by Michelle Bradley, ACAS, MAAA, ARM, CERA, Consulting Actuary and Enoch Starnes, ACI, Actuarial Analyst | Oct 14, 2021 | Collateral Issues, Self-Insurance, Captives and Pool Issues
Enoch Starnes and Michelle Bradley recently authored an article for Captive International titled “Identifying Collateral Concerns for Captives.” Many insurance professionals interested in the captive industry may not have a solid understanding of collateral concepts,...
by Lori Ussery | Aug 18, 2021 | Loss Development and Trend, Self-Insurance, Captives and Pool Issues, Training Resources
Most companies and their consulting actuaries complete an actuarial analysis annually at minimum in order to assist in determining booked reserves for outstanding losses & LAE in their year-end financial statements. As the estimates are revised year to year,...
by Michelle Bradley, ACAS, MAAA, ARM, CERA, Consulting Actuary and Enoch Starnes, ACI, Actuarial Analyst | Jan 29, 2021 | Self-Insurance, Captives and Pool Issues, Training Resources
Recently, Captive International published an article by Enoch Starnes and Michelle Bradley addressing the implications of loss development factors and patterns for captives. Since SIGMA’s educational resources related to loss development factors, loss development...
by Bill Wilson, CPCU, ARM, AIM, AAM | Mar 30, 2019 | Sales, Self-Insurance, Captives and Pool Issues, Training Resources
We rarely have guest bloggers, but today is an exception. I am happy to introduce Bill Wilson (although I believe everyone may already know Bill). I have been working in or around the P&C insurance world for 32 years. Bill is simply a genius. His knowledge and...
by Timothy L. Coomer, Ph.D. | Sep 4, 2018 | Self-Insurance, Captives and Pool Issues
In the 1993 movie, The Firm, Tom Cruise plays the part of Mitch McDeere, a young lawyer who naively joins a law firm that is less than reputable. Mitch’s adventure leads him to the Cayman Islands, where you are led to believe all “bad” money goes to find a home. This...
by Michelle Bradley, ACAS, MAAA, ARM, CERA | Oct 26, 2017 | Self-Insurance, Captives and Pool Issues
Summary: The Financial Accounting Standard Board’s (FASB) accounting update related to disclosures about short duration contracts (ASU 2015-09) requires that insurance entities disclose specific information related to the liability for unpaid claims and claims...
