Captive Newsletter

Vermont Captive Insurance Lawyers

Access the current and prior editions of Primmer Piper Eggleston & Cramer's Captive Newsletter:

November 2011 - Special Edition

  • Responding to NRRA

August 2011

  • News from the Vermont State House: Captive Laws Amended
  • Risk Retention Groups - Regulatory Update
  • Update on Dodd-Frank and the Nonadmitted and Reinsurance Reform Act
  • Renewed Effort to Expand the Liability Risk Retention Act
  • Revival of the Corporate Duty of Obedience
  • Update on Medicare, Medicaid and SCHIP Extension Act Compliance Requirements

January 2011

  • Implications of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
  • Proposed IRS Regulation Regarding Series and Cell Captives
  • Freddie Mac to Revise “Private Mortgage Insurer Eligibility Requirements”
  • News from the Vermont State House: A Season of Transition
  • Risk Retention Groups – Regulatory Update

August 2010

March 2010

  • Special Feature - Managing the Personal Liability of RRG Board Members
  • Efforts Underway to Limit Insurers' Exemption from Federal Antitrust Laws
  • Mortgage Guaranty Captive Update
  • News from the Vermont State House: Legislature Convenes to Conclude Biennium
  • MMSEA Section 111 Reporting - Definition of RRE Relaxed
  • Richard Smith - New President of the VCIA
  • Governor Douglas Not Running for Re-election

May 2009

  • New Medicare Reporting Requirements
  • Updates to Captive Laws Approved by the Legislature
  • Molly Lambert’s Legacy

April 2009

  • Reinsurer Creditworthiness
  • New Medicare Reporting Requirements
  • Mortgage Guaranty Captives-What a Difference a Year Makes
  • NAIC Update
  • News from the Vermont Sate House: Legislation in The Midst of Economic Uncertainty

July 2008

  • HUD Joins Investigation of MI Reinsurance
  • VCIA Critical Issues Forum
  • Enduring Lessons for a Soft Market
  • PPEC Expands its Insurance Practice
  • What to Look for in Claims Administration
  • News From the Vermont State House: Legislature Adjourns

March 2008

  • David Provost to Succeed Len Crouse
  • Mortgage Reinsurance Update
  • Proposed IRS Regulation Withdrawn: Where to From Here?
  • Gary Barnes Becomes "Of Counsel" to Primmer Piper Eggleston & Cramer
  • Ask the Experts: Evidence-Based Risk Assessment for Medical Malpractice Captives
  • NAIC Update
  • Congress Extends TRIA
  • News From the Vermont State House: Legislature Half-Way to Adjournment
  • Montana Domiciled RRG Gets Preliminary Injunction Against Non-Chartering State

December 2007

  • IRS Proposes New Rules for Captives
  • Regulatory Transitions
  • The Use of a Risk Purchasing Group for Excess Coverage
  • Rusty Young Becomes a Director
  • Title Reinsurers Settle With HUD
  • NAIC Update
  • Securities Issues for Group Captives
  • News From the Vermont State House: Second Half of Biennium Approaches

August 2007

  • Special Purpose Financial Captives
  • Judge Grants Wells Fargo's Motion to Strike
  • LRRA Expansion
  • NAIC Action on Risk Retention Group Matters
  • Ask the Experts: A New Feature - Financial Reporting Issues
  • News From the Vermont State House: Legislative Update
  • Analysts Find Real Benefit in MI Captives
  • Record Retention Requirements for Captives

March 2007

  • Vermont to Consider Captive Securitization Legislation

(Access a draft of the proposed legislation)

  • New Class Actions Challenge Mortgage Guaranty Captives
  • TRIA Update
  • News From the Vermont State House: A New Legislature Is Underway
  • Bifurcation of Insurance Contracts
  • Employee Benefits: Chapter Two
  • A Change at the Top

September 2006

  • Vermont's Captive Insurance Industry Turns 25
  • Medical Malpractice Claims Data Reporting Laws Applied to Risk Retention Groups
  • May Risk Retention Groups Provide Employment Practices Liability Insurance?
  •  "Shareholder Rights" Initiative Rebuffed
  • News From the Vermont State House: Election Season Heats Up
  • Vermont Sponsored Captive Insurers: The Alternative, Alternative Market
  • Introducing Our Immigration Law Practice
  • Milliman Opens Vermont Branch Office

