The Insurance Managers Association of Cayman (IMAC) names Chris Norton and Eric O’Neill as opening and closing keynote speakers for the Cayman Captive Forum 2026.
Global dedicated reinsurance capital rose to US$663 billion at year-end 2025, an all-time high, according to AM Best, which projects a further record of US$705 billion in 2026.
Aprio appoints Brad Schock as insurance tax partner. Schock is based in Cleveland, Ohio, and works remotely. The appointment took effect in August 2026.
The Pan-Asia Risk and Insurance Management Association (PARIMA) concludes its Penang Masterclass 2026, held from 6 to 7 August, the association’s first masterclass in Penang and its first across two days.
Uthman bin Mohd Haneef, management executive, risk and resilience at PLUS Malaysia Berhad, wins the Penang edition of the Next-Gen Risk Takers Challenge, run by the Pan-Asia Risk and Insurance Management Association.
Jeometri Insurance Managers (Guernsey) Limited receives a licence from the Guernsey Financial Services Commission for Jeometri Insurance PCC Limited, a protected cell company offering clients a ring-fenced route into captive insurance in Guernsey.
The Cayman Islands Ministry of Financial Services and Commerce confirms the jurisdiction has submitted its application to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners for qualified jurisdiction status.
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With the IRS's 2025 micro-captive rules now embedded, interest in 831(a) structures is climbing. Elliot Hayes sits down with George Belokas, president of GPW and Associates, on why the new rules strengthen the case for well-designed captives, and what Loper Bright means for IRS enforcement.
Dr Bernice Buttigieg, chief strategy officer at Finance Malta, takes Mark Dugdale through how two decades of regulatory and operational depth keep the island ahead of newer jurisdictions, and how technology and emerging risk classes will shape the next phase.
A new Wilmington-based protected cell platform is targeting the gap between commercial insurance and a standalone captive. Nicole Bennett talks to Eagle Guard's Matt Propst and Mike Moran, and GuideFire's Jesse Olsen, about why North Carolina and what mid-market businesses gain from a turnkey structure.
With close to 90 captives now domiciled in Singapore, Nicole Bennett speaks with Kelvin Wu, president of the Singapore Captive Insurance Association, ahead of the Asia Pacific Captive Forum on 2 July, about what is driving the city-state's growth as Asia's captive hub.
As fee compression erodes other sources of efficiency in captive insurance portfolios, Kevin Yousif, CFA, president of Yousif Capital Management, argues that disciplined tax management has become a repeatable and underappreciated source of after-tax value, and that tax lot harvesting deserves a more prominent place in portfolio strategy.
From a foundational self-insurance vehicle to a rated capital partner writing parametric coverage and global employee benefits, Vertex Pharmaceuticals’ Vermont-domiciled captive Torreyana is redefining what a biotech captive can achieve. Mark Dugdale reports
Jack Meskunas, managing director of investments at Oppenheimer & Co, examines what the bond market reveals about the true health of companies, and why captive insurance portfolios deserve active management over passive index fund exposure.
Two decades on from pioneering its protected cell regime, Malta is repositioning itself as a substance-rich bridge between the UK and the EU. Ian-Edward Stafrace of Atlas Insurance PCC and Karl De Giovanni of SRS Europe weigh in on a more sophisticated owner base, the rise of affinity and embedded insurance, and the operational squeeze of growing complexity.
Paul Shimomoto, president and director, Hawaii Captive Insurance Council, looks at why the domicile is the perfect home for captive insurers
Carter Lawrence, commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance, sits down with John Savage to talk about the state’s growth as a captive domicile
Kevin Poole, general manager at the Insurance Managers Association of Cayman, sits down with Captive Insurance Times to discuss the domicile’s captive positioning
