Board meetings enable company officials to glean information and help grow their business. Vermont captive board meetings make the captive the centerpiece of the action.

Reputational risk remains one of the most fearsome risks that board members and their institutions can face. Captives may be a solid way of managing those risks.

Much has been written about companies that form captives. What about the ones that decide the alternative risk management structure isn’t for them?

Vermont’s annual update to captive insurance law streamlines regulations, aligns statute with evolving captive market requirements

For companies facing expensive and hard-to-insure property perils, captives offer flexibility and price stability.

Captives require the cooperation of a number of different individuals in order to succeed.

A new networking and professional development group is funneling young people into the captive industry. Let’s take a look at their first year.

Employee-owned manufacturer Carris Reels found a place to form its captive in its home state of Vermont — making it a rare gem for the domicile.

This year 6 brokers were selected as Captives Power Brokers. An additional 4 were named as finalists.

As president of primary casualty, American and global risk management insurance at AXA XL, Chris Kopser focuses much of his effort on group captives.

Switching his major to risk management and insurance at the University of Georgia turned out to be the right move for Patrick Miller.

In conversation with Risk & Insurance editor-in-chief Dan Reynolds, the eMaxx group CEO discussed the firm’s business model, the impact of technological innovations and the state of talent in the captive insurance industry.

“We are seeing more captives looking to take on that excess layer, because the rates are just going through the roof on the traditional side.”

“We can come up with creative ways for people to retain some risk up front, and then get rid of that tail so they don’t have liabilities for that long of a period.”

Several of Vermont’s long-tenured captive regulators receive promotions, and as they do so, they credit their department’s approach to succession planning.

Vermont captive regulators and advocates journey to Mexico as part of a push for more international business for the domicile.

Vermont captive insurance has become known as the “gold standard” within the industry, thanks in part to its streamlined, economical and efficient licensing-issuing process.  

When a group of higher education institutions was looking to cut costs on health care benefits, they turned to the formation of a group captive in Vermont.

Captives, parametrics and other alternative risk transfer tools are likely to remain relevant well into the future.

This year, 6 brokers from across the brokerage field were named as the 2023 Captives Power Broker winners. An additional three brokers were named as finalists.