Best's Review Offers Info on Captives

Audio and edited interviews with six leading captive insurance domiciles and service providers are now available online in a newly published digital edition from Best’s Review magazine.

Issues & Answers: Captive Domiciles and Services covers topics such as reinsurance, captive insurance regulation, legal and more. A captive insurance organization insures some or all of the risks of its parent organization. Captives are a significant part of the growing Alternative Risk Transfer (ART) insurance sector in many nations and in the United States.

The edition can be read and listened to at no charge at http://www.bestreview.com/captives08.html.

Articles and interviews in the special section include:

• Balancing Act: DiscoverRe brings together the fronting, reinsurance and other services essential to the formation of group captives. http://publishing.yudu.com/Ajajq/IACaptives2008/ resources/4.htm
• Expertise, Expertise, Expertise: J.P. Schmidt, Commissioner, State of Hawaii, explains why Hawaii is a popular captive domicile for both U.S. and Pacific Rim companies. http://publishing.yudu.com/Ajajq/IACaptives2008/ resources/8.htm
• Meeting the Challenges Captives Can Present: Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. provides one-stop servicing of captives’ needs, says Managing Director Andrew Hofer. http://publishing.yudu.com/Ajajq/IACaptives2008/ resources/6.htm
• Positive Relationships Foster Positive Results: GMAC Re Assistant Vice President Anthony Valente says flexibility is key in the alternative market. http://publishing.yudu.com/Ajajq/IACaptives2008/ resources/2.htm
• Southern Hospitality: The South Carolina Captive Insurance Association promotes the regulatory and business advantages of the Palmetto State as a captive domicile. An interview with John Weitzel of the South Carolina Captive Insurance Association. http://publishing.yudu.com/Ajajq/IACaptives2008/ resources/12.htm

• The Aloha Spirit: The Hawaii Captive Insurance Council, comprised of Hawaii captive owners and service providers, works in concert with State of Hawaii captive regulatory authorities to develop a stable, top-quality business environment. An interview with George W. Sumner III, president and director of the Hawaii Captive Insurance Council. http://publishing.yudu.com/Ajajq/IACaptives2008/ resources/10.htm

The next edition of Issues & Answers: Insurance Technology will appear in the October 2008 edition of Best’s Review. Those interested in being included should contact Best’s Review’s advertising sales department at (908) 439-2200, ext. 5399. For a video explaining this section, visit http://publishing.yudu.com/Ab308/IA-Tech-Oct-2007/resources/30.htm.