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Articles and Press Releases
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Press Releases

May 11, 2010
Delaware General Assembly Passes Important Revisions to Delaware’s Captive Insurance Statutes

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April 28, 2010
Delaware Captive Insurance Association Supports Bureau of Captive and Financial Insurance Products

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January 25, 2010
Delaware Insurance Commissioner Karen Weldin Stewart Licenses World’s First Serial Captive Insurance Company

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January 15, 2010
Delaware Captive Insurance Industry Grows Substantially In 2009

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October 9, 2009
The News Journal – Working Together Can Potentially Reduce Local Organizations' Insurance Costs Base

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August 28, 2009
"Captive" Insurers Seen as Tax Base

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August 4, 2009
Insurance Commissioner Stewart Plots Course for New Captive and Financial Products Bureau

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July 30, 2009
Insurance Commissioner Stewart Establishes Captive - Financial Revenue Generating Division

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March 3, 2009
Delaware Doubles the Number of Captives in 2008

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August 7, 2008
Former Federal Reserve Bank President to Keynote DCIA Annual Conference

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July 15, 2008
DCIA Interviews Delaware’s Captive Insurance Regulator

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August 21, 2007
DCIA 2007 Fall Events

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August 21, 2007
SPFC Bill Enacted as Delaware Doubles Number of Captives

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Articles

RISK RETENTION REPORTER: DOMICILE REVIEW-DELAWARE

Reprinted from the May 2010 Risk Rentention Reporter — Volume 24, Number 5

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CAPTIVE INSURANCE COMPANIES
WHAT TO CONSIDER WHEN ESTABLISHING AND OPERATING CAPTIVES

Patrick Theriault, CPA, CPCU, AIAF, Vice President and Director, Client Services, Wilmington Trust SP Services (Vermont), Inc.

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CAPTIVE INSURANCE
CAPTIVES AND LETTERS OF CREDIT: A HAPPY OR NECESSARY UNION?

Patrick Theriault, CPA, CPCU, AIAF, Vice President and Director, Client Services, Wilmington Trust Captive Management Services

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MEDICAL MALPRACTICE INSURANCE CRISIS
ALTERNATIVE RISK TRANSFER SOLUTIONS

John J. O'Brien, JD, CLU, CPCU, Vice President and Director, Client Services, Wilmington Trust SP Services (South Carolina), Inc.

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"MINI-CAPTIVE" INSURANCE COMPANIES
THE USES OF CAPTIVES FOR SMALL- AND MID-SIZED COMPANIES

Patrick Theriault, CPA, CPCU, AIAF, Vice President and Managing Director, Wilmington Trust Captive Management Services

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CAPTIVE COMMENTARY
REG 114 TRUSTS: HOW THEY WORK, WHO CAN BENEFIT, AND WHY THEY'RE NOT ALL ALIKE

Doug Lavelle, Senior Vice President, Wilmington Trust FSB and Tom Mackay, Senior Vice President, Wilmington Trust FSB

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CAPTIVE REVIEW – SMARTER THAN A FIFTH GRADER? JEFF SIMPSON OF THE STEWART LAW FIRM DISCUSSES THE LAWYER'S ROLE IN ESTABLISHING AND OPERATING A CAPTIVE

Jeff Simpson, The Stewart Law Firm, February 2010

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FUNDAMENTALS OF THE FINANCIAL CRISIS: MISMANAGING RISK

William Poole, PhD, 2008 DCIA Conference Keynote Speaker

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DELAWARE: RENOWNED BUSINESS EXPERTISE FOCUSED ON INSURANCE SECURITIZATION

Richard J. Facciolo, Tara J. Hoffner and Addie P. Asay, Richards Layton & Finger, P.A.

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DELAWARE PRIMES CAPTIVE INSURANCE DEAL PUMP

Cathy Cunningham, Total Securitization, October 12, 2007

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CAPTIVE INSURANCE 'SMART' FOR DELAWARE

Leslie A. Pappas, Wilmington News Journal, October 4, 2007

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DELAWARE LOOKS TO ATTRACT CAPTIVE INSURERS

Leslie A. Pappas, Wilmington News Journal, October 3, 2007

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DELAWARE LEGISLATION RENEWS INTEREST IN CAPTIVES

W. Harding (Hardy) Drane, Jr., B. Janell Grenier and Arris Reddick Murphy

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DELAWARE - A DYNAMIC CHOICE FOR INSURANCE SECURITIZATIONS

Jeffrey K. Simpson and R. Brian Flinchum, Wilmington Trust; Robert L. Symonds, Jr. and Matthew J. O’Toole, Morris James LLP

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IT'S TIME TO CONSIDER, OR RECONSIDER, DELAWARE AS A PREFERRED DOMICILE FOR CAPTIVES

Michael W. Teichman, Parkowski, Guerke & Swayze, P.A.

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DELAWARE'S NEW CAPTIVE INSURANCE LAW

Jeffrey K. Simpson, Wilmington Trust SP Services, Inc.
Robert L. Symonds, Jr. and Matthew J. O'Toole, Morris, James, Hitchens & Williams LLP