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Vermont's plan to experiment with distributed ledger technology in the regulation of its captives industry should be great news for captives – as well as tax collectors, James Swanke, director of risk consulting at Willis Towers Watson, told an audience at the VCIA conference. 9 August 2019
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“Risk retention groups (RRGs) have had enough” of inconsistent treatment from states where they are not domiciled, according to Sandra Bigglestone, director of captive insurance at the State of Vermont department for financial regulation. 9 August 2019
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No company is too small to worry about cyber risk. That was the message from Timothy Padovese, CEO of the Ophthalmic Mutual Insurance Company (OMIC), an RRG formed in 1987, speaking at the VCIA conference. 9 August 2019
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Attendees at the VCIA conference expressed confidence in their innovative prowess, with 31 percent of those asked how successful their captives have been innovating saying they had achieved measurable success. 9 August 2019
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Captives that generate profits during the oncoming hard market might tempt commercial insurance carriers back into the market, suggested Sandra Bigglestone, director of captive insurance at the State of Vermont department for financial regulation. 9 August 2019
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Captive insurance companies have played an integral role in bringing ERM to the middle market, and enterprise risk captives have been hotbeds of innovation, finding new ways to price unusual risks, says Andrew Rennick of Womble Bond Dickinson. 9 August 2019
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The crumbling concrete foundations crisis affecting Connecticut homeowners is in the process of being resolved with the help of a captive set up by the state. US Captive explores the viability of states forming captives to help respond to crises. 9 August 2019
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Employment practice liability may provide clues for how cyber insurance will evolve in coming years, Edward Koral, a specialist leader at Deloitte Consulting, told an audience at the VCIA conference. 8 August 2019
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Panelists at the VCIA conference disagreed on the question of whether a captive should be regarded as cost centres or profit centres within their organisations. 8 August 2019
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Having a captive can change the mindset and corporate culture of its parent company, according to John Alberici, chairman of Alberici Corporation and president of Contractors Casualty Company, its Vermont-based captive. 8 August 2019
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