Articles
Cyber-Risk Quantification Is Key for M&A Professionals
In the insurance industry, many of the practical details surrounding merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions are based on reasonably sound approaches with sufficient supporting data where advisers can estimate the value of a target entity. What is challenging to quantify is the impact a cyber event may have on a target's value. Read More
ILS in a Nutshell and Collateral in the ILS Market
Captive.com recently caught up with a few members of Wilmington Trust's collateral team to find out about their expertise with collateral trusts and how it relates to the team's involvement in the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market. Read on to find out about the ILS market and ILS collateral. Read More
Risk Retention Groups: An Important Segment of the Captive Industry
Risk Retention Group (RRG) comprise only 3 percent of the roughly 7,000 captive insurers now operating. This relatively small number of RRGs hides the importance of this segment of the captive industry. Many RRGs are a vital source of coverage for hundreds-even thousands-of their policyholder-owners. Read More
Adverse Risk Selection May Affect Insurers That Do Not Innovate
A significant majority of insurers understand that innovation is increasingly becoming a differentiator in the global marketplace, according to an A.M. Best survey of its rated entities. Read More
Does Your Captive Suffer from Bad Directors?
Does your captive suffer from bad directors? What are the key characteristics of a bad director, and how do you address the issue? In this article, we look at the four attributes described in the National Association of Corporate Directors article "A Field Guide to Bad Directors" and how they relate to the captive insurance industry. Read More
US-EU Covered Agreement: an Overview
Eversheds Sutherland provides us with an overview of the US-EU covered agreement. The agreement will eliminate collateral and local presence requirements for qualified US reinsurers operating in the EU insurance market, and will eliminate the requirement for collateral for qualified EU reinsurers operating in the US insurance market. Read More
Small Captive Insurance Program Exit Planning
After two consecutive losses for taxpayers involved in small captive insurance programs, some may consider exiting their small captive insurance program. Exiting a captive, however, may be time consuming and expensive. Many captive owners will need to take into account numerous issues and make some difficult decisions. Read More
AI and Captive Insurance: What Does the Future Hold?
Artificial intelligence (AI) and captives-what does the future hold? A look at current trends in the use of AI by financial services and specifically the insurance industry. We explore how these trends may affect different segments of the captive industry. Read More