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Learning Center "Course" Catalog
Featured Learning Events:
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You can now preview captive.com's companion website -- CaptiveLearning.com
-- where continuing education for captive industry professionals
will soon be available 24/7. Courses will feature PowerPoint/Audio
and PowerPoint/Video formats, supported by downloadable course materials,
testing, online student/instructor forums, and certificates of completion
that you can take to your state for continuing education credits.
All this will be available at a reasonable cost! The website will
be formally launched in August at VCIA.
Visit CaptiveLearning.com
and register as a guest to view John Salisbury's new PowerPoint/Audio
course entitled Captive Governance Best Practices,
which will be available on a complimentary basis for a short time.
E-mail us with your suggestions
and feedback. We look forward to hearing from industry professionals
who are interested in sponsoring or developing courses that Take
Aim At Captive Excellence!
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 July
8, 2008: A.M. Best to Host July 31 Webinar to Review Current Market
for Captive Insurance Organizations. [Registration link included for this
free educational seminar]
Visit Cedar
Consulting's Weblog, launched in March 2008. Ibi est
Vox in Sermo -- In conversation there is power! Very informative
indeed!
Ask the Expert Q&A:
PowerPoint
Presentations:
| Date |
Presentation
Title and Description |
| 10/15/07 |
Hot off the presses from the recent Delaware Captive Insurance Association
Conference, download this fine presentation entitled Your
CAPTIVE & the MARKET: Impact & Choices.
Our thanks go to Bill Whitehead from Lexington Insurance Company
for sharing these informative slides. |
| 10/15/07 |
Our second offering for October is a well-received presentation
from the August VCIA Conference entitled New
Varieties of Reinsurance. This seminar featured
three presenters -- Steve McIlhiney from EWI
Risk Services, Paul Buckley from Tyco International, and David
Lee from Brown Brothers Harriman. |
| 8/13/07 |
From the 2007 VCIA conference, download
Bruce Wright's well-received presentation entitled Pulling
Up Roots: Reasons and Methods for Redomestication.
This presentation takes you from A to Z on issues surrounding captive
redomestication. |
| 2/2/07 |
The time is right to resume a discussion
on the potential benefits of Captive
Accreditation. Captive.com's own John Salisbury participated
in an excellent, albeit controversial, presentation on this topic
at World Captive Forum. The issue is likely to be discussed widely
at the upcoming CICA Conference, so we wanted you to have the
benefit of John's annotated presentation slides prior to that
event. We will add an article next week detailing WCF presentation,
along with the conversation it generated.
Download John's well-annotated Captive
Accreditation presentation now, and feel free to e-mail
us with your thoughts on this topic. In order to view John's
annotations, save the PowerPoint file to your hard drive,
then open it from your local computer. |
| 1/4/07 |
"REDOMESTICATION
OF CAPTIVES INTO NEVADA" presented for the Nevada Captive
Insurance Association in Las Vegas on February 24, 2006 by Bruce
Wright at LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene
& MacRae. |
| 8/29/05 |
Download four PowerPoint presentations
from Bruce Wright at LeBoeuf,
Lamb, Greene & MacRae:
“DISTRIBUTION
OF CAPTIVE PROFITS” from the Atlas Legal, Tax and
Financial Aspects of Captive Insurance Companies Conference
in San Francisco, July 11-12, 2005.
“OVERVIEW
OF CAPTIVE TAX AND REGULATORY CONSIDERATIONS” from the
Atlas Legal, Tax and Financial Aspects of Captive Insurance
Companies Conference in San Francisco, July 11-12, 2005.
“EMPLOYEE
BENEFITS AND CAPTIVES©” from the Atlas Legal,
Tax and Financial Aspects of Captive Insurance Companies Conference
in San Francisco, July 11-12, 2005.
“UNDERSTANDING
KEY ELEMENTS OF GROUP CAPTIVES AND RISK RETENTION GROUPS©”
from the IBC 9th Annual International Captives Congress in Orlando,
June 13-15, 2005 |
| 7/13/05 |
REVENUE
RULING 2005-40 (PDF file) |
Recently, the IRS analyzed 4 hypothetical captive
arrangements and concluded that 3 of the 4 lacked risk distribution,
a hallmark of “insurance” status. The ruling that
clarified this issue was Rev Rul 2005-40.
We asked Tom Jones of McDermott,
Will & Emery -- one of captive.com's favorite taxation
experts -- to help us explain the impact of this ruling to our
visitors. We think you will find this brief, information-packed
presentation most helpful. |
| 5/9/05 |
Why
Own When You Can Rent? |
This presentation was delivered at the 2005
CICA Conference by three captive.com members:
The slides give you a wealth of information you'll need to sort
out the classic debate -- Buy vs.
Rent 101. Should you still have questions, contact
information is provided at the end of the presentation. Outstanding! |
Feb.
2005 |
Using
Captives for Employee Benefits |
This well-received presentation by Milliman's
Bill Thompson
was delivered in December 2004 at the SCCIA Fifth Annual Executive
Educational Conference. The slides are "meaty" and informative,
and answer these questions and more:
- Why are employers using their captive for employee benefits?
- Who has done it so far?
- How have the existing transactions been structured?
- What are the primary issues that employers need to evaluate?
- How do you make it happen?
- What does the future hold?
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Jan.
