| Abbreviation |
Full Name/Description |
|
AGRIP |
Association of
Governmental Risk Pools. The mission of this association is "...to
unite the pooling community to achieve excellence in pooling management,
operations and services." |
AICPCU
|
The American Institute
for Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters and the Insurance Institute
of America (IIA) are independent, nonprofit organizations offering
educational programs and professional certification to people in all
segments of the property and liability insurance business. |
| AIRMIC |
Association of Insurance and Risk Managers.
AIRMIC has a membership of nearly 850 and represents the insurance
buyers for about 75% of the FTSE 100, as well as very substantial
representation in the mid 250 and other smaller companies. AIRMIC
members control about £5 billion annually of insurance premium
spend. A further £2billion of premium spend is allocated to
captive insurance companies within member organisations. Additionally,
members are responsible for the payment of insurance claims from their
company finances to the value of at least £2 billion per year.
|
| ARRC |
ARRC is a membership based coalition of
industry trade associations, Risk Retention/Purchasing Group and Captive
owners, service providers and excess and reinsurance carriers and
intermediaries, and is affiliated with the Self-Insurance Institute
of America (SIIA). AARC was formed in response to the United States
General Accounting Office (GAO) report commissioned by Congress relative
to the Liability Risk Retention Act of 1986. The purpose of ARRC is
to address the issues raised in the GAO report and work with members
of Congress to enhance and strengthen the LRRA. |
| AzCIA |
The Arizona Captive Insurance Association's
mission is to support, promote, foster and market the position of
the state of Arizona as an attractive, competitive, and vital captive
insurance domicile, by providing education and networking opportunities
for those who operate within the captive insurance industry. |
| BIDC |
The Barbados Investment and Development
Corporation (BIDC) is the industrial development agency of the Barbados
Government. |
| BIM
|
The Bermuda Insurance
Market |
| BVIAIM |
BVI Association of Insurance Managers. |
 CCIA |
Canadian Captive Insurance Association.
The CCIA's information-rich website was updated early in January 2011. We found it to be easy to navigate and filled with helpful information including legal, regulatory, and tax requirements, white papers, info on BC as a domicile, a discussion forum and more. |
|
CICA |
Captive Insurance
Companies Association, Inc. |
|
CIC-DC |
Captive Insurance Council
of the District of Columbia |
| CTPRIMA |
Connecticut Chapter of National PRIMA
serving all government agencies in Connecticut. |
| DCIA |
Delaware Captive Insurance Association |
| DIMA |
Dublin International Insurance
& Management Association |
| ECIROA |
The European
Captive Insurance and Reinsurance Owners` Association
has as object the protection and support of the captive industry as
well as representation of its members in discussions with official,
regulatory bodies. The Association is aimed at being a forum for captive
owners where these can exchange experience across border, business
sector or line of insurance business. Membership is open to any European
company owning a captive. |
| FERMA |
The Federation of European
Risk Management Associations. FERMA exists to widen
and raise the culture of Risk Management throughout Europe to its
members and to the risk management and insurance community. It achieves
its aims by promotion and raising awareness of risk management through
the media, by information sharing, educational and research projects. |
| GCIA
|
Georgia Captive Insurance Association.
Since 1998, GCIA has been a non-profit corporation under Georgia law,
representing the collective interests of captive insurance companies
in the state. GCIA welcomes captive insurance company members as well
as non-captive associate members who wish to work to promote Georgia
as a domicile for captive insurance companies. See the Resources page
for helpful links. |
| GIIA |
Guernsey International Insurance Association. The Guernsey Insurance Company Management Association (GICMA) - subsequently renamed The Guernsey International Insurance Association (GIIA) - was formed in 1983 to represent the combined interests of both Guernsey insurers and Guernsey insurance managers.
The Guernsey insurance industry is dominated by captive insurance, at least in terms of the number of licensed insurers operating from the island. Almost all of these captive insurers are run by licensed insurance managers. |
| GFSC |
Guernsey Financial Services Commission |
|
HCIC |
Hawaii Captive Insurance
Council |
| ICARFIA
|
Illinois Captive
& Alternative Risk Funding Insurance Association (Our understanding
is that this association is inactive. We have retained some information,
in case it is relevant to you) |
|
ICA |
International Compliance Association,
dedicated to the furtherance of best compliance and anti money laundering
practice in the financial services sector. |
| IFRIMA |
The International Federation of Risk and Insurance Management Associations (IFRIMA) is the international umbrella organization for risk management associations, representing 23 organizations and over 30 countries around the world. With its roots going back to the 1930s and its development through the discipline of insurance and risk management, IFRIMA is uniquely positioned as a leader in risk management and its application.
