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Introducing Captives

The Role of a Fronting Company

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A fronting company is simply defined as a licensed insurer that issues policies in circumstances where the captive is not legally able to; and which passes all or the majority of the risk to the captive company and other reinsurers.

The Different Types of Captive

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As every company looking to form a captive will have a different requirement and budget from another, there are different types of captive available.

Why Form a Captive?

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If sufficient income can be developed to meet costs and profitable underwriting results maintained, assuming risk through a captive can bring numerous advantages to corporations.

A Brief History of Captives

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The emergence of captives as we know them today is thought to have first taken place following the Hurricane Betsy disaster in 1965 and then again in the mid-seventies.