Captives
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Expert claims captive costs could rise almost four times following Solvency II
A leading European captive manager has calculated that the average cost of capital for its captives under management will rise…
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DIMA says Irish captives should escape sovereign fall out
DIMA, the representative body for the international re/insurance industry in Ireland, has welcomed confirmation from credit rating agency Standard &…
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Captives safe under Solvency II but lobbying of EC must continue
Captive owners can rest assured that Solvency II will not drive them out of business through excess capital and reporting…
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QIS 5 delayed but captives have not been ignored
Captive owners will have to wait a few weeks longer than expected for the results of QIS 5 but can…
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No hard market on the horizon–Bowring Marsh
Global property and casualty rates show no sign of hardening and, barring a major loss, are expected to remain soft…
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Captives use questioned by European companies
European companies are increasingly questioning the value of running a captive as they anticipate greater capital and time costs as…
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Long-term risk planning key to success says top broker
European companies should take the longer view on risk and prepare now for a hard market, warns Gilbert Van den…
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Early QIS 5 feedback suggest captives still under pressure
Initial results from QIS 5, the crucial fifth Solvency II quantitative impact study, show that solvency capital requirements for captives…
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Bermuda captive premium falls but assets healthier
The Bermuda captive insurance market, the biggest in the world, unsurprisingly showed a fall in gross premiums written last year…
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Captive owners ‘optimistic’ about latest Solvency II developments
It seems increasingly likely that Solvency II will not hit captives as hard as originally feared based on the latest…
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Battle lines drawn for Solvency II as QIS5 published
CEIOPS has issued the technical specifications for QIS5, its final field test for Solvency II if all goes to plan,…
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Captives under pressure
As debates continues as to the future role of captives, in light of the potential impacts of Solvency II and…
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Last chance saloon for captive owners on Solvency II
FERMA has urged the owners of the 500–plus European captives to participate in the final consultation on the technical implementation…
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Malta responds to Solvency II’s threat to its captive business
The Maltese captive management community is as threatened by Solvency II as any other in Europe. But, they believe that…
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Fiscal and regulatory pressure builds on captive owners
Captive owners in the U.K. face a probable effort by the new government to raise insurance premium tax according to…
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White Rock launches PCC operation in Isle of Man
White Rock, the company owned by Aon that manages Protected Cell Company (PCC) facilities in Gibraltar, Guernsey, Luxembourg, Malta and…
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Malta consults on new ICC legislation
The Maltese Financial Service Authority (MFSA) has published a consultation paper for the market on its new legislation to allow…
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Irish regulator promises fair and proportional approach for captives
Matthew Elderfield, Head of Financial Regulation at the Irish Financial Regulator, (FR) has promised captive owners that they will receive…
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Solvency II will kill soft market and slam captives warn carriers
Swiss insurance buyers agree with colleagues around Europe that pricing conditions for their core lines will remain stable for the…
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Captive groups seek talks with ministers and EC on Solvency II
[BRUSSELS]—Leading representatives of Europe’s captive community hope to sit down with national finance ministers of the European Union Member States…