CapVisor's Terzer: Tax Reform, Trade Restrictions Could Change Captive Landscape

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Carl Terzer, principal, CapVizor Associates, said lowering U.S. rates could draw business back to the country, while new trade restrictions could make it more difficult to conduct business from afar.

 

Oppenheimer's Meskunas: Captives Vulnerable to Interest Rate Risk

Jack Meskunas, senior director, Oppenheimer, said captive insurers are typically heavily invested in bonds and could be affected if interest rates were to rise dramatically.

 

R&Q's Kenneson: RRGs, Retiring Captive Sponsors Drive Runoff Business

Jeff Kenneson, senior vice president, R&Q Quest Bermuda, said risk-retention groups looking to unload business, and retiring captive sponsors are active sources of runoff coverage.

 

HSBC's Economist's Outlook: Short-Term Disruption, Long-Term Growth

Ryan Wang, U.S. Economist, HSBC Securities, said the hurricanes will cause disruption in regions of the U.S., but expects 2.4% growth overall in 2018.

 

Bermuda's Wilson: Island's Captive Population Up Again

Akilah Wilson, assistant director, Bermuda Monetary Authority, said regulators in Bermuda have approved 12 new captives this year, up from nine in 2016.

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