Ken Rosenfield, CPA, and CEO of Rosenfield & Co., is the first member to join Dental Protection Group (DPG)’s board of directors.

Skyward Specialty Insurance Group has appointed Corey LaFlamme as president of captives and specialty programmes, which the firm said will support its continued growth in one of the fastest-expanding segments of the specialty market.

A team of asset management advisors has left UBS to launch 1280 Financial Partners, an independent advisory firm in the United States.

AM Best has affirmed the financial strength rating of ‘A’ (excellent) and the long-term issuer credit rating of “a” (excellent) of Utah-domiciled NiSource Insurance Corporation (NICI). The outlook for the ratings is stable.

The additional $12m funding received from Caffeinated Capital will help Luzern Risk meet market demand and accelerate its investment in technology, according to Gabriel Weiss, CEO & co-founder of the captive manager.

New York governor Kathy Hochul has signed the FY2026 state budget into law, which allows the New York Convention Centre (Javits Centre) to create a pure captive insurer.

Arizona governor Kate Hobbs has signed into law HB 2193 that reduces the minimum unimpaired paid-in capital and surplus that a protected cell must possess and maintain from $500,000 to $250,000.

South Carolina Senate Bill (SB) 210 has passed the State legislature and is now awaiting the signature of Governor Henry McMaster to be signed into law.