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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 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 ...

Captive insurance programs continued to grow in 2025 despite easing conditions in the commercial market, according to Marsh's ...

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.

Captive insurance companies are likely exempt from filing a Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) Report under the insurance company exemption to the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA). Likewise, ...

Under a new section, 521J.27, a foreign or alien captive that redomesticates to Iowa pays premium tax only on premiums received after the move. The captive can also skip premium t ...