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How To Set Up a Captive Insurance Company: A 5-Step Primer
How do you set up a captive insurance company? Find out the key steps necessary to successfully establish a captive insurance company on Captive.com. Read More
For the 5th Consecutive Year, Captives Make IRS "Dirty Dozen" List
For the fifth consecutive year, abusive micro-captive insurance companies found their way to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) annual "Dirty Dozen" listing. Where last year's listing told taxpayers to be wary, the IRS uses a more aggressive tone in the 2019 listing. Read More
Cell Structures and Captive Insurance Innovation
Kevin Doherty of Dickinson Wright PLC says that the captive industry is full of innovators and captives are continuously innovating. According to Mr. Doherty, some of the more interesting concepts that have emerged involve the use of cell structures. Read More
Captive Compliance 101: A Checklist for Maintaining a Healthy Captive
Making sure that your captive insurance company is bulletproof begins with verifying it is set up for the right reasons. This article discusses areas that an active captive insurance company should review frequently to remain compliant and in good shape. Read the latest from Management Services International. Read More
The Data Revolution in Actuarial Science
A new white paper by Milliman discusses the development of an actuarial technique involving the use of individual claims data to build loss reserve models. We offer commentary on this new technology and why it should be of interest to captive insurers and their board members. Read More
What Is a Protected or Segregated Cell Captive?
Captive insurers fall into two main groups. Pure captives are 100 percent owned, directly or indirectly, by their insureds. Sponsored captives are owned and controlled by parties unrelated to the insured. Read on to learn about rental captives and protected cell captives. Read More
Upping Your Governance Game Plan
We recently reviewed the report from the Strategic Risk Solutions corporate governance survey. While the overall results are encouraging, it is clear the captive community still lags behind our commercial competitors when it comes to good corporate governance. Read More
The Challenge of Harnessing Data within Healthcare Liability Captives
Breaking down claims data silos to bring various data sets together in healthcare systems requires a systematic approach, according to a panel of experts who recently spoke at the World Captive Forum. Read More