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July 2010 Captive Insurance Company Reports (CICR) Highlights

The July issue of the Captive Insurance Company Reports leads with "Security Analysis Made Easier and Better." After detailing the problems insolvency of a fronting insurer can have on captives, we then discuss how and why rating agencies differ. The crux of the article then presents a tool that we think is a better way to monitor insurer security---the Market Security Observer offered by Dempsey Partners. We show what the tool does, especially in its monitoring of the three main rating services on selected insurers, plus the several other financial measures they track---all useful tools for captive owners to easily monitor their insurers and offering fodder for questions they can ask of their outsourced analysts. A sidebar discussing the dilemma the various rating agencies have in making ratings changes written by John Dempsey is well worth the read.

The second article, "Critiquing 'Captive Value Added' ", is a critique made of a Swiss graduate student's thesis, Simone Studer, by Hugh Rosenbaum and Chris Lajtha. Their comments make interesting reading for captive practitioners who debate the theoretical value of captives.

We conclude with a few more short reports from the recent CICA conference, including comments on self-procurement taxes, other offshore domiciles, fair value versus immediate value and rating agencies under attack.

The July edition of the Captive Insurance Company Reports also includes a supplemental insert that provides Delaware's official response to our June article, "Delaware: Bombshell for Captives?" It also provides additional CICR comments, that clarify our position on the subject.

Kick the tires before you buy! To see a sample CICR, View The February 2010 issue in Adobe Acrobat (pdf). The lead story in this issue is entitled 2010 Prognostications on Captives. Also found in this issue is a recap of the highlights of the November 2009 World Captive Forum. This is an excellent sample issue that we think you will enjoy!

CICR Index for 1988 - December 2009 in searchable PDF

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McDermott, Will & Emery Summary of IRS Revenue Ruling 2001-31 and its implications for future captive structures. This is an archived article that we leave on the server for historical purposes.
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July 2010 Headlines -- use the link below to subscribe, so you can read these articles in full.

* Nevada Challenges RRG Over Ability to Write Auto Coverage
* NJ Assembly Legislative Update
* 20% of RRGs Hold Ratings from A.M. Best and Demotech
* RRG Assets & Surplus Post Double-Digit Gains in 2009
* American Excess Insurance Exchange RRG Distributes Surplus
* Healthcare Premium Continues to Rise
* SCCIA to Hold 11th Annual Conference
* Special Report: Cloud Computing and SaaS Technologies
* CEO of the Month: Jeff Sousa, California Healthcare Ins. Co. RRG
* Risk Retention Roundup

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