Captive insurance and alternative risk transfer information
Search
Captive.Com
Captive Yellow Pages
Associations
Group & Rental Captives
Captive | ART Programs
Member Product Showcases

Captive Insurance And Alternative risk Education

 

Ask the Expert Forum
Ask the Expert FAQ
Captive Insurance Basics
Captive Daily Wire™ News
Learning Center
Legislative & Regulatory
Templates and Tools
Pulse Surveys
Shop captive.com Store

Captive Industry Stats
News/Library
Career Opportunities
Conference Calendar
Domicile Information
Website FAQ
A.M. Best Captive Insurance  Ratings
A.M. Best Ratings

Membership Info
Credit Card Authorization
Captive.com, llc
Register for Publications

***

22 Summit Farms Road
Southington, CT 06489
Phone: 860.276.9775
Mobile: 860-302-6706
E-mail us

 

Featured Captive and Alternative Risk Conferences

Bermuda Captive Conference 2012 SIIA Conference Vermont Captive Insurance Association 2012 Conference Captive Live USA captive insurance conference

 

Captive Insurance Industry News & Links

Captive Daily Wire

Captive Daily Wire -- The captive insurance industry's premier news feed powered by LexisNexis™ updated daily by 3:15 EDT. Subscribe or un-subscribe for e-mail delivery each afternoon or read online at captive.com

5/16 IRMI Releases 16th Edition of the Classification Cross-Reference.

"International Risk Management Institute, Inc. (IRMI), releases the 16th edition of the Classification Cross-Reference in response to significant changes in a number of databases, including the ISO CGL and NCCI workers compensation classifications. The 16th edition is the first resource to include the 2012 edition of the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), developed by the United States Census Bureau..." [Full story]
5/15 The 2nd Captive Live USA conference will take place at the Fairmont Hotel, Chicago, from September 10-11. Captive insurance professionals, risk managers, and service providers should consider this event! Captive Live USA is Free to attend! Learn more on the Conference Calendar. For your convenience, we have also added a button to the conference website on this page.
5/15 Captive Insurance Association News: Delaware Captive Insurance Association (DCIA) Mid-Year Forum Recap

"More than 50 captive insurance industry executives from around the country gathered in Wilmington, Delaware last week for the Delaware Captive Insurance Association (DCIA) 2012 Mid-Year Forum. The educational and networking event opened with a welcoming from Delaware Insurance Commissioner Karen Weldin Stewart. The Commissioner presented some interesting data describing the growth and composition of the domicile. Licensing numbers for 2011 are as follows..." [Full story]
5/14  IRMI Releases 12th Edition of the Glossary of Insurance and Risk Management Terms.

"...In addition to definitions of more than 3,200 risk management and insurance terms, the new edition of the Glossary translates 1,100 acronyms and abbreviations, making it one of the most comprehensive and up-to-date insurance and risk glossaries available. The Glossary provides quick answers to questions involving unfamiliar terminology used in insurance policies, submissions, proposals, and risk management reports. It also cross-references to specific sections in IRMI references for occasions when more information is needed on selected topics...." [Full story]

Captive.com Note: The print version of the glossary may be purchased directly from IRMI.com, but the online version may be accessed without cost on this Web page: http://www.irmi.com/online/insurance-glossary. We link to this resource from the Glossaries section of the captive.com News/Library, where you will also find glossaries of captive insurance terms and reinsurance terms published by captive.com and some of our sponsors.
5/14 Captive Ratings News: A.M. Best Upgrades Ratings of The American Road Insurance Company.

"May 14, 2012—A.M. Best Co. has upgraded the financial strength rating to A (Excellent) from A- (Excellent) and issuer credit rating to “a” from “a-” of The American Road Insurance Company (TARIC) (Dearborn, MI). The outlook for both ratings is stable..." [Full story]

5/14 The European Insurance Forum 2012 is scheduled for May 24 and 25 in Dublin. This event addresses the fundamental issues confronting the international reinsurance sector in Europe, which impacts the captive insurance industry. Information and links are now available on the captive.com Conference Calendar.
5/11 Captive Insurance Association News: VERMONT CAPTIVE INSURANCE ASSOCIATION TO HOST LARGEST CAPTIVE INSURANCE CONFERENCE IN THE U.S. "Captive insurance professionals from throughout the United States and around the world will gather in Burlington, Vermont for one of the world's premiere captive insurance events, August 7 - 9, 2012 at the Sheraton Hotel and Conference Center and the University of Vermont's Davis Center. The event is the 27th Annual Conference hosted by the Vermont Captive Insurance Association..." [Full story]
5/11 This year's Hawaii Captive Insurance Council (HCIC) Forum will take place from October 22-24 on the island of Maui. Information and links are now available on the Conference Calendar.
5/11 Today, SRS held an excellent webinar, "Health Insurance - The Latest Developments in Self-Funding and Captives,"

If this topic is of interest to you, take a look at Mike Ferguson's blog entitledc, "Stop-Loss Insurance Regulatory Developments Spill Over into the Captive World." Mike was on today's panel.

Missed this SRS webinar? No problem! To listen to past events, visit www.strategicrisks.com/webinars.php.

5/10 Insurance Education News: IRMI Publishes Directory of Risk Management and Insurance Programs at U.S. Colleges and Universities.

"International Risk Management Institute, Inc. (IRMI), is pleased to provide the Directory of Risk Management and Insurance Programs at U.S. Colleges and Universities at no charge..." [Download full story, including link to complimentary directory]

5/9 From our friends in the VT insurance department: "We are off to a great a start to 2012! So far this year, we have licensed ten new captives, eight of which were formed in the first quarter which is the strongest start we've seen since 2005." Follow this link for the full VT report.
5/9 The May Risk Retention Reporter headlines are now available from the Captive Headlines page in the News/Library. This month's lead article, "Large RRGs See Healthy Premium Growth in 2011," is good news indeed for our industry.

Risk Retention Reporter is an essential publication for anybody with an interest in risk retention groups, so we have made it easy for you to download sample articles and a sample edition, then order this publication and more from a variety of publishers, all from our secure server. [Take me to Captive Headlines]

5/8 Member Announcement: Cinda Carbone Named Executive Vice President of Alternative Risk Solutions for Active Captive Management.

"Active Captive Management of Irvine CA is pleased to announce Cinda Carbone as the new Executive Vice President of Alternative Risk Solutions..." [Full story with photo]

5/8 Save the date for the Kentucky Captive Association 2012 Educational Conference, scheduled for November 1-2 at Churchill Downs. Reminder is on the Conference Calendar with more info coming soon.
 

 

"What's New" Page 2

 


Captive.com, LLC
22 Summit Farms Road, Southington, Connecticut USA
Phone: 860-276-9775
Fax: 860-276-9795
Cell: 860-302-6706

Copyright © 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 Captive.com, LLC

top of page

Featured Sponsors

Amplitude Re Series Cells Milliman Captive Insurance Website
Fifth Third Bank Captive Financial Products AMS Group Offshore captive info
Zurich Captives Saslow, Lufkin & Buggy
Captive Insurance Brief Spring Group
Comerica Bank captive banking services website Alta Holdings captive info
Towers Watson captive insurance Website Active Captive Management
Qatar Financial Centre Authority South Carolina captive insurance
Atlas Captive Insurance Management Website Chartis Captive Insurance website