• A cell captive is a sponsored captive or rent-a-captive, which maintains underwriting accounts separately for each participant. (irmi.com)
  • Since that time, many states and overseas jurisdictions have emerged as popular domiciles for captives. (iii.org)
  • Get guidance on captive functions, service providers, and captive insurance domiciles to help you navigate the captive environment. (captive.com)
  • Rather than relying on meeting solvency, liquidity and profitability ratios or captive managers to keep regulators informed of any potential regulatory issues, some domiciles like Vermont carry out periodic examinations to ensure compliance with their laws. (riskandinsurance.com)
  • Captive regulation varies by state with some domiciles choosing to complete exams and others not. (riskandinsurance.com)
  • A captive portal can also be used to provide access to enterprise or residential wired networks, such as apartment houses, hotel rooms, and business centers. (wikipedia.org)
  • Executives with captive centers in India are starting to wonder whether it's time to offload their offshore assets as GE did and Citigroup is reportedly doing. (cio.com)
  • But Cliff Justice, an expert at EquaTerra, says that most captive data centers can be fixed. (cio.com)
  • but the news reports have other executives with captive centers in India wondering whether it's time to offload their offshore assets, too. (cio.com)
  • Justice, head of globalization for Houston-based outsourcing consultancy EquaTerra, says that most captive centers can be fixed by partnering with local providers and resetting expections. (cio.com)
  • Justice spoke to Senior Editor Stephanie Overby about ways to improve the performance of offshore captive data centers. (cio.com)
  • CIO.com: What percentage of U.S. companies offshoring IT and business process services are doing so via their own captive centers? (cio.com)
  • We count about 500 captive centers in India right now. (cio.com)
  • Motorola, Texas Instruments, American Express - they all have captive centers, but they also outsource some work to Wipro and Infosys and IBM and all the big companies in India. (cio.com)
  • Since 2016, confirmed cases of monkeypox have occurred in Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Liberia, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, and Sierra Leone and in captive chimpanzees in Cameroon. (cdc.gov)
  • Outbreaks have occurred twice (2014 and 2016) in captive chimpanzee groups. (medscape.com)
  • Terms of the deal were not immediately announced, but no captive Boko Haram fighters were released in exchange for the girls, the source with knowledge of the negotiations said. (cnn.com)
  • Boko Haram is known to be brutal toward its captives, with episodes of torture, forced marriage, and the rape of women in its custody. (thedailybeast.com)
  • Organisations that have taken a considered, strategic approach to captive insurance management have found this strategy to produce significant rewards. (aon.com)
  • As the world's largest captive manager, Marsh offers an innovative, comprehensive approach to captive solutions, helping organizations of all sizes navigate complex, global risks. (marsh.com)
  • LITTLE ROCK - The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission unanimously approved updates to the AGFC Code of Regulations concerning the possession, breeding, sale and importation of captive wildlife species at its regularly scheduled meeting today. (agfc.com)
  • LITTLE ROCK - The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission heard the first official reading of amended regulations concerning importing, breeding and selling of captive wildlife species and educational animals in the state at today's regularly scheduled monthly meeting. (agfc.com)
  • Additionally, captives can provide access to the reinsurance market, using a variety of reinsurance mechanisms to provide coverage. (iii.org)
  • A captive is a bona fide insurance or reinsurance company owned by a non-insurance company parent and which insures or reinsures the risks of its parent and/or affiliated companies. (aon.com)
  • Globally, Aon's Captive & Insurance Management team manages approximately 1,100 insurance entities worldwide, including captives, protected and incorporated cell facilities, special purpose vehicles, and specialist insurance and reinsurance companies. (aon.com)
  • While recent terrorist attacks in the United States might make captives a more attractive option for some risks, commercial buyers looking to self-insure might find it difficult to procure fronting companies, reinsurance and service vendors, experts warn. (propertycasualty360.com)
  • A captive facility is an insurance or reinsurance company, licensed under either commercial or. (irmi.com)
  • If a decision is made to close a captive, several techniques can be used to achieve this goal, including commutations, novations, selling of the captive and reinsurance. (hylant.com)
  • Captives that are owned by publicly held companies also must comply with all the regulatory compliance and governance requirements stipulated by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, enacted in 2002 to increase the accountability of boards of publicly held companies to their shareholders. (iii.org)
  • They were kidnapped and held captive by eccentric loner and millionaire John Jamelske. (oprah.com)
  • 13 siblings held captive -- how did no one else know? (abcactionnews.com)
  • Now, questions abound over why the Turpin children were allegedly held captive by their parents -- and how no one else seemed to know. (abcactionnews.com)
  • Now 25, Kach last year told a local deli owner that she was being held captive by Hose. (go.com)
  • The teenage girl held captive in a storage container in New Hampshire by a violent predator who abducted her on her way home for school has spoken out about the horror she endured four years after escaping his lair. (dailymail.co.uk)
