BERMUDA CAPTIVE - 2008

Ahead of the game
Bill Lumley
Bill Lumley finds a positive mood prevailing in the sector in Bermuda where the industry and regulator are working together to fight the captive corner.
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Captive and regulatory update
Jeremy Cox
Jeremy Cox presents an overview of licensing and addresses how this year’s major regulatory developments may impact Bermuda captives.
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The sub-prime impact on captives
Martin G. Ellis
Martin G. Ellis looks at how the sub-prime mortgage crisis happened and discusses the impact on captives invested in mortgage-backed securities.
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Transparency is key to navigating broker-owned captives
Peter Willitts
Peter Willitts explains that providing transparency is best practice for the two types of broker-owned captives: the equity captive and the rent-a-captive.
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Captive investment in a credit crisis
Bermuda Captive
What differentiates captives when it comes to forming and developing an investment strategy? Bill Lumley asks Andrew M. Baron at Butterfield Asset Management in Bermuda for his view.
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The end of a captive’s lifecycle
Larry Yumkas, Sean Logan and Lawrence Dixon
How do you handle your captive when it reaches the end of its lifecycle? Larry Yumkas, Sean Logan and Lawrence Dixon explain the options.
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A captive conversation
Roger Crombie
Bermuda Captive sat down with two senior bank employees to discuss the bank’s captive services. Roland (Andy) Burrows, Jr. is head of commercial banking. Renee M. Lewis is head of captives’ insurance in the commercial banking division.
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Completely captive-centric
Keiran O’Mahony, Susan Lane
Kieran O’Mahony explores the reasons why United Insurance Company focuses solely on captives as its means of underwriting risk.
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Cell company evolution
Anthony Bristol
Anthony Bristol discusses the development of cell legislation and considers the merits of protected against incorporated cells.
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Meeting solvency requirements
Charles Thresh and Paul O’Neill
Charles Thresh and Paul O’Neill provide an overview of Solvency II for the Bermuda captive market.
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Navigating Solvency II
Bill Lumley
With the European Commission finalising its next solvency regime this year, Bill Lumley discovers that the next few months will be critical for Bermuda to assert its position.
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Negotiating the soft market
Insurance Managers’ View—Bermuda Captive
Jardine Lloyd Thomson president Kilian Whelan and IAS president David Ezekiel give their views on what captives should be doing in a soft market.
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