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Vermont’s Regulators Plant the Seeds of Captive Growth
Dan Towle, Director of Financial Services
Derick White, Director of Captive Insurance
Peter Raymond, Director of Financial Examinations
Leonard Crouse, Deputy Commissioner of Captive Insurance
Vermont Captive VideoThe First Decade
Governor Snelling 1991
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1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
History of Vermont – The 80’s
Vermont enacts Captive Statute – Licenses its First Captive Company LRRA
adopted
VT Celebrates 100th Captive
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
History of Vermont – The 90’sFAS 106 Employee Benefits
Controlled Unaffiliated Business
Reduced premium taxes
Enabling legislation for reciprocals
Sponsored Captives
Branch Captives
Annuity ContractsVT Celebrates 300th Captive
VT Celebrates 400th CaptiveVT Celebrates
200th Captive
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
History of Vermont – New Century
VT Celebrates 500th Captive
VT Celebrates 600th Captive
VT Celebrates 700th Captive
General rewriteReduced Premium TaxesAllowed LLC's
Allowed
Not-For-Profit’s
VT Celebrates 800th Captive
SPFC’s
Examinations
Number of examinations by year
How examinations have changed over the years
Pure captive vs. risk retention group
Examinations by Year
3542
62 6369 64
52
68 67
83 84 89
105
125
19941995199619971998199920002001200220032004200520062007
Examination Staff
Number of examiners by year
How qualifications of staff have changed over the years
NAIC staff requirements
3 35 5 5
79
810 10
11 1113
1518
1921
2325
1989199019911992199319941995199619971998199920002001200220032004200520062007
Examination Staff by Year
National Association of Insurance Commissioners
Changes in NAIC requirements over the years
Corporate Governance Standards
Adoption of NAIC Model Laws – Accreditation Standards
Surveillance
How the surveillance of captives has changed
Pure captives vs. risk retention groups
Review of parent company financials
Vermont: The Early Years
Just Ed, me, and the filing cabinet
Vermont Captive Insurance Association
Humble beginnings
Vermont: How Things Have Changed
Vermont’s infrastructure: the banks, lawyers, etc.
Changing competition among domiciles
Vermont’s Growth of Captives
1 4 14 23 3369
120 153 174209 234 257 279
311 328 358385425
460 489527
597
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1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005
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1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006
Years
Gross Written Premium
Vermont’s Growth ofPremium Volume
Vermont: Lending a Helping Hand
Department of Labor – Employee Benefits
AM Best
Assisting other domiciles
Vermont: Lending a Helping Hand on Mortgage Insurance
Washington D.C. Boston branch of the Federal Reserve
Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS)
Freddie Mac
Vermont: Lending a Helping Hand
Housing & Urban Development – Title Insurance
Environment Protection Agency – Closure - Post Closure of landfills
Federal Home Loan Bank – Captives 101
House Committee of Small Business – Health Insurance
Looking Forward: Securitization
Securitization and where it is heading
Triple X is just the beginning
The Vermont Approach
Vermont Captive VideoThe First Decade
Governor Snelling 1991
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