Captive Insurance Overview What is a Captive? Property & - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Captive Insurance Overview What is a Captive? Property & - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Captive Insurance Overview What is a Captive? Property & Casualty Insurance Company Formed to cover the unique risks of an operating company Provides coverage for specialized risks which may not be available or may be too costly
What is a Captive?
- Property & Casualty Insurance Company
- Formed to cover the unique risks of an operating company
- Provides coverage for specialized risks which may not be available
- r may be too costly to obtain through traditional insurance
providers
- A bona fide insurance company, subject to approval and
regulatory oversight by the insurance regulators in a chosen domicile
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Insurable Risks That May Result in Loss of Business Income
- Business Interruption
- Contract Penalty and Failure
to Perform on Contract
- Deductible Reimbursement
- Defense Cost
Reimbursement
- Difference in Conditions
- Loss of Franchise
- Loss of Key Employee
- Loss of Licensure
- Legislative and Regulatory
Changes
- Reputational Risk
- Suppliers/Supply Chain
Interruption
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History of Captives
1861 1920s 1957 Today
Tooley Street Fire Fred Reiss forms first captive in Cleveland, Ohio for the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company PATH Act Effective January 1, 2017 Large corporations begin forming wholly owned insurance companies IRS Issues Safe Harbor Rulings
2002 2004
831(b) Captives no longer a listed transaction
2014
Over 50% of domestic domiciles offer specialized captive statutes
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Basic Captive Structure
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Middle Market Captive Opportunities
There are multiple cost-efficient platforms available that can help the small to mid-size client effectively manage their Enterprise Risk exposures.
- 831 (b) Captive
- Share Class Captive
- Group Captive
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How to Build a Conservative Captive
- Design with risk management as the primary focus
- Adhere to IRS Revenue Rulings and all available guidance
- Assure that the captive is operated as a bona fide property
& casualty insurance company
- Underwrite policies that offer meaningful coverage at
appropriate premium levels
- Avoid structures that are “too good to be true” in order to
generate predictable results
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How Does it Work?
Operating Company New Captive
- f Oxford
Insurance Company Oxford Fronting Carrier
Insurance Policy Insurance Premium Premium Reinsurance Underwriting Profit *
Captive Owner
Flexible Ownership Options
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*After Claims less Expenses
Oxford Fronting Carrier
All Other Captives Share Risk
- n a Quota
Share Basis Captive which filed the Claim
$1,000,000 Claim from Oxford Insured
$1,000,000 Claim
Assumptions:
- Your Captive Premium is $750,000
- Total Written Premium = $100MM
- Your Quota Share of Claim Pool = 0.0075
Your Captive
$6,000
Exposure to Claims
- Your Captive is Responsible for $6,000
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Oxford Structures
Oxford Insurance
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Oxford Fronting Carrier Oxford Series
Share Class B Share Class D Share Class C Share Class A
Oxford Stand Alone
Operating Company
IRS Scrutiny of Abusive Structures
- Not Following the Safe Harbor
Guidelines
- No Real Distribution of Risk
- No Claims Experience or Claims
Layering
- High Deductible Risk Pools or
Retroactive Policy Issuance
- Lack of Business Purpose
- Implementing a Captive to Obtain
Tax Deductible Life Insurance
- Tax Opinion Written by an
Interested Party
- Insuring Unreasonable Risks
- Paying Excessive Premium for your
Coverage
- Treating Captive Assets as a
Personal Checkbook
- Circular Transactions
- Investment Plans that Don’t Make
Sense
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Captive Implementation Process
Initial Consultation Informal Feasibility Analysis Domicile Selection Engagement Process Risk Analysis, Underwriting and Compliance Complete Feasibility Study Application to Insurance Regulators Approval Process Closing Procedure
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Captive Advisory Group
Captive Manager Legal Counsel P&C Agent and Risk Analysis Firm Financial Advisor Tax Counsel Audit Firm Actuarial Firm
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Third Party Review and Analysis
- Independent Third Party Risk Analysis
- Coverage Chart
- Gap Identification
- Total Cost of Risk (TCOR) Analysis
- Enterprise Risk Exposure Review
- Risk Selection
- Identify Relevant Coverage
- Avoid Duplicate Coverage
- Independent Third Party Actuarial Analysis
- Rate Promulgation
- Peer Review of Pricing Methodology
- Feasibility Study
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Underwriting
- Assemble Current Insurance Information
- Review Current Policies and Endorsements
- Analyze Five Year Loss Runs
- Three Year Summary of Coverage
- Identify Trends in Premium History
- Underwriting
- Understanding the operating company
- Discuss reasonable coverage applicable to industry and unique
business
- Identify Self-Insured Exposures
- Identify Uninsured Loss Experience
- Adequacy of Policy Limits
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Client Profile
- Annual Revenue $3MM+
- Enterprise Risk Exposure
- Willing to invest time to
explore risk management solutions
- Sophisticated business
- wner
- Across All Industries:
– Agriculture – Automobile – Construction – Entertainment/Professional Athlete – Medical – Real Estate – IT – Oil Drilling – Manufacturing
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