Thought leadership

Medical inflation is one of the biggest topics in the global employee benefits industry and thousands of insurance professionals around the world spend their time studying it to ensure they’re effectively pricing their medical benefits.

Nicole Henderson and Mikhail Raybshteyn of Ernst & Young LLP explore how transfer pricing can affect captive insurance arrangements, including a captive’s insurance premium tax and insured’s self-procurement tax obligations.

The past year recorded increased levels of captive activity, and the trends suggest 2023 will be another banner year for this versatile, effective risk management strategy.

Guernsey’s success was soon emulated around the world with numerous variations of the cellular vehicle springing up, first in other international insurance domiciles, and latterly onshore notably in the US and UK.

There is more to ESG than ‘environment’ and an ESG investment strategy might just be the smartest way to operate a captive

Captives owned by multinational organisations have had to keep a close eye on the OECD’s BEPS project, and further developments are expected this summer that will require close inspection once more.

Mark Geoghegan reflects on the collapse and subsequent fallout from Aon’s failed acquisition of Willis Towers Watson

This year we found out exactly what the market’s true appetites were. I am happy to report that a thorough inspection of the global (re)insurance street’s refuse shows that these appetites are healthy.