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Jul 1, 2021 · The best captive insurance companies are those created and utilized by companies that understand their risk profile better than the traditional market does, having superior loss histories and more robust risk management in place.
- What Is A Captive Insurance Company?
- Understanding A Captive Insurance Company
- Tax Issues of Captive Insurance Companies
- Pros and Cons of Captive Insurance
- Examples of Captive Insurance Companies
- The Bottom Line
A captive insurance company is a wholly-owned subsidiary insurer formed to provide risk mitigation services for its parent companyor related entities. Companies form “captives” for various reasons, such as when: 1. The parent company cannot find a suitable outside firm to insure it against particular business risks 2. The premiumspaid to the captiv...
A captive insurance company is a form of corporate self-insurance. While there are financial benefits to creating a separate entity to provide insurance services, parent companies must consider the associated administrative and overhead costs, such as additional personnel and startup costs. There are also complex compliance issues to consider. As a...
The tax concept of a captive insurance company is relatively simple. The parent company pays insurance premiums to its captive insurance company and seeks to deduct these premiums in its home country, often a high-tax jurisdiction. Today, several U.S. states allow the formation of captive companies. Protection from tax assessmentis a sought-after b...
Captives can be an attractive option for companies looking for ways to manage and distribute risk, but there are advantages and disadvantages.
A well-known captive insurance company made headlines in the wake of the 2010 British Petroleum oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. At that time, reports circulated that BP was self-insured by Guernsey, U.K.-based captive insurance company Jupiter Insurance, and that BP could receive as much as $700 million in coverage from losses. British Petroleum i...
Insurance is a significant expense for large companies. Captive insurance companies offer a way for companies to control costs, reap tax benefits, and cover risks that commercial insurance companies might be unable or unwilling to insure. While setting up a captive can be challenging, third-party captive professionals can help companies navigate th...
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Oct 17, 2022 · A captive is a self-insurance vehicle that can help companies keep a lid on rising insurance costs. It can also plug gaps in any risk cover left by today’s difficult insurance market – where premiums and deductibles are rising and companies retain more risk on their balance sheet.
At its core, a captive insurance company is a risk-financing tool. It places more risk-management control and financial control into the hands of the owner of the captive than exists in a typical commercial insurer-insured relationship.
With higher premiums, a lack of capacity, increased deductibles, and more stringent terms and conditions, captive insurance use is more popular than ever. But is a captive right for your organization? How can it be used? What are the costs? How are they formed?
Jan 20, 2021 · COVID-19 has highlighted some of the potential commercial benefits of using captive insurance and reinsurance arrangements and the important role captive insurance companies can play as a risk mitigation tool.
Jan 20, 2020 · What Is A Captive Insurance Company? Quite simply, a captive insurance company is a risk-financing tool — one that grants owners greater control (in both financial and risk management sectors) than that which is offered by traditional commercial insurance.
