Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Investopedia / Ellen Lindner A captive agent is an insurance professional who exclusively ...

Oliver Hahn, the cofounder of Peak Insurance, is making captive insurance more accessible to medium-sized companies. After becoming the Head of Finance at Kyte, a small US-based company for rental ...

In its simplest form, captive insurance is insurance that is provided within a corporate group, through a subsidiary that is controlled by a parent company. Instead of purchasing insurance from an ...

In an environment where insurance premiums have climbed steadily for the past few quarters, businesses are confronting a fundamental question: how long can they afford to play by the old rules?

The role of captive insurance companies has undergone a remarkable metamorphosis in the ever-evolving landscape of modern business. Captive insurance has transcended traditional risk mitigation to ...

Captive insurance program adoption rates are skyrocketing, making captives one of the fastest-growing alternative funding solutions of the past five years. While many employers enjoy the power, ...

The IRS continues its war on captive insurance through its annual announcement that microcaptive insurance companies remain on the Dirty Dozen list. Yet, the IRS declines to adhere to a coherent ...

Under the theme 'Captive Insurance Solutions for Today's Risk Management Challenges', the 2025-2026 CICA Student Essay Contest invited emerging risk professionals to develop strategic solutions for ...

This year, the IRS has added a new item to its “Dirty Dozen,” a list of tax scams that the agency is on the watch for. The item is “Captive Insurance,” a topic that is near and dear to Hawaii.

The IRS is cracking down on the use of so-called micro-captive insurance—a way for companies to insure themselves—as tax shelters, as it bolsters enforcement efforts aimed at wealthy individuals and ...