  • For nine months, he held her captive in a shipping container stashed on his rural property. (dailymail.co.uk)
  • Do news blackouts help journalists held captive? (cpj.org)
  • At any given time over the past two years, as wars raged in Libya and then Syria, and as other conflicts ground on in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, a number of journalists have been held captive by a diverse array of forces, from militants and rebels to criminals and paramilitaries. (cpj.org)
  • But do the blackouts really benefit the individuals being held captive? (cpj.org)
  • Five of them reportedly died in captivity as a result of the forced march while trekking to their hiding place, while one-the only Christian among those that were seized-is said to be held captive still because of her religious faith. (thedailybeast.com)
  • In your visualization of where and what you saw while being held captive, did you see the community bulletin board? (hubpages.com)
  • A New Jersey father and son have been held captive in a hotel in the southern African nation for 44 days and counting after New York City hip-hop star Nas skipped out on a concert there. (nypost.com)
  • Nadia Murad was held captive by ISIL. (lu.se)
  • Many offshore captives use a fronting insurer to provide the basic insurance policy. (iii.org)
  • Offshore Outsourcing: Can This Captive Center Be Saved? (cio.com)
  • We will review the most critical and advantageous onshore or offshore domicile for you if a captive is your best option. (hylant.com)
  • Organizations looking for a flexible risk financing option may use a captive insurer or captive - a special type of insurance company set up by a parent company, trade association, or group of companies to insure the risks of its owner or owners. (iii.org)
  • If such a captive insures only the risks of its parent or subsidiaries it is called a "pure" captive. (iii.org)
  • Captives have been around as a risk financing option for over a century but the term captive insurers was introduced in the 1950s, when fire protection engineer Frederic Weiss formed subsidiaries to cover the risks of an industrial client in Ohio. (iii.org)
  • Some businesses take the route of creating a captive insurance company, which is set up by its owners primarily to insure against its own specific risks. (aon.com)
  • Hylant's award-winning team of captive experts helps you navigate the world of captive insurance to better define, finance and manage the risks inherent in your business. (hylant.com)
  • In 2019, animal welfare inspectors visited Pienika Farm, a captive-lion facility in the North West province of South Africa. (mongabay.com)
  • According to an April 2021 white paper published by the Triple-I, A Comprehensive Evaluation of the Member-Owned Group Captive Option , group captives have become an attractive risk management option for a growing number and type of companies. (iii.org)
  • These captives are generally sponsored by insurers or reinsurers, which essentially "rent out" their capital for a fee. (iii.org)
  • Examinations are an important part of captive insurance regulation as they help safeguard the solvency of captive insurers and the health of the captive insurance industry. (riskandinsurance.com)
  • Many captive-lion facilities cater to tourists who want to experience "lion petting" or "walking with lions. (mongabay.com)
  • Most places that cater to captive markets have them. (hubpages.com)
  • Our team of specialists can help your organization create a captive program that aligns with your strategic and financial goals. (marsh.com)
  • In this thought leader video, Jesse Olsen, Director, Strategic Risk Solutions, discusses strategic planning for captives and best practices to ensure the ongoing success of a captive. (captive.com)
  • A captive can be a powerful tool for your organization to take complete control of risk, while gaining greater financial flexibility and protection. (marsh.com)
  • Adopted as a long-term strategy, a captive allows your organization to take advantage of a better-than-average claim history, secure traditionally difficult-to-obtain risk coverage, and explore alternative risk-financing solutions. (hylant.com)
  • Wholly owned captives are companies set up by large corporations to finance or administer their risk financing needs. (iii.org)
  • But some customer still feel they can't get their arms around how to outsource to a third party so they're moving to that work to a wholly-owned captive model. (cio.com)
  • Owners of private breeding farms say that more hunting of captive-bred lions takes pressure off declining wild lion populations. (nationalgeographic.com)
  • No South African ecologist is currently trying to reestablish lion populations-and if they were, no one would use captive-bred lions anyway. (nationalgeographic.com)
  • Since all animals' circadian clocks are linked to their behavior and physiology, this could be significant to their welfare, which is crucial to maintaining captive populations of animals at high risk of extinction in the wild, like giant pandas. (eurekalert.org)
  • Lions in South Africa can be "wild," "managed," or "captive. (nationalgeographic.com)
  • The South African Predator Association (SAPA) keeps track of captive lions and captive breeding facilities, but not everyone who breeds lions in South Africa has to be a member, and not everyone who is provides real statistics. (nationalgeographic.com)
  • Animal welfare advocates say that captive lion facilities in South Africa tend to keep lions in unsanitary, stressful conditions that provide the perfect environment for disease. (mongabay.com)
