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Solvency II, Brexit and OECD BEPS are some of the influential forces reshaping the captives domicile landscape in Europe, and many captive owners are looking at the growing attractiveness of onshore vs offshore, explains Ciaran Healy of Willis Towers Watson. 17 September 2018
Accounting & tax analysis
Fresh from its victory in the Avrahami and Reserve Mechanical cases, the IRS has set its sights on three more small captives. If it keeps winning, could that spell doom and gloom for the small captives sector, or the wider captive insurance industry? Captive International investigates. 17 September 2018
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Nexus Group, a specialty managing general agent (MGA), has acquired Huntington Underwriting (HUL), a structured solutions underwriting manager operating out of Labuan International Business and Financial Centre, Malaysia. 17 September 2018
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UK financial services company Legal & General has completed a £4.4 billion buy-in for British Airways' pension scheme, Airway Pension Scheme, marking the largest to date bulk annuity policy arranged with a UK pension scheme, which also included the conversion of existing longevity insurance into a bulk annuity. 17 September 2018
Accounting & tax analysis
Moody’s Corporation, the holding company for rating agency Moody’s Investors Service, is facing allegations from a former employee who has claimed that Moody’s and its advisors defrauded New York State of potentially millions of dollars of tax revenues, with it’s captive Moody’s Assurance Company (MAC) accused of underpaying the state. 17 September 2018
Accounting & tax analysis
Aon Risk Solutions has launched a capital advisory unit designed to assist re/insurers, Lloyd's syndicates and captive insurance companies with their capital optimisation. 17 September 2018
Analysis
Willis Towers Watson has appointed Denys Kazama as senior account executive of its Global Captive Practice, with responsibility over clients with captives domiciled in Hawaii. 14 September 2018
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River Oak Risk, a captive management firm headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, has appointed Jay Florence as vice president. 10 September 2018
Analysis
R&Q Investment Holdings is a forming a new division, Accredited, which comprises its US and European programme management businesses. 10 September 2018
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Vermont’s recently introduced captive structures, affiliated reinsurance companies (ARCs), will likely enhance the domicile’s standing in the captive industry, according to an AM Best briefing. 8 September 2018
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