Tim Coomer, Enoch Starnes, and Michelle Bradley recently authored an article for Captive International's Cayman Focus titled “Placing Risk Through Data and Analytics.” In it, they discuss how the pandemic has created almost unprecedented amounts of uncertainty within the risk management landscape and decision-makers are looking for viable alternative methods of handling risk. Click the […]
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 triangles, and similar topics are consistently the most utilized in our RISK66 library, we were excited for the chance to extend […]
Prior SIGMA publications have focused on weather risk mitigation and data available for historical windstorms in the Atlantic: https://sigmaactuary.com/2019/01/07/weather-risk-mitigation-analytical-considerations/ https://sigmaactuary.com/downloads/SIGMAWindRisks.pdf These articles mentioned the use of parametric insurance as a mechanism to mitigate the financial impact of weather-related risk and analytical considerations for quantifying these types of risk. In a recent article published in Captive […]
Michelle Bradley was recently interviewed by the Captive Insurance Times in an article titled “Risking it all”. In it, she discusses the increase in reputational risk being placed into captives, especially over the last two years. You can read Michelle's interview by clicking the link below and navigating to page 17. Click to view the […]
Enoch Starnes and Michelle Bradley recently authored an article for Captive International titled “Defining and Modelling Adverse Scenarios for Captive Insurance.” In it, they discuss how new and existing captives must provide adverse scenario modelling as part of their feasibility and application process, but most domiciles do not explicitly outline the specific adverse scenarios that […]
Al Rhodes, Enoch Starnes and Michelle Bradley recently authored an article for Captive International titled “Improving Captive Analytics Through Claim Lag Metrics.” In it, they discuss how understanding early trends in claims data can help organizations stay on top of their risk-related responsibilities. Click to view the article We welcome your feedback by posting a […]
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 the complete article here. As a follow up to the article, we have created a list […]
Al Rhodes recently authored an article for Captive Review titled "Exploring the Captive's Journey to Operational Efficiency”. Co-authors of this article are Jason Flaxbeard and Andrew Golub of Beecher Carlson. In this piece, they discuss how industry practices are changing and evolving and what you can do to stay ahead with a successful captive strategy. […]
Michelle Bradley recently authored an article for Captive International titled “Analytics for Emerging Enterprise Risks.” In it, she discusses how as a captive matures, advanced correlation analytics and financial statement modelling may be necessary to ensure the most efficient strategies and programmes are in place Click to download a PDF copy We welcome your feedback […]
Lucy Zhang was recently selected by Captive Insurance Times as Emerging Talent. In her interview, she discussed her aspirations for her career in the captive industry, advice for someone considering a role in the captive industry, and much more! Read the full interview by clicking the link below. Click to read Lucy's interview We welcome […]