GRM Captives
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Marsh appoints Lorraine Stack as risk management leader, Europe
Lorraine Stack has been appointed as risk management leader, Europe. In her new role, she has overall responsibility for Marsh’s…
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Property owners turning to captives despite market slowdown
Despite a slowdown in the pace of property insurance rate increases, buyers continue to use captives to finance their property…
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Strategic Risk Solutions to acquire Robus Group from Ardonagh
Strategic Risk Solutions (SRS) is to acquire independent captive and insurance management firm Robus Group from The Ardonagh Group, subject…
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Captive owners wise to embrace ESG issues
Captive owners that care about ESG issues will be able to create beneficial and long-term relationships with insurers and reinsurance…
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Owners using captive cells to manage difficult markets
Cell captives can provide a quick and effective solution for buyers facing difficulties in placing coverage in the commercial market,…
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Captive formation still surging
Captive market growth continues to surge as businesses of various sizes turn to these risk-financing vehicles to manage their insurance…
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Insurers tap captives to weather reinsurance renewals
Insurers in catastrophe-exposed states can use captives to soften the effect of reinsurance rate hikes and higher attachment points, a…
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Owners leveraging captives to negotiate lower rate hikes
Risk managers can use captives to negotiate down prospective commercial insurance rate hikes, even if they don’t end up using…
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SRS Altitude appoints Tom Keist as chief commercial officer
Strategic Risk Solutions (SRS) has appointed Tom Keist as chief commercial officer of SRS Altitude, effective 1 April. SRS Altitude…
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Atlas Insurance PCC gets UK branch license approval
Atlas Insurance PCC has obtained authorisation for its UK branch license and extended its non-life insurance and reinsurance license to…
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Amrae expects French-based captive boom in 2024
French risk management association Amrae expects the number of captives domiciled in France to grow significantly this year, going from…
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Vermont sees captive growth in 2023, and more in 2024
Vermont licensed a total of 38 new captive insurance companies in 2023, making it now home to 659 licensed captives,…
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Bermuda passes corporate income tax legislation
Bermuda’s corporate income tax legislation has been passed by its Senate without amendment, according to local newspaper the Royal Gazette.…
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Ferma welcomes political agreement on Solvency II
Ferma has applauded the efforts of the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the EU, the European Council and the…
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New dawn for captives in Europe
The captive market has been booming for a while as the hard market has taken effect. In part, companies were…
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Application for Singapore captive association filed with supervisor
An application has been filed with the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to create a new captive owners’ association to…
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Brazilian buyers investigate captive solutions
Corporate buyers in Brazil have shown a growing interest in captive solutions as they try to mitigate the impact of…
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Traditional insurers should collaborate more with captives: Report
Captives are no longer considered an alternative market and traditional insurers have an opportunity to collaborate more with these tools…
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Airmic welcomes consultation on new UK captive regime
UK risk and insurance management association Airmic has welcomed its government’s plans to create a new onshore captive-friendly regime, and…
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UK to follow French lead as government consults on new captive regime
The UK risk and insurance management community received good news from its government this week, which announced plans to deliver…