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28 August 2008   Click here to sign up for our eNewsletter Newsletter
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Lead story
European captive association announces board
The European Captive Insurance and Reinsurance Owners’ Association (ECIROA) confirmed its foundation in Luxembourg today and announced its board membership.   Günter Dröse of Deutsche Bank has been confirmed as interim Chairman and Hans-Joachim Fippinger of Evonik Degussa, interim V...
First meeting for European captive association
Soft market sees group captive decline but SME growth
Increasing numbers of group captives are “dying on the vine”, but the soft market presents oppor...
California RRG action prompts caution on stop-loss
Auto Dealers risk retention group (AD-RRG), which recently fell foul of California’s aversion to ...
DC luring the ICC crowd
The District of Columbia (DC) expects to double its rate of captive growth this year after chang...
Crouse scoops top Vermont captive award
Former Vermont deputy commissioner of captive insurance Len Crouse topped the honours as the Ver...
Sagicor and CaribRM attempt to spur Jamaica 'captive market'
Two local captive service providers are attempting to stimulate a captive market in Jamaica, acco...
Towner's Vermont office licenses first captives
Towner Management Group’s (TMG) recently-opened Vermont captive management office has netted its...
Labuan on the hunt for Asian captive business
Attracting Asian captive insurance companies to its shores is one of the primary objectives of th...
White to head SRS RRG practice
Independent captive manager Strategic Risk Solutions (SRS) has appointed former Vermont regulato...
Bermuda implements captive reclassification
The Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA) implemented its re-classification of Class 3 insurers this w...
Auto Dealers RRG loses fight to ‘bully’ California
Auto Dealers Risk Retention Group (AD-RRG) agreed to cease writing business in Californ...
Platinum creates US$200m multi-peril, multi-region cat bond
Reinsurer Platinum Underwriters Bermuda has completed a three-year, US$200m catastrophe bond d...
A.M. Best looks to Europe for captive ratings business
Ratings agency A.M. Best claims it is seeing a “growing interest in financial strength ratings (...
Jordan latest to pursue captive status in Middle East
The Insurance Commission of Jordan (IC) has plans to introduce captive legislation in the juris...