This virtual conference is open to all risk management professionals, business owners, leaders of global corporations, and corporate advisers.įor more information, visit ABOUT LABUAN IBFCĪSIA PACIFIC'S MIDSHORE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL CENTRE Labuan IBFC and LIIA will be jointly organising its fourth Asian Captive Conference themed "Democratisation of Self-Insurance: Benefitting from cell captives in a challenging insurance market" on 2 December. To date, there are approximately 7,000 captive insurance companies set up globally in order to enjoy this benefit. Industry practitioners, via the Labuan International Insurance Association (LIIA), have recently set up a globally represented captive subcommittee aimed at further strengthening the captive proposition via close cooperation and discourse with Labuan IBFC's regulator, Labuan Financial Services Authority (Labuan FSA) to augment and improve the captive industry as a whole.Ĭaptives are self-insurance vehicles which are strategic risk management tools utilised by many corporations around the world. Labuan IBFC is also the only jurisdiction in Asia that provides for the protected cell company (PCC) structure, with more than 10 PCCs licensed to date.
Labuan IBFC is Asia and MENA's fastest-growing risk and reinsurance wholesale intermediation market, boasting more than 220 license holders. This is the first time the jurisdiction has won the Top International Captive Domicile award at the European Captive Review Awards, having previously won the Best Asian Domicile for three years running at the Asian Captive Review Awards. It has been a long-standing belief that self-insurance vehicles like captives were only accessible to large multinational corporations and businesses, however cell captives and the steeper insurance renewal rates as well as the inability to find cover for certain segments of risk has increased the understanding and interest in self-insurance. She added that the availability of cell captives, master rent-a-captive (MRAC) and subsidiary rent-a-captive (SRAC) allows for the "democratisation" of self-insurance vehicles providing lower barriers to entry for small and medium sized companies.
We are now home to 64 captives and in terms of premiums, 70.2% originate from international markets - clearly indicating a coming of age and maturity of the market, making Labuan IBFC a global domicile of choice." As at 30 September 2021, 9 new captives were formed, this represents more incorporations than we enjoyed during the whole of 2020. "Labuan IBFC's captive insurance business has continued its upward trajectory in 2021.
said, "This award evidences the growing recognition and acceptability of the Labuan self-insurance propositions in Europe owing to its well-regulated and extensive range of structures, proportionality in regulations as well as its wide and deep reinsurance marketplace for captives to thrive." The European Captive Review Awards is a unique set of awards dedicated to captive insurance and risk management expertise, giving domiciles, service providers, captive owners and other industry stakeholders a platform to showcase the highest levels of excellence and innovation.įarah Jaafar, CEO of Labuan IBFC Inc.