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We focus a lot on the importance of retaining top employees. It reduces cost, increases productivity, builds trust and camaraderie-and the list goes on. However, we rarely discuss the elephant in the room: everyone eventually quits, even your best employee. Read More

These three thoughts can help determine if you are ready to serve on a captive board of directors. Building from a "Harvard Business Review" article, we offer three other ways to determine if you should consider seeking a board role. Read More

This primer on one methodology for classifying the type of planning your captive may undertake explores three modes along with factors that influence planning. Read More

A captive insurance company could help small-to-midsized business owners mitigate cyber risk in a cost-effective and practical way. Read More

Treasury recently issued new proposed and final regulations on the base erosion anti-abuse tax (BEAT). The new provisions provide some helpful news to captive insurance companies. Read More

What is leader's intent all about, and why does it have practical implications for captive insurance companies? This basic primer answers the what, why, and how of the leader's intent management technique. Read More

In this review of the new Federation of European Risk Management Associations white paper on artificial intelligence (AI) and risk management, we specifically look at the eight-step process recommended in the study for beginning the AI journey. We also make suggestions for how captives may begin to embrace this technology. Read More

For an insurance agency, an agency captive can provide an opportunity to have "skin in the game" of its clients' coverage in exchange for a share of the premiums and investment income the client business generates. The benefits of an agency captive can extend beyond additional revenue streams, however. Read More