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NACHC partners with ClearPoint Health to expand captive-backed health plans for community health centres
29 June 2026
US Reporter Elliot Hayes

The National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) partners with ClearPoint Health, a performance-based captive platform, to expand access to employer-sponsored health plan options for community health centres (CHCs) across the US.

Aon appoints Mike Reid as EMEA facultative reinsurance leader
29 June 2026
Dublin, Ireland Reporter Nicole Bennett

Aon appoints Mike Reid as EMEA CEO of facultative reinsurance, effective 1 July 2026.

AM Best upgrades issuer credit ratings of W. R. Berkley and subsidiaries
29 June 2026
US Reporter Nicole Bennett

AM Best upgrades the long-term issuer credit ratings (long-term ICR) of W. R. Berkley Corporation and its subsidiaries, citing improved balance sheet strength fundamentals and strong, consistent returns.

Guy Carpenter combines UK property and casualty and London Europe teams
29 June 2026
UK Reporter Elliot Hayes

Guy Carpenter is uniting its UK property and casualty and London Europe teams under a single leadership structure, effective 1 January 2027, in a move it says will give clients more seamless access to broking, claims, analytics, and advisory expertis

HDI Global maps climate risk at Tokyo’s Ueno Park in Iconic Landmarks study
29 June 2026
Japan Reporter Elliot Hayes

HDI Global publishes a physical climate risk assessment of Tokyo’s Ueno Park, using the analysis to illustrate the insurance implications of extreme heat and heavy rainfall for densely populated cities.

PARIMA crowns Kritika Bajaj winner of Mumbai Next-Gen Risk Takers Challenge
29 June 2026
Mumbai Reporter Nicole Bennett

The Pan-Asia Risk and Insurance Management Association (PARIMA) concludes the Mumbai edition of its Next-Gen Risk Takers Challenge, naming Kritika Bajaj of Cube Highways Transportation Assets and Advisors as the winner.

Missigman joins Oxford Risk Management Group as chief underwriting officer
25 June 2026
US Reporter Nicole Bennett

Oxford Risk Management Group appoints Stacy Missigman as chief underwriting officer.

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Kevin Yousif, CFA, president of Yousif Capital Management, argues that disciplined tax management has become a repeatable and underappreciated source of after-tax value for captive portfolios, making the case for tax lot harvesting as fee compression erodes other efficiencies.

Matt Propst and Mike Moran of Eagle Guard's Board of Managers, and Jesse Olsen, president of GuideFire, speak with Nicole Bennett about the launch of Eagle Guard Core Cell Company, why North Carolina, and what mid-market businesses gain from a turnkey protected cell structure.

George Belokas, president of GPW and Associates, sits down with Elliot Hayes to explain why the IRS's clarified micro-captive rules have strengthened the case for well-designed captives, and where 831(a) fits as a considered evolution rather than a default.

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Student Essay Winners Panel
CICA

Under the theme 'Captive Insurance Solutions for Today's Risk Management Challenges', the 2025-2026 CICA Student Essay Contest invited emerging risk professionals to develop strategic solutions for complex global risks. Students from Temple, St. Mary's, and UW-Madison share their research insights and career aspirations.

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Andre Luiz Baldo
Oxford Risk Management Group, within Arrowhead Specialty, a division of Arrowhead Intermediaries

Andre Luiz Baldo, programme business analyst at Oxford Risk Management Group within Arrowhead Specialty, speaks with Nicole Bennett of Captive Insurance Times, three years on from our Emerging Talent series, about his evolving view of captives as strategic assets and where hybrid captive structures and parametric solutions are heading.

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Alan Wise
NFP | Trinity Risk Advisors

Following NFP’s acquisition of Trinity Risk Advisors, founder Alan Wise, sits down with Nicole Bennett to discuss the expanding appeal of group captives for middle-market businesses, the eligibility criteria organisations must meet, and where the model is heading next

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Lori Gorman, Joe Rosenberger
North Carolina Department of Insurance

Lori Gorman, deputy commissioner, and Joe Rosenberger, chief captive analyst, at the North Carolina Department of Insurance (NCDOI), Captive Insurance Companies Division, speak with Nicole Bennett of Captive Insurance Times about solvency expectations, data quality, programme integration, and the regulatory flexibility shaping the domicile’s approach to a rapidly evolving property captive market.

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Vertex: Reimagining the Biotech Captive

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

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Brilliant bonds, stupid stocks: Which leader do I follow?

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.

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Alabama’s captive act revisions: Strengthening oversight while preserving operability

Jennifer Haskell, director of regulatory compliance at Risk Services Companies and president of the Alabama Alternative Risk Alliance, details how industry and regulatory collaboration has shaped proposed revisions to the state’s Captive Insurers Act, and explains why a narrow definitional clause could carry unintended consequences for the more than 30 risk retention groups domiciled in Alabama.

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Hawaii

Paul Shimomoto, president and director, Hawaii Captive Insurance Council, looks at why the domicile is the perfect home for captive insurers

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Tennessee

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

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Cayman Islands

Kevin Poole, general manager at the Insurance Managers Association of Cayman, sits down with Captive Insurance Times to discuss the domicile’s captive positioning

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Italy

Italy is carving out a growing presence in the European captive insurance market, as domestic licences, redomiciliations and evolving regulation begin to reshape its position among emerging domiciles in Europe

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