Captive Basics

What To Expect from an Actuarial Analysis

May 22, 2025

An actuarial analysis estimates a company's unpaid insurance losses, offering insight into funds needed for claims. This analysis is crucial for companies retaining significant insurance risks and can help determine the benefits of forming a captive insurance company to manage these risks more effectively. Read More


Insuring Unique Risks in a Captive

May 22, 2025

Captive insurance companies can be used to insure just about any risk to which a parent company is exposed. Read More


Can a Captive Insurance Company Insure Employee Benefits?

August 23, 2024

Increasingly, organizations today utilize some form of captive insurance to fund the costs of employee benefits such as medical and life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment, long-term disability, and retirement. Learn about the advantages and disadvantages of funding benefits through a captive insurance company. Read More


953(d) Elections: The Basics

June 18, 2024

An article from Saren Goldner and P. Bruce Wright, partners in the tax department of Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP, provides a basic overview of requirements, procedures, and compliance aspects surrounding the 953(d) election. Read More


What Is a Protected or Segregated Cell Captive?

June 7, 2024

Captive insurers fall into two main groups. Pure captives are 100 percent owned, directly or indirectly, by their insureds. Sponsored captives are owned and controlled by parties unrelated to the insured. Read on to learn about rental captives and protected cell captives. Read More