Luke Harrison
Roundstone gives $12.4m to group medical captive participants
Roundstone, a health benefits captive providing self-funded insurance to small and midsized businesses, has provided a $12.4m cash distribution to its medical captive participants.
The company said this shows its commitment to returning...
Domicile Wars: AZ’s pro-active regulator and 0% premium tax appealing to captives
The appeal of a business-friendly regulator and 0% premium tax are some reasons why Arizona continues to be an attractive domestic domicile option within the United States.
Arizona assessing statute updates on dormancy, minimum capitalisation, and fees
Arizona is considering changes to its legislation that would allow captives to register as dormant, in addition to reducing minimum capitalisation requirements for captives that are not single parent.
Fitch affirms ‘BBB’ rating of Vale S.A’s captive
Fitch Ratings has affirmed Monticello Insurance Pte’s insurer financial strength (IFS) rating at 'BBB' with a stable rating outlook.
AM Best affirms rating of Quanta Services captive
AM Best has affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of ‘A-‘ (excellent) and the long-term issuer credit rating of “a-” (excellent) of Texas-domiciled Quanta Insurance Company. The outlook for the ratings is stable.
MGU structure allows for greater risk appetite – Thomas Keist
By operating as a managing general underwriter, SRS Altitude can access a larger pool of capacity and risk appetite compared to competitors that only have access to the appetite of a single carrier, Thomas Keist, chief commercial officer at SRS Altitude, told Captive Intelligence.
Association captive formed to reduce premiums for New York affordable rentals
Leaders in affordable housing operators and government officials in New York have formed the Vermont-domiciled Milford Street Association Captive Insurance Company to help reduce premium spend.
Hope remains for progress on UK captive regime, despite Labour victory
While the Labour election victory on 4 July is expected to delay progress on the proposed United Kingdom captive legislation, local industry has not given hope of pushing the new framework through.
Latest Podcasts
GCP #107: Solvency II reform and Q2 investments update
Richard brings insight from FERMA on the recent Solvency II reforms that should bring some regulatory relief to EU-domiciled captives, and London & Capital provide the Q2 investments update.
GCP Short: Managing EB claims to add value to your captive programme
Richard is joined by ZGEBS' Chris Mason, Aon's Sander Brentjes and Jenny Woods, at Zurich Corporate Risk, to discuss what is involved in EB claims management.
GCP #106: Stephen Cross on captive past, present and future
Richard sits down with Stephen Cross, Group COO & Head of Innovation & Strategy at broker McGill & Partners, to discuss his captive past, present and future.