Captive Insurance

Dickinson Wright’s captive insurance team provides comprehensive services to businesses that own or are looking to form captive insurance companies. We guide clients through every stage of forming and operating a captive insurance company, including:

• Counseling on regulatory requirements regarding application and licensure.
• Preparing company formation documents and application.
• Advising on corporate and securities laws related to company formation.
• Counseling on company operation, corporate governance, and annual regulatory compliance matters, including annual meetings, reports, and other required filings.
• Holding company advice and filings for risk retention group captives.
• Drafting all types of insurance agreements, such as reinsurance agreements and insurance policies.
• Assisting with post-formation activities and needs.
• Advising on mergers and re-domestications, tax audits, controversies, and litigation.

Our Clients

Our captive insurance clients come from virtually all industries and in all shapes and sizes, including Fortune 500 and publicly traded companies, trade associations, and small to medium-sized businesses who participate in protected cells of captive insurance companies. Our captive insurance clients are domiciled in multiple U.S. jurisdictions, and we have represented numerous entities in connection with mergers and re-domestications, both on-shore and off-shore. Some of the representative industries of our captive insurance clients include: health care; transportation; real estate and property management; construction; printing; retail; manufacturing; home service industries; electronics; insurance; and automotive.

Our Team

Our team members participate in numerous industry trade associations, attend and speak at conferences throughout the United States and worldwide, and actively participate in lobbying and other activities related to the drafting of both state and federal law regarding captive insurance and related matters. Many of our captive insurance lawyers have been individually recognized by Best Lawyers® and Super Lawyers®.