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Captive Insurance 2025 Year in Review: Growth, Risk, and Resilience
The captive insurance industry experienced strong growth in 2025, driven by demand for flexible risk financing, expansion into new coverages, and advances in technology. Industry leaders highlighted increased risk retention, evolving domiciles, and heightened pressure in auto, healthcare, and liability markets, underscoring captives’ expanding strategic role. Learn More
Captives and Cyber: From Tactical Response to Strategic Risk Optimization
Captive insurance is becoming a central tool for cyber risk financing as organizations expand its use beyond tactical needs to strategic enterprise management. Survey results show rising adoption, growing cyber underwriting, and broader applications such as deductible infill, gap infill, incubation structures, and portfolio strategies, reflecting sustained momentum in captive utilization. Learn More
Captive Domicile Insights and Capital Modeling Take Center Stage in December CICR
The December issue of "CICR" spotlights the world's leading captive insurance domiciles, examining regulatory developments, market momentum, and the competitive factors shaping global captive growth as organizations refine long-term risk financing strategies. Read More
Using Captive Insurance to Manage Risk in a Changing Agricultural Sector
As agriculture faces rising climate, regulatory, and operational risks, captive insurance provides a flexible alternative to traditional markets. Captives allow for customized coverage—such as parametric policies tied to weather triggers—and offer long-term cost efficiency, risk retention options, and resilience against premium volatility and coverage gaps. Read More
The Regulator's Growing Role in Creating Successful Captive Insurance Companies
As captive insurance expands, regulators are playing a more active, collaborative role in supporting innovation and growth. Competitive domiciles now emphasize flexibility, relationship-building, and problem-solving alongside compliance. These trust-based partnerships help address complex risks, enable nontraditional structures, and strengthen the long-term success of captive insurance programs. Read More
NAIC 2025 Fall Meeting to Focus on Risk, Tech, and Consumer Privacy
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners' 2025 Fall National Meeting will bring together regulators and industry leaders to address key insurance issues, including captive insurance, consumer privacy, risk-based capital modernization, and artificial intelligence oversight. Hosted in Florida, the event supports collaboration on emerging risks, resilience, and state-based regulatory priorities shaping the future of the insurance landscape. Read More
A Deep Dive into Risk Transfer and Distribution for Captive Owners
In this episode, Pinnacle Actuarial Resources principal Derek Freihaut joins Joel Appelbaum to explain how captives evaluate risk transfer and risk distribution. He discusses expected adverse deviation modeling, expected reinsurer deficit testing, and how reinsurance structures shape exposure, funding, and program design while helping captive owners make more informed long-term decisions. Read More