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Soft Market: Friend or Foe for Captives? (Rough Notes Co. Inc)

Captives Rough Notes March 26th 2008
A soft market brings easier reinsurance and fronting terms as well as opportunities to clean up the balance sheet.

IRS Withdrawal Paves Way for Continued Captive Growth

Captives Strategic Risk Solutions February 29th 2008
Strategic Risks Brady Young discusses the implications of IRS withdrawal of its proposed Regulation ?1.1502-13(e).

IRS Withdraws Proposed Captive Regulation (The National Underwriter, Property and Casualty)

Captives The National Underwriter, Property and Casualty February 22nd 2008
The Internal Revenue Service announced it has withdrawn a proposed regulation that if enacted could have driven captive insurance formations offshore, according to captive experts.

Re-domestication: To Move or Not to Move (Strategic Risk Solutions 180 Newsletter)

Captives Strategic Risk Solutions February 19th 2008
Strategic Risk Solutions look at the reasons captives decide to re-domesticate and how they can do it.

Soft Market-Impact on Captives (Strategic Risk Solutions 180 Newsletter)

Captives Strategic Risk Solutions November 26th 2007
Strategic Risk Solutions' Brady Young discusses the impact of the softening insurance market on the formation and use of captives.

IRS Captive Proposal Blindsides Industry - (The National Underwriter, Property and Casualty)

Captives The National Underwriter, Property and Casualty October 9th 2007
A proposed regulation by the Internal Revenue Service that would reverse a longstanding tax benefit for captive insurance operations and put them on the same footing as self-insureds has caught the captive industry by surprise.

U.S. Captive Domiciles Gaining In Popularity (The National Underwriter, Property and Casualty)

Captives The National Underwriter, Property and Casualty September 18th 2007
The number of captive insurance companies domiciled in the United States is increasing at a growing rate, and the trend is likely to continue,

Building a Haven (Risk & Insurance?)

Captives Risk and Insurance August 31st 2007
Capacity is down and prices are up on insurance for construction companies, but these companies' ability and inclination to shoulder more of their own risk is also up.

Why Group Captives Make Sense for the Midmarket (Risk & Insurance?)

Captives Risk and Insurance August 22nd 2007
With the right mix of companies, a group captive can be an effective way for purchasing groups to cover themselves when regular insurance is too expensive or simply not available.

Group Captives - Competing in a soft market.

Captives Newport Risk Services July 29th 2007
Andrew Berry of Newport Risk Services analyzes the competitive challenges facing group captives, their inherent competitive advantages and strategies to compete