Will Regulatory Reform Trigger Doomsday for Captives? October 25, 2012 By Sidney Williams If you’re startled by this headline, you’re not alone. Until recently, the words “reform” and “captive” were rarely used in...
Cypress Benefit Administrators Adds Captive Health Insurance for Employers October 24, 2012 Cypress Benefit Administrators, a national third party administrator (TPA) based in Appleton, Wisc., and with locations in Portland, Ore., Omaha,...
Aon Outlines Risk Management Approach for Emerging Economies September 19, 2012 A bulletin from Aon Global Risk Consulting, the risk management arm of Aon plc, using responses from 100 senior risk...
Captives Feeling the Squeeze As Global Pressures Intrude: A.M. Best August 6, 2012 Captive insurance firms in the United States are feeling the squeeze of an ongoing soft insurance market, low investment yields...
Global Mobile Operators May Provide New Distribution Channels: Finaccord July 12, 2012 New research from Finaccord, the London-based market research consultancy specializing in financial services, concludes that “mobile operators worldwide are actively...
Guernsey Licenses 63 New Insurance Entities in First Five Months of 2012 July 3, 2012 Figures released by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission (GFSC) show that there were 739 international insurance entities licensed by the...
Ratings Recap: Transportation P&C, Ancon, Heddington June 22, 2012 A.M. Best Co. has revised the outlook to positive from stable and affirmed the financial strength rating of ‘A-‘ (Excellent)...
Borch Joins Beecher Carlson Captive Unit in Vermont June 12, 2012 Atlanta-based insurance brokerage and risk management firm Beecher Carlson has named John Borch as an accounting manager in its National...
Willis Exec Touts Captives As Key Tool in World of Changing Risks February 1, 2012 In an environment of rapidly evolving risks, purely anticipating risk is not enough. Organizations also need to focus on building...
Google Captive in Hawaii on Track January 18, 2012 By Don Jergler Web search giant Google Inc. has been granted tentative approval from the Department of Labor to form a captive insurance...