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        "summary": "Change is inevitable and no profession escapes it. The alternative risk-transfer field is no exception, but its ability to embrace change more readily than the traditional insurance marketplace has",
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        "prettyDate": "March 05, 2006",
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        "summary": "The landscape for the alternative risk-transfer market is both exciting and perilous, as interest in ART continues unabated for \"traditional\" captives of single parents and associations--used for",
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        "uri": "/2005/04/27/captive-reinsurance-causes-confusion/",
        "title": "Captive Reinsurance Causes Confusion",
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        "prettyDate": "April 27, 2005",
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        "summary": "Captive Reinsurance Causes Confusion Part of the problem is that captives function as both sellers and buyersWith the recent announcement of results from the Captive ...",
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        "title": "Captive 'Reinsurance' Causes Confusion",
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        "prettyDate": "April 17, 2005",
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        "summary": "Captive 'Reinsurance' Causes ConfusionPart of the problem is that captives function as both 'sellers' and buyersWith the recent announcement of results from the Captive ...",
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        "title": "Tougher RRG Regs Could Hurt Ins. Buyers",
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        "prettyDate": "March 10, 2004",
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        "summary": "Tougher RRG Regs Could Hurt Ins. BuyersIn the past few years captives have become an increasingly necessary form of risk finance and transfer for businesses ...",
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        "title": "Careful Review Needed For D&O Captives",
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        "prettyDate": "November 25, 2003",
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        "summary": "Careful Review Needed For D&O CaptivesThe current market for commercial directors and officers coverage has become expensive and limited. This has added fuel to the ...",
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        "title": "Captives Endure Market Challenges",
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        "prettyDate": "March 04, 2002",
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        "summary": "Captives Endure Market ChallengesAs the insurance industry advances into 2002, a few trends in regard to captive insurers are being revealed. These trends are developments ...",
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        "title": "Captives Can Help In Post-WTC Recovery",
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        "prettyDate": "October 28, 2001",
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        "summary": "Captives Can Help In Post-WTC Recovery The insurance industry was dealt a staggering blow by the terrorist attack on America on Sept. 11.But what about ...",
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