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21 November 2008   Click here to sign up for our eNewsletter Newsletter
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Lead story
RRGs tighten their ships as soft market bites
Risk retention group (RRG) owners are concerned about premium levels and membership retention in the continuing soft market, according to a Captive Review survey. Approximately a third of active RRGs responded to the survey, which found that over 50% of respondents expected the soft commercial mar...
Securitisation market tipped for 2009 revival
IAIS captive guidance calls for supervisory collaboration
Drafting discussions for the IAIS Captive Guidance Paper involved a substantial focus “on improving...
Survey: captives playing an increasingly strategic role
Captive are playing an increasingly strategic role in “assertively managing insurance and employee ...
Alabama county approves coastal captive solution
Baldwin County commissioners have voted unanimously in favour of the notion of using a captive insu...
Ratings: veteran energy captives going strong
The captives of energy firms BP and Duke Energy Corp have had their financial strength ratings affi...
World Captive Forum snapshot
Our correspondent, Hugh Rosenbaum, reports from the World Captive Forum in Palm Springs Benefi...
World Captive Forum snapshot
Our correspondent, Hugh Rosenbaum, reports from the World Captive Forum in Palm Springs Federal...
MCIA gets behind new Montana insurance commissioner
The Montana Captive Insurance Association (MCIA) has given its seal of approval to the recent elec...
Marsh launches programme to snare captive talent
Marsh’s Bermuda Captive Solutions practice has launched a training programme designed to attrac...
*EXCLUSIVE* Munich Re sets up in Malta
Global reinsurer Munich Re has set up an operation in Malta, initially to provide retrocession for...
Leading cancer center applies for captive benefit funding
The Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center has applied to the US Department of Labor for ...
Stable rating for American Safety RRG parent
The American Safety Insurance Group of Companies, which includes American Safety Risk Retention Gr...
JPMorgan Chase captive rating stable
A.M. Best has said the outlook for the ratings of JPMorgan Chase & Co’s Vermont pure captive, ...
Former Nevada insurance head joins private sector
Nevada’s former insurance commissioner has joined Nevada-based Western Insurance Company as senior...