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Back to SearchTennessee's Wiedeman: Healthy Captives Are Well-Capitalized With Involved Boards
Mark Wiedeman, director, Captive Insurance Section, Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance, said the state recently licensed its 1,000th risk-b…
3 years, 2 months ago
NC's Gorman: Legislation Set to Boost North Carolina's Captive Insurance Industry
Lori Gorman, deputy commissioner, N.C. Department of Insurance, said legislation to modify the state's Captive Insurance Act includes extending premi…
3 years, 2 months ago
Utah's Wegkamp: State Simplifies Captive Formation, Adjusts Capitalization Requirements
Travis Wegkamp, director of captive insurance, Utah, said changes to the state's captive regulations are aimed at helping small- and medium-size busi…
3 years, 2 months ago
AM Best Captive Insurance Panel: Rated Captives See Strong Performance
A panel of AM Best rating analysts at the Vermont Captive Insurance Association conference attributed rated captives' strong performance over the pas…
3 years, 2 months ago
Captive Expert Panel: Parametric Cover Gains a Foothold as Regulators, Others Adapt
AM Best's Fred Eslami said a limited number of rated captive insurers are employing parametric coverage. Panelists spoke with AM Best TV at the annua…
3 years, 2 months ago
Vermont's Nevins: Latest Captive Regulatory Update Includes Strengthened Confidential
Brittany Nevins, captive insurance economic development director, Vermont, said regulators, associations and legislators meet regularly to fine-tune …
3 years, 2 months ago
AM Best: MENA Markets More Stable Despite Headwinds
With oil prices at a relatively high level and COVID-19 lockdowns ended, MENA regional insurance markets are showing strong growth, said Vasilis Kats…
3 years, 2 months ago
Conning’s Citroen: Economy, Labor Drive Downtick in State Credit Quality Outlook
In its 2023 State of the States Municipal Credit Report, Conning shifted its outlook on state credit quality to “declining” from “stable.” States, ho…
3 years, 2 months ago
AM Best: Workers' Compensation Remains a Profit Engine for P/C Industry
Workers’ compensation has been consistently more profitable than other P/C lines from 2012 to 2022 said AM Best Associate Director David Blades and S…
3 years, 2 months ago
Munich Re: First-Half Convective Storms Cause $25 Billion in US Insured Loss
Meteorologist Mark Bove, senior vice president of natural catastrophe solutions, Munich Re, discusses what the greater intensity of storms is doing t…
3 years, 2 months ago