Captives function as an alternative method for covering risks. The captive usually requires a fronting arrangement from an insurance carrier. Many captives are offshore due to tax advantages.
US Supreme Court 831(b) – Captive Advisor Win Expands Beyond Workers Comp A recent US Supreme Court 831(b) micro-captive decision (unanimous) set a precedent that
IRS Opens Promoter Investigations Office For 831(b) Micro Captives The 831(b) micro captives industry received more news this week from the US Treasury Department. The
One of the long-awaited captive decisions by the US Tax Court was issued this month. The microcaptive 831(b) arrangements industry may need to look in
Offshore Micro Captives Dropped Off IRS Dirty Dozen List – Why? Over the weekend, I was combing through my workers’ comp reading list. I almost
Captive Tax Advantages – Tax Court Ruling – One To Read NOW Some Captive tax advantages may have been eroded with a recent US Tax
Offshore Financial Arrangements Including Micro-captives Still On Watch List Most micro-captives are a legitimate way to offshore the self-insurance of Workers Compensation benefits. The IRS
Oklahoma Captive Program Grows The Oklahoma Captive program added 63 captives in the last two years. In 2013, Oklahoma had 11 captives. The explosive
Captive RRG Legal and Regulatory Environment Captive RRG Legal and Regulatory Environment – I actually attended five different sessions on Day Two of the conference.
CICA Your Actuarial Report – Maximizing The Findings The CICA Your Actuarial Report covered much ground very quickly for captives. The exact title of the
CICA Conference – Using Reinsurance to Make Strategic Decisions Presenters – David Sullivan (AON Benfield), Paul McKeon (TransRe) and Brian Alvers (AON Benfield) (Re)Insurance Market Overview The
Micro Captives For Workers Comp – Viable Alternative Micro captives to cover Workers Comp losses is an interesting yet caveat-generating twist on an old subject.
Top 10 Challenge Areas – The First Five The article on the Top 10 Challenges for Workers Compensation received a large amount of inter-buzz. Two
IRS Takes Another Look at Offshore Captives A few years ago, I warned that the IRS was beginning to examine captive more closely – mainly
NY Says Captives Are Shadow Insurance Captives for Workers Compensation and other types of Shadow Insurance have long drawn scrutiny – sometimes undeservedly. This week,
The Great Premium Deals May Not Be Deals After All Do the great workers comp premium deals really save money? With prices rising (at least
Captive Reserve Question Concerning LDF’s A good question about Captive reserve from readers. I am responding to a question from Wayne on this post. I
Workers Compensation Captives – A Legitimate Yet Complex Alternative Workers Compensation Captives have come to the forefront as a possibly viable alternative for Workers Compensation
CICA 2011 Conference – Tucson AZ was a learning experience I attended the CICA Conference this week in Tucson AZ. The conference provided a large
Term Of The Day – CICA CICA or Captive Insurance Companies Association is an association of risk managers formed to educate, inform, support and provide valuable
Captives for Workers Comp – Who Adjusts Your Claims Most Captives for Workers Comp should not overlook the claims administrator which will handle your claims.
Protected Cell Captives In my last blog post, I covered Protected Cell Captives under the Rent-A- Captive heading. I used to think this type of
Rent-A-Captives Types Rent-A-Captives are becoming more popular in Workers Comp as a method of risk transfer. Rent-A-Captives used to be viewed as hybrid arrangements that
Captive Insurance Arrangements I have not posted on captive insurance arrangements for many months. The last time I posted was when the IRS surprised me
Fronting Agreement Popular With Captives A fronting Agreement covers two types of “foreign” companies and insurers. In general terms, and usually for Workers Comp purposes,
Workers Comp Captive Insurance A question from one (and I love to hear from our blog readers) of our readers on Workers Comp Captive Insurance arrangements
Most Offshore Captives Look Much Better In Workers Comp Hard Market Most offshore Captives look great in a Workers Comp Hard Market. For many years,
IRS Decided No Captive Taxes For Now IRS shocks with no captive taxes decision. One of the most hotly debated and controversial topics since the bid-rigging
News Is On Captives and The IRS I was a little slow to understand how captives worked when they first were written a few years
Workers Comp Captives – IRS Mulling Changes The Workers Comp Captives are the IRS news today. The blog post today was supposed to be about
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