All Captives articles – Page 3
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Features
Flexibility - the key to growth
The failure of rates to harden means that captive formation remains stable, but interest in risk retention is on the rise, explains Jonathan Groves.
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Features
Courting capital
Alternative risk transfer solutions are set to break new records in 2006. Cat bonds, sidecars and swaps are all increasingly popular means of tapping the capital flows, explain Jonathan Barnes and Alan Punter.
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Country Analysis
Cleaning up its act
One of the largest potential insurance markets in Europe is only just getting off the ground. James Hydzik discovers that Ukraine is shedding its shady image in an effort to establish a lucrative insurance industry.
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GR Focus
Carry on Captives
The captive industry may be mature but its boom is far from over, finds Ronald Gift Mullins
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Global Matters
A selective approach
Existing outside the EU, how will the Reinsurance Directive impact on the Isle of Man's captive market?
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GR Focus
Is it all up front?
There are plenty of mixed messages coming from the captive fronting market Is it beginning to settle down or are the number of insurers willing to offer fronting decreasing? asks Phil Zinkewicz.
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CEO Q&A
CEO Q&A - Stephen Cross
An interview with Stephen Cross, chief executive officer of Aon Captive Services Group
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Industry Matters
Captive audience
The popularity of captives as a means of writing direct business is set to grow and grow, according to Clive James.
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Features
Still captivated?
Contrary to popular wisdom which suggests that the importance of the captive declines in a softening market, David Stafford believes that they can still thrive
