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1. April 2008: White Paper on Captive Insurance Companies prepared for the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, prepared by the NzCIA. This is a good Captive Basics white paper, and contains helpful information on New Zealand as a domicile.
2. January 2008: IRS Issues Guidance with Respect to “Cell” Companies. This is an important article written by a long-time friend of captive.com, Rick Irvine, Partner, Tax Services, with PWC in Bermuda. Our thanks to Rick for sharing this information.
3. July 27, 2007: The 2006 Captive Act Amendments: Revolutionizing Protected Cell Laws in the District by Stephen F. Donahoe, Muldoon Murphy & Aguggia LLP. On March 14, 2007, the District of Columbia amended its captive insurance laws by enacting the Captive Insurance Company Amendment Act of 2006 (the “2006 Amendments”). The 2006 Amendments update segregated cell provisions included in the District’s Captive Insurance Company Acts of 2000 and 2004 and offer clear advantages over other domestic domiciles with respect to protected cell flexibility. [more...]
4. Market Briefing: Group Captives -- Competing In a Soft Market. This outstanding article, was shared with us by an old captive.com friend, Andrew Berry of Newport Risk Services. Andrew expertly analyzes the competitive challenges facing group captives, their inherent competitive advantages and strategies to compete. The briefing is focused on group captives including risk retention groups. The discussion also applies to other group risk financing mechanisms such as governmental pools and self-insured workers compensation groups.
5. July 17, 2007: Just posted to the News section of the New Zealand Captive Insurance Association (NZCIA) website, see article entitled Taking Advantage of Captives, written by Peter Lowe, New Zealand manager, Willis Risk Solutions. In this article, Peter fleshes out the advantages of New Zealand's regulations regime on captive insurance.
6. Ohio Agent Credited With 'Captives', by Christopher Kramer, MBA, posted on June 1, 2007, previously appearing in The National Underwriter Magazine. [Follow this link to the NU website]. The article describes how Fred Reiss, an Agent based in Ohio, transformed the insurance industry by establishing a captive for his largest client back in 1955. Mr. Reiss will be inducted into the Insurance Hall of Fame in Berlin, Germany, later this year. This fine article adds to the affirmation that captive insurance strategies have changed the way risks are insured - globally.
7. "Contractors Take Control: Construction Firms Are Managing Insurance Risks and Reducing Costs With Their Own Captive Insurance Companies," by Dan Keough, Innovative Captive Strategies, an affiliate of Holmes Murphy & Associates.
8. "How Risk Control Saves Money for Alternative Market Programs -- General Liability Residential Contractors," by Larry Bailey, CSP, ECS Risk Control, Inc. an XL Capital company (XLRC)
9. A follow-up memorandum to the terrorism presentation given by Robert H. Myers, Jr., Partner, Insurance Group, Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP entitled "Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002."
10. What is a "Reciprocal" or "Reciprocal RRG"?
11. "Redomicile Your Captive in Malta
12. "I Get By With A Little Help From My Friends" -- Choosing The Right Captive Service Providers
13. Winds of Change, Marsh’s merger story, contributed by Pageant Media's "Captive Review,"available in PDF format only.
14. Why Dream of Captives in Today's Insurance Market? Contributed by Liberty Mutual, October 29, 1998
15. Equipment Breakdown Insurance: It's Not Just About Boilers Anymore posted 2/23/99
16. Captive Insurers Likely to Grow in New York posted 11/14/98
17. COORDINATED DEFENSE PROGRAMS: HISTORY, and ACTION posted 10/14/98
18. Risk Management...Por Favor (Risk Management in Latin America); posted 5/27/97
19. Keeping Your Captive Competitive
20. Reinsurance
21. A One Stop Risk Management Resource
22. A Strategy for the Niche Customer
23. Nine Reasons to Form a Captive
24. What is a Captive?
25. Twelve Tips on Selecting a Domicile
26. Why Use Financial Guarantees?
27. What is Fronting?
28. What is the Difference Between Self-insured and Uninsured?
29. What is a Captive Program?
30. What are the NAIC and the SVO?
31. What is Risk-Based Capital?
32. Banking, Insurance and the Repeal of the 1933 Glass-Steagall Act