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How do I form a captive insurance company? Should I consider captive insurance for my business or group? What service providers can assist me in forming and operating my captive insurance company? This page gives links to the websites of captive.com's sponsoring service providers who can answer all your questions. If you don't know where to begin, e-mail us for some guidance on who you might consider approaching first.

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Active Captive Management LLC Active Captive Management specializes in the formation and management of captive insurance companies for small and medium size companies. Combining over 3 decades of Captive Risk Solutions talent and experience, ACM provides risk transfer solutions in a variety of industries, including the following; Real Estate Development, Healthcare, Fuel and Oil, Nursing Home’s, Manufacturing, Automotive, Agriculture, Medical and Dental Services and Franchising. Active Captive Management is an approved captive insurance manager in the following on-shore domiciles. Delaware, Kentucky, Montana, Utah and off-shore in Anguilla, Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands and Nevis.
Alta Holdings Comprehensive risk management solutions are now available for the middle market from the premier captive specialists at Alta Holdings, LLC. World class service from experienced CPA’s, attorneys, insurance, and business professionals is delivered along with exclusive benefits for advisors and their clients. Alta and its affiliates have operations in Southern California, Arizona, Nevada, Florida, Illinois, Texas and the British Virgin Islands.
Amplitude Reinsurance Company of Delaware, LLC

Amplitude Reinsurance Company of Delaware, LLC is an entirely new type of captive called a Segregated Series Captive. Amp Re creates multiple types of Series Business Units for clients to meet their distinct needs. With Amp Re, clients capitalize, own, and manage their Series Cell which can operate as an independent insurance entity.

Amplitude Re allows organizations to realize the benefits of owning a captive insurance company without the high startup and operating costs. While Amp Re may appear similar to a Protected Cell Company, it offers distinct advantages over both a PCC and traditional captive structures.

AMS Group AMS Group is an independent specialist captive manager located in the British Virgin Islands. The group provides all captive formation and management services and targets the larger more complex accounts requiring added value services rather than pure compliance. AMS conducts feasibility and program-design assignments and arranges fronting and reinsurance. Unique risks are the group's specialty.
Artex Risk Solutions Artex Risk Solutions delivers collaborative expertise from a highly experienced and qualified team of alternative risk experts. The team assesses, formulates and manages effective risk solutions. Artex provides a complete range of services for the management of single-parent, group and association captives, rent-a-captives and risk retention groups.
Atlas Insurance Management Limited Atlas Insurance Management, one of the world's leading independent captive insurance managers, provides captive insurance company consulting, formation and management services, offering clients a choice of US domiciles and the traditional ‘offshore’ domiciles of Anguilla, Bahamas, the Cayman Islands, and Nevis. Formed in 2002, Atlas's continued growth is based upon providing clients with genuinely innovative solutions, a responsive and personal service and its unique access to a number of segregated portfolio companies, allowing it to offer a wide choice and considerable planning flexibility to its clients.
Caledonian Insurance Services Caledonian Insurance Services (CIS), based in Cayman, provides the full range of captive insurance management services including captive consultancy, formation and managerial services, as well as risk financing and risk management consultancy services to companies and individuals interested in reaping the benefits of increased risk retention
Camelback Captive Services, Inc. Camelback Captive Services, Inc.-- now known as R&Q Quest -- is a multi-domicile captive manager, providing an array of captive management services on a bundled and unbundled basis.
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Cedar Management Limited and
Cedar Consulting LLC
Cedar Management and Cedar Consulting are sister companies jointly offering a comprehensive range of consulting and management services for agencies, associations and insureds wishing to form and operate a captive insurance company.
Chartis Captive Services Pioneering the formation of captives nearly 60 years ago, Chartis Captive Services provides industry-leading captive programs and management services. Our innovative range of captive solutions includes single parent reinsurance captives, association/group captives, risk retention groups, traditional rent-a-captives and segregated cell structures.
Comerica Bank Comerica Bank specializes in meeting the unique banking requirements of captive insurance and alternative risk management programs with standby letters of credit, trust and investment management services, cash management and international treasury services, and consulting and relationship management.
Dewey & LeBoeuf Legal and taxation services for captives: Dewey & LeBoeuf has been involved for more than twenty years in the alternative risk transfer market, including representing captive insurers, risk retention groups, risk purchasing groups and commercial insurers and reinsurers organized in offshore markets such as Bermuda, Cayman and Barbados.
Fifth Third Bank Financial Products for Captives Fifth Third offers a full array of financial products for captives including reinsurance trusts, letters of credit, deposit accounts, and investment management services. The company has both U.S. and foreign office capabilities
Kane

Kane offers a comprehensive range of services relating to insurance management and risk financing structures. These structures include: Captive insurance companies, including cell captives and risk retention groups; Insurance-Linked Securities, including catastrophe bonds, sidecars, US Regulation XXX & AXXX Reinsurance Structures and Segregated Account Transformers; Life, Pension and Investment-related administrative services.

