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.
The Prudential Regulation Authority sets out its plans for a bespoke UK captive insurance regime, confirming that it expects to issue a consultation paper in summer 2026 and for the regime to go live in mid-2027.
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.
Gallagher Re warns that the methods currently used to assess artificial intelligence (AI) models are not fit for underwriting purposes, and that better evaluation is needed to give insurers confidence in pricing AI risk.
Lloyds Banking Group appoints Daniel Sims as director, head of captive insurance, joining the bank's newly created captive insurance team.
WTW acquires Redefind, an end-to-end web-based platform designed to facilitate access to insurance products for crypto and digital assets.
Aon has announced plans to launch the Aon Digital Placement Exchange (Aon DPX), a digital trading platform aimed at modernising how brokers access capital and syndicate risk in the London Market.
The Fidelis Partnership (TFP) partners with Howden to implement Broker Connect, a new capability in TFP's underwriting platform designed to automate and streamline the pre-bind submission process for complex risks.
