedge.   12 October 2020

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AXA XL names captives directors for the UK, Europe and Asia

AXA XL has appointed Owen Williams as global programmes and captives director for the UK and Lloyd’s market.   9 October 2020

Cayman analysis

EU removes Cayman from its blacklist

The Cayman Islands has been removed from the European Union’s blacklist and is now deemed a cooperative jurisdiction.   7 October 2020

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