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As a challenging market continues to hold in many lines of the traditional insurance market, the captive market continues to realize exponential growth. In the last four to five years, there has been a significant increase in captive formations and captive utilization.

The captive insurance market remains strong and active, though the explosive growth seen several of the past few years is beginning to level off. After a significant surge in captive formations and utilization over the last five years, the market is now stabilizing but now at a higher level. While this doesn’t indicate a slowdown, it suggests a period of steady expansion rather than rapid acceleration. Industry professionals are taking a moment to catch their breath while maintaining high levels of engagement with captives.

In part, that activity can be attributed to firmer insurance markets, though many customers see plenty of advantages to using a captive as a central part of their risk management strategies. For that reason, todays’ captive client could be the client with a mature captive that is decades old or an upper-middle-market company that is looking to use various captive vehicles; group, cell or newer single-parent captives to retain more of their own risks.

Today’s Captive user
In fact, within the captive market we have seen a number of trends emerging. More companies than ever are utilizing captives, and their applications are expanding. Established companies with mature captives—some with captives that are 20 to 50 years old—are leveraging them for an increasing number of business lines. That type of success means that captives have become an accepted, almost expected part of an organization’s risk management strategy, with some senior leadership insisting on examining each line of business and portioning some of the risks into captives.

Meanwhile, the market continues to attract new entrants. While large corporations have long embraced captives, smaller and mid-sized companies are now experiencing the benefits and following in their footsteps. As these companies gain confidence in their risk management capabilities, they are increasingly adopting captives as a strategic tool.

While large corporations have long embraced captives, smaller and mid-sized companies are now experiencing the benefits and following in their footsteps.

Captives can cross borders
Among companies with well-established captive programs, there is a noticeable trend toward multi-national use and also multi-captive strategies. Large corporations are setting up multiple captives across different regions to optimize their risk management programs globally. This expansion is noticeable in Europe, where newer domiciles like France have experienced early rapid growth as companies seek localized captive solutions.

The same type of localized captive solution is occurring in the US, as well. State-level captive legislation, now passed in around 40 states & territories, is making it possible for companies to create local captive entities. This gives companies the opportunity to form captives closer to home, allowing them to be better local corporate citizens and align their business with the more familiar regional regulations.

And why not? Captives have a proven record of stability within the risk retention and risk management arena. Yet they still come with inherent risk. Companies looking to form a captive or expand their captive use need to understand their ability to assume greater risk. They need to have good data to back up their decisions – good loss history, quality underwriting, efficient premium costs, all must be factored into the decision to retain the additional risks. With sound risk management, experienced partners for the captive, focused loss control efforts, and the confidence in the data, it can be a successful transition.

On the leading edge
For some of the largest global companies, particularly those within the technology sector, maximizing captive use is a way to reduce reliance on traditional insurance in an area that may need specialized services. In that way, captives have evolved beyond traditional insurance and into broader risk management solutions on the leading edge of emerging risks.

Even those risks that do not have adequate loss data can benefit from captive utilization. The uncertainty surrounding risk assessments in new areas, such as those for autonomous mobility, may experience some coverage gap where traditional insurance may be hesitant to underwriting. Captives allow such companies to manage the uncertainty while collecting the necessary data over time, which ultimately helps underwriters refine their approach.

Captives are no longer viewed as a vehicle for only hard-to-place risks or solutions to use only during hard markets. The flexibility and responsiveness of the captive industry has made it possible for financially sound companies of nearly any size to form a captive that can be all or part of their overall risk management strategy.

The captive market remains a strong one. Navigating the market requires an understanding of one’s risks, the regulatory environment involved, and the company’s ability to assume risk. It can be a complex undertaking.

Good partnerships build better captives. Partner with an experienced insurance carrier that can deliver the services and capabilities you need to handle the intricacies that are unique to your business. We at 色多多视频have strong expertise and a long history in the captive market, and we work to understand your business deeply and assist insureds to better use their captives.

Captives’ global reach
The captive concept is global, and as such, they should work with partners who have experience in multi-national programs and global insurance compliance and governance. Regulatory conditions around the world vary widely. To comply with each jurisdiction, your captive must have the right partners, with proper underwriting focus and solid expertise backing up that underwriting.

For 色多多视频 captives are a global practice. Our clients use their captive(s) wherever in the world they do business. They rely on our underwriting and captive team’s experience and connections to ensure they are covered and compliant and with excellent financial stability.

That expertise becomes even more critical when losses may occur, when risks continue to emerge and grow, and where the costs of loss may continue to increase. As risks become more complex adding a captive solution or solutions to your risk management process can help you manage loss more effectively and within budget.

When looking to add or expand captives to your overall risk management strategy, 色多多视频can deliver the expertise and resources you need to ensure that your captive works the way you need to enhance your long-term strategy.