Registration for the 2026 Cayman Captive Forum (CCF) opens with sustained demand, with half of delegate passes sold on the first day.
North American Risk Services (NARS), a provider of claims administration and risk management solutions, promotes Elaina Denhardt to vice president of operations.
CICA president Dan Towle delivers the keynote address at Zurich Captive Dialogue Day on 23 June, held at the Zurich Development Center in Zurich, Switzerland.
AM Best upgrades the Financial Strength Rating to 'A+' (Superior) from 'A' (Excellent), and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings to 'aa-' (Superior) from 'a+' (Excellent), of Solen Versicherungen of Switzerland and Noble Assurance Company of Texas, US
Augment Risk, the reinsurance and capital solutions broker, appoints Lee Bonnett to develop its growing managing general agent (MGA) client base, effective immediately.
The Pan-Asia Risk and Insurance Management Association concludes its Regional Conference 2026 in Mumbai, drawing risk leaders, insurance professionals and industry experts from across India and the Asia Pacific region.
James Bulkowski serves as a senior director with Alvarez & Marsal Tax in New York, advising global organisations on captive insurance, alternative risk financing, and tax and insurance solutions.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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
