Captives
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Marsh’s Lay urges new UK regs to boost captives
Regulation is holding back the UK captive market and needs to change, according to Marsh UK and Ireland CEO Chris…
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AGCS enhances ART capabilities with major new investment
Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) is enhancing its alternative risk transfer (ART) capabilities with new investment and additional roles…
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AIG appoints head of captive solutions and group captives lead
AIG has appointed two executives to its AIG Captive Solutions leadership team. Ryan Gustafson becomes head of captive solutions and…
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Evolving European captives face up to hardening reinsurance market and transition risks
European captives rated by AM Best have been resilient to the effects of Covid-19 and have generally maintained stable ratings…
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Best-rated Bermuda, Cayman and Barbados captives outperform US casualty insurers
AM Best-rated Bermuda, Cayman Islands and Barbados (BCIB) captives have continued to outperform their US commercial casualty peers, according to…
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Strategic Risk Solutions opens Paris office
Strategic Risk Solutions (SRS) has expanded its European network with the opening of an office in Paris. France is looking…
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AXA XL appoints new alternative risk and captives leader for Canada
Stephen White has been appointed as alternative risk and captives leader for Canada at AXA XL. White will be based…
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The role of the captive in a changing risk landscape
This week sees the start of the European Captives Forum in Luxembourg and a chance for insurers, brokers and captive…
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Risk managers hail Airmic’s first event in Ireland
More than 170 risk and insurance professionals were present for the first event to be held on the island of…
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Cayman and Barbados still on FATF ‘grey list’ but progress acknowledged
At its recent plenary meeting in Paris, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has noted the steps taken by two…
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Strategic Risk Solutions appoints Bermuda director
Paul Gatutha has joined Strategic Risk Solutions (SRS) Bermuda as a director in its Hamilton office. SRS said Gatutha will…
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Captive market growing and taking on cyber, says AXA XL
The captive market seems to be still growing, both in terms of new captives and existing captives writing more business,…
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WTW appoints Dufraisse MD of Luxembourg captive operation
WTW has appointed Alain Dufraisse as managing director of its Luxembourg Captive and Insurance Management Solutions (CIMS) office. In this…
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Four things captive owners should know about parametric solutions
Parametric solutions can be used in the context of a captive. In this article, Swiss Re Corporate Solutions answers the…
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Honest risk-based discussion to dominate Ferma Forum
The first in-person Ferma Forum for three years is due to take place in Copenhagen between 9-11 October. For many,…
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Swiss captives set for lighter regulation under revised insurance law
The principle of proportionality will be enshrined in the upcoming new Swiss insurance law, thus ensuring that captives are not…
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AXA XL hires two former AIG execs to head new US captives unit
AXA XL has recruited two former AIG executives to head up its newly formed captives unit that sits within the…
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Captives hold key to emerging risks challenge, says risk manager
Risk managers must make greater use of captives in order cope with a rapidly evolving risk landscape and a reduction…
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A risk manager’s journey to the boardroom
In September 2021, Athina Pehrman, director of group risk management, captive and insurance at Autoliv, was appointed as a non-executive…