News
Analysis
Risk Strategies, the privately held national insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has named Brad Gabbard as senior vice president in its national healthcare practice. 20 September 2019
Analysis
The European cyber insurance industry is growing rapidly, according to a report by the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA). 19 September 2019
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Insurers have always tried to ensure that the incentives of their clients align with their own. But captive insurers have fewer concerns around moral hazard than their commercial counterparts, says captive insurance consultant and retired principal of WTW, Hugh Rosenbaum. 19 September 2019
Accounting & tax analysis
The IRS is on a winning streak against 831(b) captive insurance companies, and as such could afford to take a tough line in its settlement offer to some micro captives, says Matthew Queen of Venture Capital Management. 18 September 2019
Analysis
The Internal Revenue Service is making a time-limited settlement offer to a number of captives that it said “participated in abusive micro-captive insurance transactions.” 17 September 2019
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Too often in the past, captive boards have neglected to properly oversee the governance of their investment portfolios. But the governance of the captive board and the governance of the captive investment portfolio must be treated as one and the same thing, says Sara Hakim, senior vice president of Callan. 17 September 2019
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A captive can be a powerful risk management tool, but it can become blunt and ineffective over time if it is not continually assessed and appraised, to ensure it remains efficiently structured and aligned with its owner’s objectives, says Ciarán Healy at Aon. 16 September 2019
Analysis
The Vermont Captive Insurance Association has added two new captive professionals to its board of directors. Both will take up their posts on the VCIA board in October. 16 September 2019
Analysis
ASA Assurance, the captive of Alaska Air Group, has been granted a prehearing conference as it appeals a $100,000 fine imposed by the Washington State Office of the Insurance Commissioner (OIC). 16 September 2019
Analysis
Sompo Global Risk Solutions (GRS) and Willis Towers Watson (WTW) have moved to better serve middle market commercial real estate with the launch of the WTW Retail, Office and Industrial (ROI) platform. 13 September 2019
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