Richard welcomes Anne Marie Towle, CEO of Global Risk & Captive Solutions at Hylant, and Tony Schmidt, President of Pacific Risk Solutions, LLC in Hawaii to discuss the strategic partnership between the two firms and captive developments in Japan.

Strategic Risk Solutions Luxembourg has appointed Alain Sougnez as client services leader.

Underwriter I-RE has increased its commercial property insurance limit to $15m from $5m on its RE-PAID product, while also facilitating additional capacity to reach the ultimate limit required. I-RE, which is based out of London, Bermuda and Miami, works with...

The utilisation of captives is increasing both in numbers and premium volume with new and emerging risks being one of the main drivers behind growth, Adriana Scherzinger, group head of captives at Zurich, has told Captive Intelligence.

Warranty Solutions Group (WSG) has formed a new Guernsey-domiciled insurer, WSG Guardian Insurance Ltd.

AM Best has affirmed the financial strength rating of ‘B++’ (Good) and the long-term issuer credit rating of “bbb” (Good) of Switzerland-domiciled Kot Insurance Company AG. The outlook for the ratings is stable.

Interest around parametric insurance is growing, but the actual quote-to-bind ratio for these policies is still relatively low, Chris Sutton, partner in speciality broking at McGill & Partner, told Captive Intelligence.

AM Best has affirmed the financial strength rating of ‘A’ (excellent) and the long-term issuer credit rating of “a” (excellent) of Ireland-domiciled Eni Insurance Designated Activity Company (EID).