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...
by Michelle Bradley, ACAS, MAAA, ARM, CERA | Jun 22, 2016 | Loss Development and Trend, Self-Insurance, Captives and Pool Issues
After attending the Fall 2015 Hawaii Captive Insurance Council meeting and the Spring 2016 CICA captive meeting, I became increasingly aware of the continued trend of placing non-traditional1 risks in captives. At SIGMA, we are seeing a growing number of captives...
by Michelle Bradley, ACAS, MAAA, ARM, CERA | Aug 20, 2014 | Analytical Issues, Benchmarking, Collateral Issues, Self-Insurance, Captives and Pool Issues
In the last quarter of 2013, SIGMA Actuarial Consulting Group invited a group of insurance brokers, risk management consultants, and risk management staff of self-funded concerns to participate in a survey regarding collateral. This survey was similar to the ones...
