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Marsh launches Marsh Nexus Captive Solution
16 June 2026
US Reporter Nicole Bennett

Marsh launches Marsh Nexus Captive Solution, a captive insurance offering designed to help multinational organisations manage the risks and costs of their international employee benefits programmes.

AIG promotes Hannon to captive management team lead
16 June 2026
US Reporter Elliot Hayes

AIG promotes Brittany Hannon to client service delivery team lead, captive management.

Innovative Captive Strategies appoints Fardal to employee benefits team
16 June 2026
US Reporter Elliot Hayes

Innovative Captive Strategies appoints Eric Fardal as a captive associate on its employee benefits team.

Alliant appoints Searcy to employee benefits team
16 June 2026
US Reporter Elliot Hayes

Alliant Insurance Services appoints Kristin Searcy as senior vice president within its Employee Benefits Group, expanding the firm's strategic advisory capabilities across the Southeast.

MNK International appoints Cooper to lead agricultural specialty expansion
16 June 2026
UK Reporter Nicole Bennett

MNK International, the specialist Lloyd's of London broker, appoints Robert Cooper as managing director, aquaculture, livestock and bloodstock, to build out its global agricultural and specialty portfolio.

Westcor secures AM Best 'A-' rating, boosting Grid151 title reinsurance programme
16 June 2026
US Reporter Elliot Hayes

AM Best assigns a Financial Strength Rating of 'A-' (Excellent) and a Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of 'a-' (Excellent) to Westcor Land Title Insurance Company(Westcor), the fronting carrier for Grid151's title reinsurance structure.

Redion targets Asia Pacific growth under new Generali Care brand
16 June 2026
Italy Reporter Nicole Bennett

Generali Group identifies Asia Pacific as a key growth priority for Redion, the recently unveiled brand uniting Europ Assistance and Generali Employee Benefits(GEB) under a single global Care platform.

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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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