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Law & regulation
There have been a number of high profile fights between states and captives in recent years, including Johnson & Johnson v New Jersey, Stewart’s Shops v New York and Microsoft v Washington. If these cases haven’t grabbed your attention you need to wake up, says Gary Osborne, vice president at Risk Partners. 3 September 2019
Analysis
Capsicum Re and Swiss Re have teamed up to launch Decrypt, a new holistic cyber reinsurance platform. It provides a single end-to-end solution to insurers’ cyber exposure challenges, including embedded, silent, and affirmative cyber risks. 2 September 2019
Law & regulation
RRGs are regulated by the state in which they domicile, and are free to do business in other states, but many non-domiciliary states are operating well outside the scope of the law, says Jon Harkavy of Risk Services. 2 September 2019
Law & regulation
The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has declined to review the case of CIC Services versus the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), which was found in favour of the IRS in 2017. 30 August 2019
Law & regulation
Economic substance regulation enacted to appease the EU is undermining the business case for offshore captives, according to Mark Chudleigh, a partner at Kennedys in Bermuda. 29 August 2019
article
Many regulators are still deeply sceptical about the growth of cryptocurrencies, and the impact they might have on markets, but they are potentially transformative in the insurance industry. They could spawn a whole new generation of investable insurance products, says Matthew Queen of Venture Captive. 29 August 2019
Analysis
Independent brokerage Holmes Murphy has named Nate Hughes as account executive in the Minneapolis property casualty team. 28 August 2019
article
A captive can bring a number of efficiencies to a global benefits programme in addition to the traditional advantages of reduction in external costs and retention of underwriting profits, as Alexandra Gedge at Marsh explains. 28 August 2019
Law & regulation
Captives are still domiciled in physical jurisdictions and regulated by real people, but for how much longer? In the future, regulation could be provided by sophisticated and fully autonomous websites, reducing costs and increasing efficiency, says Matthew Queen of Venture Captive Management. 27 August 2019
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Cell captives could help alleviate the structural constraints faced by many insurance markets in sub-Saharan Africa, according to the South Africa-based Centre for Financial Regulation and Inclusion (Cenfri). 27 August 2019
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