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Analytical Strategies for a Hardening Market
A recent article written by SIGMA's Michelle Bradley and Lori Ussery and published in Captive International discussed the importance of using analytics to leverage a company’s position with insurers and create new strategies for dealing with a hardening market. View...
SIGMA’s Reflections on a Great Year
As SIGMA enters both a new year and decade, we wanted to reflect on our team’s accomplishments in 2019 and focus on how they’ll shape our future. With the global insurance market continuing to harden, analytics are becoming increasingly important in negotiating and...
Why Get An Independent Review?
There are many reasons an actuary may be engaged to complete an actuarial report, everything from due diligence to regulatory requirements. These engagements commonly involve review work which require the engaged actuary to review another actuary’s report for a large...
Captive Asset Strategies for Emerging Risk Profiles
Authors: Michelle Bradley, ACAS, MAAA, ARM, CERA, and David Shamblin, CTFA The placement of new risks in a captive should always lead to a review and possible modification of the captive’s asset strategy, especially when the added risks are non-traditional in nature....
Captive Feasibility Video
The captive industry offers a wide variety of solutions to the issues faced by companies needing property and casualty insurance coverage, but exploring these options can easily start to feel like an overwhelming prospect. While decisions regarding structure and...
When Do I Call an Actuary
At SIGMA, we often get asked “how big does a company have to be to benefit from an actuarial analysis?” The question usually suggests there is some minimum loss or premium level that would trigger the need for an actuarial analysis. As you might imagine, it is...