The Arizona Captive Quarterly

The Summer 2010 edition of this fine newsletter is ready and waiting! Follow this link for the latest news from Arizona (a new window will open).

Artex Extra -- The Quarterly Newsletter of Artex Risk Solutions

• Vol. 4, February 2010: The lead article in this issue is entitled, "Twenty Ten: Between a Rock and a Soft Place." Also covered in this issue are the following articles: Artex Acquires Champlain Captive Management; 831(b) Micro Captives, including a welcome to Brian Flinchum who will be the Artex 831(b) Micro-Captives expert; Staff Guard: New Guaranteed Cost Program for Temp Staffing; Expanded Expertise for Warehousing Risks; and a 60-second seminar on the captive feasibility study.

The Bermuda Insurance Update

• 2010 Volume 3. This issue's lead articles include: Tax accord benefits Canadian captives; Hunting more captives; US benefits from Bermuda business; Insurance innovation in the wind; In the face of more threats; and Advice and a new way forward.
• 2010 Volume 2

The Navigator -- a quarterly newsletter published by the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA). Follow this link to download current and past issues of this helpful newsletter.

IMAC Quarterly Newsletter: The information-packed quarterly newsletter from the Insurance Managers Association of Cayman.

• July 2010: On Wednesday, May 5, 2010 at the Ritz-Carlton, the Cayman Islands Government, with the assistance of IMAC, held an Insurance Business Symposium with 15 overseas insurance specialists to discuss the captive and reinsurance industries. The Chairman's Report in this issue of the IMAC Quarterly Newsletter updates us on this meeting and much morel. Also included in the issue is a legislative and regulatory update, a Forum committee update, and a helpful article on Cayman's leading role in the CAT bond market. Download now!
• April 2010 issue

Captive Insurance Corporate Secretary and Corporate Governance Newsletter. Volume One, Number 1, June 2007, Compliments of John J. O'Brien, JD, CLU, CPCU. This issue is older, but still very relevant.

This issue supplies two useful checklists:

• The first checklist is suggested for a corporate secretary to follow in the organizational Board of Directors meeting of a Risk Retention Group or Captive.
• The second is an audit committee checklist where John opines that the items set forth there are also a good checklist for boards of directors of captives and RRGs, even when an audit committee is not required.

Innovative Insights Newsletter, published by Specialty Risk Services (SRS), covering issues on WORKERS COMPENSATION • LIABILITY • MANAGED CARE • LOSS CONTROL • BENCHMARKING

• August 2009: This issue's lead article is entitled Applying Predictive Modeling to Recognize and Control Claim Costs. The newsletter gives you a brief summary of each topic, then supplies links to the SRS website for the full article or presentation.

The Sparta Standard. This informational quarterly newsletter is brought to you by Sparta Insurance -- Specialty Program and Risk Transfer Alternatives. Follow this link to the menu page for links to current and past issues, or use the links below to jump directly to a specific issue.

• June 2009: The lead article from George Estes and Kevin Costello is entitled, "2009: Raising the Standard for Success." Also included are articles on how Sparta technology makes a difference to you, and an article on Group Captive Demands in a Dynamic Market.

Spring View Newsletter, published by Spring Consulting Group, LLC. A popular information-rich newsletter offering helpful articles on issues impacting your captive.

• August 2010: This month's articles include
  
  
  • PATENT FOR CAPTIVE FUNDING OF EMPLOYEE AND RETIREE BENEFITS
  • Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) Appeals
  • Solvency II
  • Minimum Loss Ratio Requirements
  • Wellness: Forcing Companies to Think Differently
  • Integration Trends (based on Spring Group's 2009-10 Employer Survey of Integrated Disability, Absence, and Health Management Trends.)
  • Spring Benefits Portal
  • Disability Management Employer Coalition (DMEC) Return to Work (RTW) Book
  • Looking Forward to 2014: State Based Insurance Exchanges Under Health Care Reform

• May 2010: The focus of this issue is on recent healthcare reform, and how it will affect our industry. IF MASSACHUSETTS IS
  THE MODEL, WHAT CAN THE REST OF US EXPECT? is the title of the lead article. Download now!
  
  
  
• August 2009: In this issue, we discuss recent news items and how they will affect the industry, including:
• Healthcare reform
• Pandemics
• ADA

• May 2009, focusing on solutions to save money in the current economy, including:
  • An article on voluntary plans
  • A short editorial about funding pensions in a captive
  • A brainteaser about the new FMLA regulation
    

SRS 180º Captive Newsletter published by Strategic Risk Solutions (SRS) -- a guide to what’s hot in the world of captives and ART.

• Issue 24, Quarter 2, 2010: This issue focuses on Group Health Insurance and Captives. The main topic concludes with an article entitled The Impact of Health Care Reform. You will also find Domicile News, SRS News, and Industry Events. Follow this link to download this issus now.

Towers Perrin's Emphasis Online Magazine. Towers Perrin's new automated magazine puts you in control. Spend as much or as little time getting the quality thought leadership you've come to expect from Towers Perrin's Emphasis, now in an easy-to-read format. Read it cover to cover, or flip through to the articles that most impact you and your business. [Follow this link. to a high-tech version. If you have trouble viewing Emphasis from the preceding link, use this link]

What's inside the current issue (2009/2)?
As the story goes, in 1637, a single rare tulip bulb could be sold for a value equivalent to a rich merchant's annual income. But good fortune required that you determine which bulbs held the potential for high and sustainable value. In insurance and risk management, enterprise risk management, economic capital and other emerging risk management tools help determine which risks to accept and which to avoid by identifying the factors driving risk and reward. Embedding ERM in business decision making across the organization helps to select risks with sustainable value for insurers' desired risk "baskets."

The initial series of articles will bring you up to date on ERM issues. This newsletter also contains helpful articles on P&C and Reinsurance. We know you will enjoy it! Captive.com would describe this publication as a "newsletter on steroids." We love it!.

Check it out now from the Towers Perrin website, or if you would like to read the newsletter using the latest technology, use this link.

September 2009: USA Risk Group Industry Update. This issue's lead story, "Independents....a Dying Breed." (download newsletter)

June 2009: USA Risk Group Industry Update (download newsletter)

November 25, 2008: USA Risk Group Industry Update, October 2008 (download newsletter)

USA Risk Group Regulatory Update Volume 1 Issue 1, November 2007: Recent Regulatory Developments with Captive Implications. This issue briefs us on the captive implications surrounding the TRIA extension bill and the proposed IRS regulation on insurance between members of a consolidated group.