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Labuan IBFC, Leading Asian Captive Domicile
Labuan International Business and Financial Center (Labuan IBFC) approved four captive insurers in the first half of the year, and the domicile reports that it leads the Asian region in captive formations over the last year. Read More
A.M. Best-Rated Captives Show Strong Performance Despite Reduced Profit
A.M. Best has released its latest special report on the financial performance of A.M. Best-rated US captives. According to the report, Best-rated captives remained exceptionally strong in 2017 and continued to outperform their counterparts in the commercial casualty sector despite pretax profit decline of nearly 18 percent. Read More
KBRA Releases Rating Report for Watford, an Arch Partner
Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA) has released its rating report for Watford Holdings. Watford is a total return global re/insurer that combines underwriting medium- to long-tail casualty risks with an investment strategy focused on noninvestment grade credit assets to generate attractive operating returns. Read More
Discuss Group Captives with Atlas Insurance Management
This year's upcoming fourth annual North Carolina Captive Insurance Association (NCCIA) conference will take place on August 20-22 at the Le Méridien in Charlotte. Chairman of Charlotte-based Atlas Insurance Management and NCCIA board member, Martin Eveleigh, will be attending the conference with the entire Atlas team. Read More
WTW Develops New Financial Modeling Tool for Captive Insurers
Willis Towers Watson (WTW) has developed a new financial modeling tool for captive insurers called Captive Quantified. According to WTW, this is a first-of-its-kind digital tool to help organizations analyze financial feasibility and future profitability of their captive insurance strategies. Read More