In addition to these services, Kane also owns and manages a number of cell companies in Bermuda, Cayman, Guernsey and Vermont.

Kerr, Russell and Weber, PLC Kerr, Russell & Weber is a Detroit law firm supporting group and single-parent captives since the mid-1980's. Onshore alternative risk and self-funding projects handled by the firm date to the 1970's.
Maple Technologies Maple Technologies is a privately owned custom software design and development firm, providing a high degree of application customization and systems solutions to its clientele. The company is currently developing a Captive Manager IT System, which is now in beta development.
Milliman

Milliman offers a wide variety of services to the captive insurance industry, including: captive feasibility studies, annual and quarterly loss reserve analyses and statements of actuarial opinion, analyses of retained losses by layer, analyses of prospective funding requirements, strategic financial planning (financial modeling and forecasting), variability of aggregate losses at various confidence levels, and claims management reviews.

Randall & Quilter (R&Q Quest) R&Q, a specialist, non-life insurance investor, service provider, and underwriting manager, offering a comprehensive range of investment activities and services in the global non-life insurance market. Each investment activity/service will operate under one of the following divisions: Insurance Investments, Insurance Services, Underwriting Management, and Captives. R&Q is the largest independent Captive manager in Bermuda and has a licensed Class 3 insurer. R&Q also offers a full range of captive and insurance management services in the USA, Gibraltar, and Norway.
Risk Services, LLC Services include consulting, captive management, reinsurance intermediary and MGA/TPA entities operating in the major onshore and offshore captive insurance domiciles.
Saslow, Lufkin & Buggy, LLP Saslow, Lufkin & Buggy provides a wide range of accounting Services for the captive industry.
Sedgwick Claims Management Services (Sedgwick CMS) Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc. (Sedgwick CMS) is the leading national third-party administrator (TPA) providing cost-effective claims management services to numerous industries, including captives.
SPARTA Insurance SPARTA is an acronym for Specialty Program and Risk Transfer Alternatives. Formed in 2007, SPARTA provides a dedicated, long-term commitment to the specialty and alternative risk program marketplace. Unbundled program structures are available on an admitted basis for commercial auto, general liability, property, and workers compensation. Targeted classes include retail, wholesale, service, light manufacturing, habitation, hospitality, trade contractors, and transportation. SPARTA is rated A – “Excellent” by A.M. Best company.
Spring Group Spring Group offers a broad range of captive consulting and actuarial services. The company is independent of captive management services or affiliates.
Strategic Risk Solutions (SRS) Strategic Risk Solutions (“SRS”) is a leading independent captive management firm, founded in 1993 and independently owned by senior management since 2002. With offices in Arizona, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, South Carolina, Vermont and Boston, SRS is staffed both onshore and offshore. SRS has experience in managing all types of captive facilities including Single Parent Captives, Group Captives, Risk Retention Groups, Segregated Cell – Sponsored Captives, Branch Captives, Not-For-Profit Captives and Special Purpose Captives across multiple sectors.
The Taft Companies Independent and Creative, The Taft Companies are captive managers, an Alternative Risk Transfer (ART) consulting group and Bermuda based broker providing “ART” coverage design and funding feasibility studies, captive formation, management and reinsurance services; and Bermuda insurance market access; with offices in Bermuda, Kentucky, Montana, South Carolina and Washington, DC.
Towers Watson Towers Watson provides global actuarial and management consulting to insurance and financial services companies and advises other organizations on risk financing and self-insurance. Captive consulting services include: feasibility studies, implementation assistance and ongoing support.
USA Risk Group Captive Structure and Formation; Fronting, Reinsurance, Excess Placements; Program Management; Captive Management in Major Domiciles; Financial and Statutory Accounting; Regulatory Compliance.
Utah Captive Insurance Managers Utah Captive Insurance specializes in the formation and management of captive insurance companies for small and medium size company(s), primarily those in the real estate development, home construction, management and condo conversion businesses, nursing home industry, Dental and Medical professions, manufacturing and related businesses. Utah Captive Insurance is an approved captive insurance manager in the State of Utah.
Richard Klummp's Captive Insurance Brief Blog - Wilmington Trust As a natural expansion of Wilmington Trust's expertise in entity management services, they created Wilmington Trust Captive Management Services to serve the entity and investment management needs of captive insurance companies, risk retention groups, and other alternative risk structures. Now, we are delighted to focus your attention on the popular Richard Klummp's Captive Insurance Brief Blog. While you are there, be sure to download their Captives 101 White paper!
Zurich Captives A market leader in the captive marketplace, the Zurich team includes specialists in underwriting, claims, marketing, risk engineering, actuarial, finance, policy issuance and regulatory compliance.
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