The number of North Carolina’s licensed captive companies grew by 91 percent last year, while approved protected cells and series saw an increase of over 50 percent

The North Carolina Captive Insurance Association Annual Conference kicked off this week with Thomas Adams, president and CEO, thanking those in the industry who have helped make the state’s captive market the success it is today

Willis Towers Watson has hired Paul Devitt as director in its global services and solutions consultancy practice, where he will focus on employee benefit captive consulting

The US Tax Court has backed the Internal Revenue Service’s decision to deny Benyamin and Orna Avrahami access to the Internal Revenue Code Section 831(b) election for certain financial years

The paucity of data on captives needs to be addressed as a matter of priority, according to Muhammad bin Ibrahim

Crawford & Company has named Roberto McQuattie as regional head of Latin America to oversee operations across the company’s network of 15 offices in the region

London will be able to bring the kind of innovation to the insurance linked-securities (ILS) seen in Guernsey’s first ever blockchain-backed deal, according to Malcolm Newman of SCOR

A.M. Best has assigned a financial strength rating of “A (Excellent)” and a long-term issuer credit rating of “a+” to Scotia Reinsurance, located in Barbados

The North Carolina Captive Insurance Association is ready to kick off its third annual event on 21 August, with more than 200 delegates expected to attend

Greenlight Capital Re has appointed Michael Belfatti to the newly created position of COO

Orion Risk Management has partnered with Friedmann & Friedmann Insurance Services, a South California-based insurance broker, to enhance its client and employee network

Ferrier will be based in the San Francisco office from September, focusing on global, regional and managing general agent business