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A.M. Best Webinar Examines the State of the Captive and Risk Retention Group Insurance Market


CONTACTS:


Lee McDonald
Group Vice President, Publication and News Services
(908) 439-2200, ext. 5561
lee.mcdonald@ambest.com


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

OLDWICK - JULY 23, 2014 04:14 PM (EDT)
A.M. Best will present its annual webinar on "State of the Captive Insurance Market" on Wednesday, July 30 from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. EDT. Register at no charge at http://www.ambest.com/webinars/captive14.

Authors of an A.M. Best Special Report on the state of the captive and risk retention group insurance industry will review financial results, issues and business environment for captives, risk retention groups (RRG) and related organizations.

Topics will include:


  • · Overall financial results for A.M. Best rated captives and RRGs

  • · Operating performance

  • · Investment, leverage and liquidity

  • · Market conditions

  • · Comparisons between the overall commercial insurance markets and captives and RRGs

  • · Legal issues; and

  • · A detailed look at performance of single-parent captive insurance organizations

 

Panelists for this webinar include:


  • · Steven Chirico, A.M. Best Company

  • · Fred Eslami, A.M. Best Company

 

A.M. Best is committed to covering and rating captives throughout the world. Visit Best's Captive Center at http://www.ambest.com/captive for updated methodologies and other information regarding A.M. Best's coverage of the captive insurance industry.

Attendees can submit questions in advance during registration or email questions to news@ambest.com during the live event, which will be streamed in video and audio format.

A.M. Best is the leading credit rating organization dedicated to serving the global insurance industry, including the alternative risk transfer market. Best's Credit Ratings are a means of assessing the financial strength and creditworthiness of captives, risk-retention groups, self-insurance pools and trusts, large-capacity facilities, protected cell companies and specialized reinsurers. Learn more about Best's Credit Ratings and read methodologies explaining the rating system at Best's Ratings & Criteria Center at http://www.ambest.com/ratings.

For more information about the webinar, please call (908) 439-2200, ext. 5561, or e-mail lee.mcdonald@ambest.com.

A.M. Best Company is the world's oldest and most authoritative insurance rating and information source.