Long reads
Captives Coming Home? … What DataHub tells us about UK-owned captives
The UK is already a very mature market when it comes to captive utilisation. The corporate community has not required a ‘home’ domicile to become, by some distance, the second largest captive owning country.
UK has all the tools for captive success, but proportionality “key ingredient”
The United Kingdom has everything in place to provide a captive regime that is prosperous and attractive, but the devil will be in the detail, particularly when it comes to proportionality of future regulation, which will be a “key ingredient” in determining the jurisdiction’s future success.
Captive Spotlight: Volkswagen redomestication to Germany “makes sense”: Tibor Boettcher
Volkswagen decided to redomesticate its Ireland-domiciled captive to Germany because it “makes more sense” to be closer to company’s German headquarters due to the captive soon being required to abide by IFRS 17 reporting standards.
Tariffs produce challenging environment, investment opportunities for the nimble
President Donald Trump’s ongoing tariff saga has led to increasing uncertainty, inflationary pressures, and supply chain issues that are causing a headache for captives and insureds.
Domicile Wars: Hong Kong – a domicile on the rise
After Hong Kong licenced the jurisdiction’s first captive licenced by a multinational enterprise, there is a real sense of momentum building in the domicile and an eagerness for further growth.
Captive Spotlight: WOWS PCC to provide high-value US homes with property cover
The WOWS Insurance Services PCC has been formed to provide full homeowners cover, including wildfire risk for high-value homeowners in California that are struggling to get sufficient coverage following a series of costly events.
Sophisticated ecosystem, regulation keeps Bermuda front of mind
Bermuda currently has 15 different licence classes, which Richmond says do not only distinguish the types of risk being written but also differentiate the investors and stakeholders involved.
Lack of commercial appetite drives pharma, life sciences captive spike
Captives are an attractive proposition for the pharmaceutical, biotech and life science industries, due to a lack of appetite and capacity being offered by the commercial market, particularly for product liability cover.
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