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Oklahoma Captive Program Reports 25% Net Gain of Captive Insurers in 2023

The Oklahoma Insurance Department’s Captive Insurance Division reported a 25% net gain in captive insurers for 2023. As of September 30, the state has licensed 11 new captive insurers for the year. There are 55 actively licensed captive insurers, along …

People: Florida-based Risk Services Names Haskell Captive Accounting Director

Florida-headquartered Risk Services, a captive insurance manager and risk retention group service provider, has named Jennifer Haskell director of captive accounting. Haskell, who spent 15 years with the Alabama Department of Insurance regulating captive insurers, was most recently a senior …

Tennessee Names Wiedeman Head of Captive Insurance Section

The Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance has named Mark Wiedeman, a Utah native, as director of the department’s captive insurance section. Wiedeman, a graduate of Brigham Young University, joined the Utah Insurance Department in 2012 as an auditor, then …

2022 Was Another Big Year for Captives in Vermont

The state of Vermont reports that it licensed 41 new captive insurance companies in 2022, meaning it is now home to 639 licensed captives, consisting of 608 active and 31 dormant captives. The new captives, a form of a self-insurance, …

Forged Signatures, Fake Policies? Lawsuits Raise Questions About Captive Plan

The owners of one of the oldest insurance agencies in Texas must have felt pretty surprised when they were named in a federal lawsuit brought by an AIG company, alleging the agency was part of an elaborate fraud that forged …

People Moves: MEMIC Welcomes Safety National’s Hoff; Delaware to Name New Captive Chief; Arthur Hall Names Mackarevic Partner

MEMIC Names Hoff Vice President of Loss Control and Safety The MEMIC Group has named Maryann Hoff, a 17-year insurance industry veteran, its new vice president of loss control and safety. Hoff comes to MEMIC from Safety National Casualty Corp., …

Broker NFP Forms Captive Manager in Canada

Insurance broker NFP has established a captive management firm in Canada following Alberta’s establishment of a regime for captive insurance for organizations wanting to self-insure against risk instead of buying insurance from a third party. The Captive Insurance Companies Act …

Oklahoma Insurance Department Plans Captive & IBT Conference

The Oklahoma Insurance Department (OID) announced it will host the inaugural Captive & Insurance Business Transfer (IBT) Conference in Oklahoma City on August 24-25. The conference is designed for risk managers, business owners, regulators, financial executives and insurance professionals, the …

Insurtech Coalition Forms Captive Insurer to Enhance Cyber Insurance Capacity

Managing general insurance agency and cyber security company Coalition has launched a captive insurer to begin taking risk on its cyber insurance programs. The captive, domiciled in Hawaii, will provide capacity in addition to its current long-term capacity agreements from …

James River Unloads Rideshare Reserves To Uber Captive

Late last month, James River Group Holdings, Ltd. announced that two of its principal operating subsidiaries entered into a loss portfolio transfer reinsurance transaction with a wholly owned captive insurer of Uber Technologies, Inc. Under the agreement, the Uber captive, …