

The Changing Face of Middle Market Captives
Captives have been around for many years, and they will continue to provide risk management benefits to their owners long into the...


Insurance Outlook 2023 - An Opportunity for Captives
Albion Risk Consulting, S.A. follows trends in the insurance market, along with social and economic developments, to create opportunities...


Practical Benefits of a Middle Market Captive
I have been asked on many occasions why my focus is on the middle market. My desire is to deliver risk financing options, particularly...


Risk Distribution and the Middle Market
In recent tax law cases involving captives serving middle market businesses risk distribution was an aspect that proved detrimental to...


The Malaise of the Middle Market
In recent years the IRS has been victorious in three notable captive cases: Avrahami, Syzygy and Reserve Mechanical. Based on the fact...


Commodity Price Risk for Captives?
With ILM201802014 the Internal Revenue Service seem to have extended the extent to which speculative risks may constitute insurable...


Free Risk Assessment
At Albion Risk Consulting S.A. we take a holistic approach to risk. We specialize in risk analysis and program design that dovetails with...


Risk Pooling - It´s Not Just a Tax Thing!
Pooling is a common practice for captives owned by SMEs. Many participants know that this helps with tax compliance but few will know all...


Underwriting Best Practice for Middle Market Captives
The US middle market captive market faces intense examination from the Internal Revenue Service following the introduction of IRS Notice...


Risk Management for Captive Insurance Managers.
Captive insurance at its best complements risk management but what do Insurance Managers do to manage their own risk. IRS Notice 2016-66...