  • After sentencing the missionary to hard labor for life several months later, the authorities in North Korea have refused to reveal any information about him, including whether he is alive ― a rule applied only to South Korean captives. (koreatimes.co.kr)
  • This mechanism allows users to obtain some of the advantages of a captive without having the expense of setting up a single-parent captive and meeting minimum capital and surplus requirements. (iii.org)
  • By combining our expertise with industry-leading analytics, we are prepared to assess your needs, make recommendations, and quantify the advantages that captive insurance can offer your organization - today and in the future. (marsh.com)
  • Rent-a-captives serve businesses are unable to capitalize a captive but are willing to assume a portion of their own risk and share in the underwriting profits and investment income. (iii.org)
  • Elevate your captive operations with Captive.com. (captive.com)
  • As the captive manager, our implementation services include selecting and coordinating all service providers needed for operations, drafting policies, developing and submitting the business plan, meeting the domicile regulators and facilitating the incorporation of the insurance company. (hylant.com)
  • From coordinating service providers to liaising with domicile regulators and handling the administration of the financial, underwriting and corporate aspects of your captive, we address the day-to-day elements of captive operations so you can focus on your business. (hylant.com)
  • One important aspect is when a domicile has properly qualified and trained staff to examine the sophisticated operations of that captive. (riskandinsurance.com)
  • AIG Offers Sponsored Captive ProgramNU Online News Service, June 24, 9:37 a.m. (propertycasualty360.com)
  • News organizations have invoked the captives' safety in seeking media blackouts. (cpj.org)
  • The key tests are whether press coverage will work for or against the captive individuals (whether they are news personnel or not) and how the captives' interests are balanced against the public's right to information. (cpj.org)
  • More than 100 captive young women were just released by the militants, but one, a Christian, remains behind. (thedailybeast.com)
  • Captive pandas showed three peaks of activity over 24 hours, including a peak at night, just like their wild counterparts. (eurekalert.org)
  • Only 0.0002 of Floridians own exotic animals and yet all but two of the 11 member committee either own wild animals as pets or make their living from the use of captive wild animals. (bigcatrescue.org)
  • Researchers have identified that captive and wild lions carry 63 pathogens that could result in about 83 diseases and clinical symptoms. (mongabay.com)
  • According to a recent peer-reviewed paper co-authored by De Waal and other experts from Blood Lions and World Animal Protection, captive and wild lions are known to carry a total of 63 pathogens - including parasites, bacteria and viruses - and these can result in about 83 diseases and clinical symptoms. (mongabay.com)
  • The Lion Coalition, an alliance of several animal welfare and conservation groups, including Blood Lions, says that bovine tuberculosis , documented in both captive and wild lions, could also transfer between lions and humans. (mongabay.com)
  • In an open letter to the WHO published last year, the coalition recommends shutting down captive-lion farms, as well as wildlife markets and other wild animal facilities, to minimize the risk of disease. (mongabay.com)
  • Risk factors for death include age extremes, handling of captive snakes (rather than wild encounters), delay in treatment, and undertreatment. (msdmanuals.com)
  • There are several factors that captive owners and managers need to take into account when looking at examinations," said Petterson. (riskandinsurance.com)
  • item_title" : "Captives", "item_author" : [" Megan Whitson Lee "], "item_description" : "When seventeen-year-old Amy Timothy disappears from a rural Virginia truck stop, world-renowned cellist Blaise Timothy puts her life on hold to join the search for her sister. (booksamillion.com)
  • And so he takes his enemy's widowed daughter, Lady Fearn, as his slave His fiery captive may fight him at first, but he knows he will soon tempt her into his bed! (harlequin.com)
  • Starting July 1, a new law goes into effect in Connecticut that effectively limits what are often called "captive audience meetings. (marketplace.org)
  • The examiners effectively act as a backstop to ensure that the credentials and financial information a captive management team presents when seeking licensing are sound and valid. (riskandinsurance.com)
  • To find out if captive insurance is right for your organisation, contact us today. (aon.com)
  • He buys up men that have been made captives, if perchance he may be able to find some one for whom to gain his son in exchange. (tufts.edu)
  • The main goal is to find and reach-out to a "captive" audience--an audience that because of being in a situation that requires "waiting", will read whatever you put before them. (hubpages.com)
  • New mechanisms for transferring risk developed during this time, with captives becoming particularly significant. (iii.org)
  • Captives are the most recognised, established and structured form of risk retention worldwide. (aon.com)
  • Hylant provides the captive support for your organization's risk management needs. (hylant.com)
  • Hylant's Global Captive Solutions team evaluates your exposures, coverage needs, cash flow requirements and current program to determine the potential applicability of a captive solution. (hylant.com)
  • During that time, it has built a 23-strong team of expert examiners who regularly and thoroughly examine the domicile's 600 active licensed captives, conducting more than 100 exams a year. (riskandinsurance.com)