As an "association of associations", IFRIMA's primary objective is to provide a forum for interaction and communications among risk management associations and their members. |
| IOM
Captive |
The Isle of Man Captive Association
represents the interests of Isle of Man captive managers and owners.
The association states its mission clearly on their website: "To
promote and develop the Isle of Man as a quality domicile for captive
and general insurance business." The website is excellent and
easy to navigate. |
| IMAC |
Insurance Managers Association of Cayman.
Just posted February 1, 2009, follow this link to download the
IMAC
Educational Scholarship Fund, which appreciates donations
and needs your support. Also, visit the News/Library
Newsletters page to download the information-packed IMAC
Newsletter! |
|
IRU, Inc. |
Intermediaries &
Reinsurance Underwriters Association |
| JIIA |
The Jersey International Insurance Association (JIIA) represents the interests of the Island's offshore insurance industry. Its purpose is to promote and develop Jersey's international insurance industry and to establish the island as a recognised jurisdiction for insurance business. |
| Kentucky
Captive Association |
A highly-competitive, growing US domicile with a strong
association, and, as of October 2009, a new website! |
|
MCIA |
Montana Captive Insurance Association |
| MIMA |
The Malta Insurance Managers Association (MIMA) represents the interests of all authorised insurance managers and managed insurance companies in Malta. Another fine article about Malta and MIMA, written by the president of MIMA, is available from the FinanceMalta website. |
| MOCIA |
Missouri Captive Insurance Association. MOCIA was formed to serve as a source of information about MO captives, and as an information clearinghouse for services supporting the captive insurance industry within Missouri. |
|
NCIA |
Nevada Captive Insurance Association -- Download,
complete and return your association application now! |
| NJCIA |
New Jersey Captive Insurance Association |
| NRRA
|
National Risk Retention
Association |
| NzCIA |
New Zealand Captive Insurance Association |
| QFCA |
Qatar Financial Centre Authority. The QFC Authority provides a uniquely sustainable platform for regional growth in financial services, focusing in particular on Reinsurance, Captives and Asset Management and offering access to emerging market returns at developed market risk. The QFC Authority is spearheading the expansion of the financial services sector in Qatar, building on Qatar's considerable existing assets and playing a central role in Qatar’s long-term diversification strategy.
Captive.com is delighted to announce that the QFCA is the 2011 sponsor of Captive
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| RIMS |
Risk and Insurance Management
Society, Inc. |
| SATC |
Swiss Association of Trust Companies |
|
SCCIA
|
South Carolina Captive Insurance Association
|
| SFEA |
The Self Funding Employers
Association also known as the Self Insurance Association and is the
first national employer based non-profit trade association focused
on self funded and workers compensation. The association's goal is
to create a coalition of self funded and self insured employers. |
| South
Carolina Friendly
Society Restored |
Not exactly an association, but we like to think of this group as
a friendly, South Carolina networking subset! Visit the brand new
website of The
Friendly Society Restored. |
SIIA
|
The Self-Insurance Institute
of America, Inc. (SIIA) is the only national association dedicated
exclusively to protecting and promoting the self-insurance and alternative
risk transfer industry. |
| TCIA |
Tennessee Captive Insurance Association, a not-for-profit trade association that represents the business interests of companies involved in the Tennessee captive insurance domicile. Follow TCIA on FaceBook too! |
|
UCIA |
Utah Captive Insurance Association |
|
Vanuatu
Captive Association |
The link we have provided
here will take you to the Vanuatu Financial Services Commission
website -- the official website of the domicile. As of September
2007, the Vanuatu Captive Association is in the process of forming.
When the association puts up a separate website, we will update
this link. For now, we wanted to ensure that you could find information
and contacts. For more information, contact Kevin Lindsay, Chairman,
Vanuatu Captive Association:
Box 137, Ellouk Drive, Port Vila, Vanuatu, S. W. Pacific
+ 678 26065 or 45024 or + 64 21 970 910
risk@vanuatu.com.vu
|
|
VCIA |
Vermont Captive Insurance Association
|
