News
Sonepar captive second to sign up to UN’s principles for sustainable insurance
Switzerland-domiciled Sonepar International Re is the second captive to become a signatory of the United Nations’ Principles for Sustainable Insurance (PSI). The UNI PSI serves as a global framework for the insurance industry to address environmental, social and governance risks and opportunities.
News
DoL process improving for ERISA benefits captive exemption
Momentum appears to have returned to the application process for companies wanting to use their captive to reinsure employee benefits under the United States’ Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).
Careers
HDI appoints Jason Tyng as its first US captive leader
Jason Tyng is HDI's first US captive lead, joining from Amazon and bringing 15 years of sales and leadership experience in commercial insurance.
News
Sixty-two new captives for North Carolina in 2022
The North Carolina Department of Insurance (NCDOI) licensed 62 new captives in 2022, while more than 100 cells and series were also approved. The licences were a combination of new formations and the transfer of existing captive insurers to North Carolina from other captive domiciles.
News
Alabama’s Arsenal Insurance Management petitions for bankruptcy
The captive manager was particularly focused on forming and managing smaller captives making the 831(b) tax election, a section of the market that has come under increasing scrutiny from the Internal Revenue Service over the past 10 years.
Careers
Charbonnier adds APAC and facultative underwriting in new role
Marine Charbonnier has taken on a new role as head of captives and facultative underwriting for APAC & Europe at AXA XL.
Charbonnier, a respected captive practitioner in Continental Europe, was previously global programmes & captives regional director for Europe...
News
NED programme to provide “fresh blood” to Guernsey boards
The Non-Executive Director (NED) Development Programme in Guernsey will help to offer “fresh blood” to the jurisdiction’s director community, including for captive boards, according to Nick Wild, founding member and honorary secretary of Sagacious Group.
“We always need to have...
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Doctor “didn’t have a choice” but to explore captives in order to manage risk
Dr Ira Richterman, CEO of Ohio-based OMNI Orthopaedics president of Cayman-domiciled medical malpractice captive StarKap, has told Captive Intelligence that he and the other physicians within the captive had limited choice but to turn to captives in order to continue working as physicians.
Podcasts
GCP Short: Unexpected challenges on global programmes
This GCP Short, produced in partnership with TMF Group, is all about where unexpected challenges may occur when running a global programme and some of the solutions.
Podcasts
GCP Exclusive: The merger of RISCS and Cutts-Watson Consulting
In this GCP Exclusive, Richard is joined by Oliver Schofield, Managing Partner at RISCS, and Malcolm Cutts-Watson, Founder and Executive Chairman at Cutts-Watson Consulting, as they break the news on the merger of the two independent consulting firms into RISCS CWC.
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GCP Short: Unexpected challenges on global programmes
This GCP Short, produced in partnership with TMF Group, is all about where unexpected challenges may occur when running a global programme and some of the solutions.
GCP Exclusive: The merger of RISCS and Cutts-Watson Consulting
In this GCP Exclusive, Richard is joined by Oliver Schofield, Managing Partner at RISCS, and Malcolm Cutts-Watson, Founder and Executive Chairman at Cutts-Watson Consulting, as they break the news on the merger of the two independent consulting firms into RISCS CWC.
GCP Short: Underwriting medical in your international EB programme
This GCP Short, featuring Nicola Fordham of MAXIS and Nekisha Tyrrell of HSBC, is all about reinsuring medical programmes with a captive.