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Aquarian Holdings has launched Aquarian Insurance Holdings to unify its reinsurance and retail insurance operations

Hymans Robertson has named Richard Wellard as its new head of alternative risk transfer solutions

The merger will double Howden's global employee benefits business, bringing together approximately 4,000 experts and generating combined revenues approaching £500 million worldwide

The insurance-linked securities (ILS) market reached a record capacity of US$107 billion by the end of 2024, driven by retained earnings and new capital inflows, according to a recent AM Best report

AM Best has assigned a financial strength rating of ‘B++’ (Good) and a long-term issuer credit rating of ‘bbb+’ to Cadence Indemnity, single-parent captive of the Sullivan Brothers Family of Companies

Physical workplace risks were identified as the primary concern by 43 per cent of respondents, while employee mental health and wellbeing issues related to work were highlighted by 28 per cent

Lara Martiner succeeds Grant Maxwell, who will depart Allianz at the end of June.? She will continue in her current role as CEO of AGCS subsidiary Allianz Risk Transfer

John Michael Alexander and Ryan Basnett from the South Carolina Department of Insurance explain the competitive advantages for small and medium-sized businesses when choosing South Carolina as the domicile to establish their captives

Connecticut Insurance Department’s Fenhua Liu talks about the upcoming CT Captive Insurance Forum and the plans to accelerate the captive growth in the State

Waqqas Asghar, audit director at RH CPAs, speaks to John Savage about harnessing captives to optimise financial benefits during mergers and acquisitions and initial public offerings

Jacqueline Quintal, managing director in Financial Institutions Group at Marsh, sheds light on the use of digital assets in the captive insurance space