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Why captives will stick around after a hard market

September 20, 2023 by Alyssa DiSabatino

Canada’s P&C insurance industry is showing signs of market softening in some lines, but captives remain a viable option for commercial clients — particularly in fledgling tech industries such as cryptocurrency.  Alternative risk transfer solutions have merit even when hard

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How to use captives to manage employee benefits risks

September 28, 2022 Mauricio Suarez

By recent counts, more than 7,000 captive insurance companies exist globally, used primarily by multinational companies to take control of various risks. And yet, fewer than 200 of them are used to write employee benefits (EB) risks. Which means less

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Captives can provide solutions for capacity limitations

January 20, 2022 Mike Lister

Emergence of new risks alongside capacity restrictions across industry sectors makes it more important than ever for risk managers to strike the right balance between risk retention and risk transfer. Often, this leads to increased interest in alternative risk solutions

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How Alberta’s new captives act will benefit oil and gas companies

January 12, 2022 Philip Porado

Alberta could become Canada’s answer to Barbados, with the passage of a new law allowing captive insurance companies in the province. Bill 76, which received royal assent, will make Alberta the second Canadian province where captive insurance companies can domicile.

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Captive insurance programs target commercial auto in Canada

February 15, 2019 by Jason Contant

eCaptiv, which provides alternative and captive insurance solutions in Canada and the United States, will be forming two group captives through an exclusive group of independent insurance brokers to “combat commercial auto trends in Canada.” The programs are in the

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Allianz trials blockchain prototype for the captive insurance market

November 7, 2017 by Canadian Underwriter

International insurance transactions can be significantly accelerated and simplified, suggests a trial by Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) involving the successful implementation of a blockchain prototype for the captive insurance market. “We are currently seeing many blockchain applications in

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March 1, 2017 Greg Meckbach, Associate Editor

There is an increased interest in using captives to cover cyber risk. With cyber risk changing so rapidly, contributing to making the risk difficult to underwrite, some industry experts expect that interest to grow.

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Aon announces alternative cyber risk transfer approach

January 24, 2017 by Canadian Underwriter

Aon Global Risk Consulting announced on Tuesday its Cyber Captive Program, which guides companies through a series of steps to help identify, assess and quantify their cyber exposures – “ultimately making more informed decisions around risk retention in a captive

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Business interruption due to breach top cyber risk concern for captive insurers: Aon

April 11, 2016 by Canadian Underwriter

The costs of business interruption due to a breach is the top cyber risk concern for businesses across all industries, according to Aon Global Risk Consulting’s (AGRC) 2016 Captive Cyber Survey report, released on Monday. As Aon’s first cyber captive