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Ratings agency AM Best has affirmed the financial strength rating of A (Excellent) of Delvag Versicherungs-AG, the captive insurer of Deutsche Lufthansa Aktiengesellschaft (Lufthansa), a German airline. 15 August 2017
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With around 35 to 40 states having now passed some form of captive legislation, more captives are redomiciling to their home state, according to Bill Mourelatos, director of Aon Insurance Managers (Vermont). 11 August 2017
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There is an inherent federal conflict that creates licensing problems for businesses in the recreational and medicinal cannabis industries looking to form a captive. 11 August 2017
Accounting & tax analysis
The scrutiny that some types of captives – in particular 831(b)s – face from the IRS is unlikely to go away, and advisors must get smarter about how they educate clients, according to Anne Marie Towle, captive consulting practice leader at JLT Insurance Management, speaking at the Vermont Captive Insurance Association’s (VCIA) annual conference in Burlington, Vermont. 11 August 2017
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The Gibraltar government has indicated that it will allow Gibraltar licenced Protected Cell Companies (PCCs) third party business in a move intended to open up new opportunities for Gibraltar’s insurance sector. 10 August 2017
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Since the introduction of the first captive bill in 1981, captive insurance has played an important role in supporting economic growth in the state of Vermont. 10 August 2017
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Companies looking to better utilise their captive to take on more risks such as cyber, need to adopt a risk-based approach and define an optimal risk financing strategy, according to Adam Peckman, global practice leader at Aon Risk Solutions, speaking at a cyber security panel at the Vermont captive Insurance Association (VCIA) annual conference in Burlington, Vermont. 10 August 2017
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Agency captives can offer agents and brokers the opportunity to earn underwriting profits previously retained by the insurance carrier, and align the interests of the agent and carrier regarding risk selection, pricing and loss control. 10 August 2017
Bermuda analysis
Willis Towers Watson has boosted its captives practice on Bermuda by hiring the former was co-chief executive officer of Tokio Solution Management. 9 August 2017
Actuarial & underwriting
There are a number of actions captive owners can take to expand and add more risk to their captives in order to make it a bigger and better tool – and there are every more sophisticated methods of figuring out the costs of any particular risk the owner is worried about. 9 August 2017
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