2005 |
Captives
101: Managing Cost and Risk |
A comprehensive introductory guide from Towers
Perrin that will give you a general understanding of captives,
along with guidance on how to determine whether or not a captive
makes sense for your organization. What is a captive? How about
domiciles? Why form a captive? Read Case Studies, ERISA regulations,
and much, much more. |
| Sept. 2004 |
Corporate
Governance: Navigating a New Channel |
At the 2004 VCIA Conference, Monte Jahnke (Kerr,
Russell & Weber), Steve Scammel ((Towers-Perrin/CICR)),
Debbie Lambert (Johnson
Lambert), and Alan Fleming (Guernsey
Regulator) joined forces to deliver this outstanding presentation,
updating you on corporate governance issues directly impacting captives. |
| April 2004 |
Creating
A Virtual Captive |
“Creating
A Virtual Captive” is the title of a case study presentation
of how Government Entities Mutual (GEM)
developed a virtual infrastructure within sixty days after it
started operations on January 1, 2003. The presentation was delivered
by GEM President John Salisbury at the recent CICA annual conference.
It can be viewed here on captive.com.
GEM is a captive domiciled in DC with 2003 net written premiums
of $4.5 million. The Company has three full-time staff and contracts
services with several service providers. The presentation details
how a capital investment of less than $110,000 made a robust captive
infrastructure a reality.
John’s avocation is serving as a principal at captive.com
where he shares his many years of experience as a captive and
group self-insurance program experience with others. |
| January 2004 |
Captive
Governance 101
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Monte Jahnke from Kerr, Russell & Weber
participated in a panel that delivered this fine presentation
at the Cayman 2003 Captive Forum in December.
While much of the information on governance applies to all captive
domiciles, Cayman's governance issues are covered in detail. The
presentation includes both slides and full supporting articles
that deliver the topic to you in considerable depth. We are confident
that you will love this one! |
| March 2003 |
TRIA
-- Accessing Coverage for Captives |
Joel Chansky from Milliman
gives an in-depth perspective on TRIA's impact on captives. He includes
numerous examples to clarify his thoughts. |
| June 2002 |
Captive
Governance in a Post-Enron World, |
PowerPoint Presentation
by Monte Jahnke from the 6th Annual International Captives Congress,
June 2002 |
| Dec. 2001 |
The
Fog Lifts on Tax Definition of 'Insurance, presented by Tom
Jones of McDermott, Will & Emery.
Some visitors have reported problems using this presentation.
An alternative is to download the Power
Point file directly to your hard drive. |
One of the fine presentations
from IBC's 7th Annual Executive Forum on Captives |
| Sep. 2001 |
Innovations
in the Financing of Employee Benefits |
Numerous requests have come to
captive.com, requesting information on Employee Benefits captives.
While we have a number of articles available in the News/Library
(use the search engine to find them!), Karin Landry from Spring
Consulting Group (formerly known as Watson Wyatt IFS) was
kind enough to send us her fine presentation on this topic. |
| July 2001 |
What to Do When Your Fronting Carrier
Gets Into Trouble or....
Fronting: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
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Given the hard market in 2001,
this presentation arms you with helpful information on the state
of fronting, and what to do when your fronting company gets into
trouble.
Captive.com thanks IBC
USA Conferences for permission to post this excellent presentation,
originally done for the 2001 ICAP Conference in Bermuda. |
Instructional
Events, Articles and White Papers
July 2008: Give
Diligence Its Due: Aspirat Primo Fortuna by By Neil
Putman, CPA, CPCU, AIAF, Senior Vice President, Customer Operations,
SPARTA Insurance Company. This white paper summarizes the importance
of the relationship between the insurance program manager and the
insurance carrier. Putman discusses how due diligence is the first
effort in establishing the operational relationship between carrier
and program administrator. He also describes the "enterprise"
in risk assessment, and concludes with the valuable payback that results
from viewing due diligence as a process never to be ignored.
April 2008: White
Paper on Captive Insurance Companies prepared for
the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, prepared by the NzCIA. This is a
good Captive Basics white paper, and contains helpful information
on New Zealand as a domicile.
April 2008: "Captive
Insurance Companies - What to Consider When Establishing and Operating
Captives" by Patrick Theriault [Editor's Note:
This is an outstanding "Captives 101" white paper that we
know you will appreciate, updated to reflect recent changes in the
industry.]
March 2008: Visit Cedar
Consulting's Weblog, Ibi est Vox in Sermo --
In conversation there is power! Very informative indeed.
January 2008: IRS
Issues Guidance with Respect to “Cell” Companies.
This is an important article written by a long-time friend of captive.com,
Rick Irvine, Partner, Tax Services, with PWC in Bermuda. Our thanks
to Rick for sharing this information.
26 July 2007: Market
Briefing: Group Captives -- Competing In a Soft Market.
This outstanding article, was shared with us by an old captive.com
friend, Andrew Berry of Newport Risk Services. Andrew expertly analyzes
the competitive challenges facing group captives, their inherent competitive
advantages and strategies to compete. The briefing is focused on group
captives including risk retention groups. The discussion also applies
to other group risk financing mechanisms such as governmental pools
and self-insured workers compensation groups.
8 June 2007: Use
of Online Training by Captives -- a brief introduction
to a timely white paper written by Advanced Risk Systems entitled
The Use of Online Technology by the Public Entity Pooling
Industry. We think the content applies to the captive
industry as a whole. John's article supplies the link to this downloadable
white paper. Reproduced with kind permission of Advance Risk Management
Systems.
15 August 2006: "Medical
Malpractice Insurance Crisis - Alternative Risk Transfer Solutions"
by John O'Brien. [Editor's Note: A primer on ART solutions
that anybody in the medical field needs to read.]
November 16, 2005: Captives
and Letters of Credit -- A Happy or Necessary Union?
The majority of captive programs require a letter of credit at some
point or another. This fine article by Patrick Theriault of Wilmington
Trust Captive Management Services will give you the background
you will need to be conversant on this important subject.
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