April 2006

  • Barry Port Remembered
  • News from the Vermont State House: Captive Legislation Nears Passage
  • MI Regulatory Update
  • Update on NAIC Actions in Response to GAO Report
  • Sarbanes-Oxley: The NAIC's Proposed Approach
  • Firm's Captive Team to Further Expand

December 2005

  • A Salute to Donald Breakstone
  • News from the Vermont State House: Modest Captive Amendments to be Proposed in 2006
  • Terrorism Risk Insurance Extension Act of 2005
  • A New Look

October 2005

  • GAO Releases Risk Retention Group Report
  • Primmer & Piper to Merge
  • Vermont Meeting Requirements

August 2005

  • The Company We Keep
  • News from the Vermont State House: Partisan Politics Mar Adjournment
  • Treasury Report on the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act
  • Federal SMART Initiative Gaining Momentum
  • IRS Revenue Rulings
  • Sarbanes-Oxley and the Model Audit Rule -- Integration Inches Forward
  • HIPAA -- Clarified Guidance & Accompanying Security Rule
  • Change of Control Provisions
  • Nevada RRG Legislation
  • So . . . What Happened To Cara?

April 2005

  • Title Reinsurance Investigations Miss The Mark
  • News from the Vermont State House: Modest Captive Legislation Moving Forward
  • Tort Reform Update: The Class Action Fairness Act of 2005
  • Title Reinsurance
  • Vermont Update
  • Annual Shareholder Financial Statements

December 2004

  • The Spitzer Investigation
  • News from the Vermont State House: Mandate or Stalemate?
  • Coming Ashore
  • Mortgage Guaranty Reinsurance: Capital Requirements
  • State Modernization and Regulatory Transparency Act (SMART)
  • TRIA Update

July 2004

  • Revision to "Small" Insurance Company Tax Law
  • TRIA Update
  • Vermont Excludes Captive Insurance Companies From Its New Unitary Tax System
  • Congress Reviews State Tort Reform
  • News from the Vermont State House: Following Adjournment, It's Campaign Season

March 2004

  • Special Feature
  • Another Banner Year For Vermont Captives
  • Sarbanes-Oxley: Practical Advice For Captives
  • News from the Vermont State House: Any Concerns With Unitary Combined Reporting?
  • TRIA Update
  • Primmer & Piper Continues To Expand

November 2003

  • Threats To Risk Retention Groups?
  • Changes in the Landscape: Insuring Employee Benefits Through Captives
  • Should Group Captives Purchase D&O Liability Insurance?
  • Securities Issues for Group Captives
  • Are Arbitration Clauses in Vermont Insurance Contracts Enforceable?
  • News from the Vermont State House: A Quiet Year Ahead for Captives?

July 2003

  • Captive Boards and Evolving Governance Standards
  • TRIA Update: Treasury Releases Final Rule
  • Direct Placement of Insurance by Captives
  • Harnessing HIPAA: Understanding the Health Insurance Portability And Accountability Act and its Application to Captive Insurers
  • News from the Vermont State House: Revised Captive Statutes Become Law
  • BISHCA Gets It

May 2003 -- Special Edition

  • Governor Douglas Increases Commitment to Captives

April 2003

  • Taking Stock
  • News from the Vermont State House: Vermont Captive Statutes to be Updated; Changes to Vermont Tax Structure under Consideration
  • Gary Barnes, P.A. Joins Primmer & Piper
  • IRS Revenue Rulings Clarify Tax Treatment of Captives
  • Georgia MI Lawsuits Resolved
  • TRIA Follow-Up: Status of Treasury Guidelines

December 2002 -- Special Bulletin

  • Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 -- Update

December 2002 -- Special Edition

  • Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002

November 2002

  • News from the Vermont State House: 2002 Election Results
  • Congress Passes Terrorism Insurance Bill
  • A Record Year for Vermont Captives
  • Sarbanes-Oxley: Increased Oversight of Captive Operations?
  • IRS to Challenge "PORC" Arrangements
  • Further Developments In RESPA Class Action Suits
  • USA PATRIOT Act
  • Primmer & Piper Expands

July 2002

  • Farewell to Lisa Ventriss
  • Progress on Expansion of Liability Risk Retention Act
  • The Role of a Captive Board Member Post-Enron, Worldcom, Etc.
  • RRG Fee Issues: Building on the Michigan Momentum
  • News from the Vermont Statehouse: Legislature Adjourns after Lengthy Session
  • Updates