October 11, 2024
Whitehaven Coal Ltd., one of Australia’s largest coal producers, shelved a planned special purpose vehicle originally intended to provide in-house insurance after finding external insurers willing to take on the risk. The development follows Sydney-based Whitehaven’s $3.2 billion purchase of …
June 27, 2023
Connecticut is updating its captive insurance law to provide more flexibility for established captive cells and allow captives to accept and transfer risk using parametrics. The legislation also provides tax benefits for owners of dormant captives. Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont …
February 8, 2022
Insurance Commissioner Andrew N. Mais touted a year of growth in captive insurers domiciled in Connecticut. In 2021, Connecticut approved 13 captive insurers. The licenses granted by the state were for both new captive formations and the re-domestication of some …
December 23, 2020
International Re (I–RE), the specialist captive insurance and reinsurance managing general underwriter (MGU), is announcing a new strategic capacity partnership with Cimarron Insurance, a niche specialist admitted insurer. The partnership will underwrite a range of admitted property and casualty lines …
October 26, 2020
Fed up with rising prices and more stringent terms and conditions for their insurance policies as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, companies are turning to in-house insurance firms. These so-called “captive” insurers are already common among large firms, with …
September 24, 2020
More organizations are using captives for insurance protection and financial flexibility in response to today’s risk and insurance landscape. In its 2020 captive report, insurance broker Marsh says that that tightening global insurance market conditions throughout 2019 led to higher …
October 30, 2019
Run-off specialist RiverStone Group, the London-based subsidiary of Fairfax Financial Holdings, announced the acquisition of two Cayman-based captives: GMPCI Insurance Co. Ltd. (GMPCI) and Seaside Indemnity Alliance Company Ltd. Seaside was formed in 2013 for the purpose of assuming hospital …
May 30, 2019
The number of captive insurance companies writing third-party business is growing at double-digit pace as the digital era expands the ways that organizations can provide and service insurance, according to global insurance broker Marsh. Technology advances, including mobile applications and …
June 18, 2015
ACE Group has created a dedicated and centralized unit in Asia Pacific in response to increasing demand from corporate customers to deliver tailor-made risk transfer and risk managed solutions. Based in Singapore, this unit will provide customized products and services …
June 20, 2014
The Federal Home Loan Banks jointly agreed to a three-month moratorium on admitting captive insurers, which are being used by mortgage investors to access the government-chartered system, according to three people with knowledge of the step. The 12 FHLBs offered …