  • Aon takes its reputation as a top quality captive manager very seriously. (aon.com)
  • Do I Need a Captive Manager? (captive.com)
  • In this Thought Leader video, Tania Davies, vice president, Atlas Insurance Management, explains the importance of the duties of a captive insurance manager, both to the captive and to the regulator. (captive.com)
  • American International Group Inc. said it has set up a Vermont licensed captive insurer, National Union Fire Insurance Company of Vermont. (propertycasualty360.com)
  • One of the most popular is through a captive insurance company. (marsh.com)
  • So probably half of the companies who are in India in any significant way are doing so with a captive center. (cio.com)
  • As the current Hillsborough County Animal Services Director and former President of the Florida Animal Control Association (FACA), Bill Armstrong has done significant research into the status of Florida's dangerous captive wildlife regulations. (bigcatrescue.org)
  • Captives can come in a variety of structures, customized to meet the needs of its owners/creators. (iii.org)
  • More captive owners choose us than any other captive partner, so you can be confident that you have the best experience, expertise, and resources in your corner. (marsh.com)
  • Today, there are over 7,000 captives worldwide, according to AM Best Captive Center . (iii.org)
  • One in four captives worldwide is managed by Marsh. (marsh.com)
  • That would be a large increase, but it still wouldn't make Germany "captive" to Russia: The country would need about four times as much gas as it uses today to completely replace coal and nuclear. (gulfnews.com)
  • Faced with the reality of rising costs, from real estate to salaries, along with greater management investment that they'd bargained for, some companies may be wondering if Citigroup, or GE before them, had the right idea selling off all or part of their captive facilities in India. (cio.com)
  • Sharpen your expertise in captive insurance, with unique insights from industry leaders, actionable strategies, and practical resources. (captive.com)
  • There is a very low turnover rate in the department and many of Vermont's captive examiners not only have the necessary education and certifications to do their job well, but many came from the private sector in the captive industry and are using their skills in their regulatory role. (riskandinsurance.com)
  • With this in mind, conservationists are advocating for the South African government to shut down the captive lion industry. (mongabay.com)
  • A common method is to direct all World Wide Web traffic to a web server, which returns an HTTP redirect to a captive portal. (wikipedia.org)
  • First of all, although companies are developing captives in China, in Central Europe, in Latin America, and other parts of the world, India is still the predominant location for captives. (cio.com)
  • Once we know a captive is the right solution, we draft a business plan and policies, meet with the domicile regulators, select service providers and submit a formal business plan. (hylant.com)
  • We are by your side throughout the life of your captive, coordinating all service providers, board meetings and renewal processes. (hylant.com)
  • The state's new law limiting 'captive audience' meetings is likely to face legal challenges. (marketplace.org)
  • Dan Petterson, Vermont's Director of Captive Examinations said, "Exams provide an opportunity to get to know our companies better, understand their challenges and successes, and learn what is driving their decision making. (riskandinsurance.com)
  • With over 40 years of experience and over 1250 licensed captives, Vermont has established a very robust regulatory framework for captives. (riskandinsurance.com)
  • Atlas Insurance Management Vice President Beth Biega explains that the Cayman Islands domicile is a leader in healthcare captive insurance companies with 40 years of experience but isn't just for healthcare captives. (captive.com)
  • Well, Genpact was the first big case of a company selling off their captive center. (cio.com)
  • Across animal kingdom, captive-born animals were found to average 42 per cent decreased odds of reproductive success. (asianage.com)
  • Small businesses that have learned to do this well have found that targeting and tapping into the captive audience market reap the benefits almost instantly. (hubpages.com)
  • Captives took on a larger role during the liability crisis of the 1980s, when businesses had trouble obtaining some types of commercial insurance coverage. (iii.org)
  • As a result of Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health, we predict new captive coverages for abortion defense, telemedicine, and medical professional coverage. (captive.com)
  • The first collection on this important topic, Captive Audience examines the social, gendered, ethnic, and cultural problems of incarceration as explored in contemporary theatre. (routledge.com)
  • Contents General Editor's Note Captive Audience: An Introduction Part I 1. (routledge.com)
  • That's essentially a captive audience meeting. (marketplace.org)
  • What is a Captive Audience? (hubpages.com)
  • In these situations, You now became the "captive" audience and the target market. (hubpages.com)
  • this Philopolemus has been made captive in Elis, the son of this old man Hegio who lives here pointing to the house --a house which to me is a house of woe, and which so oft as I look upon, I weep). (tufts.edu)
  • A protected cell captive offers participants many of the benefits of a group captive but with lower startup costs. (iii.org)
  • May be called protected cell captive (PCC) or segregated cell insurer. (irmi.com)
  • Hylant's team of captive advisors has received multiple awards for their outstanding work in providing clients with captive insurance solutions. (hylant.com)