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Captive
Our services for Captive are targeted at the following customers
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Enterprises engaged in lease administration
These enterprises have many assets that need to be insured, with relatively low probability of risk accumulation.
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Consumer electronics retailers
By insuring extended warranties for home electronics to be offered to their own customers, merchandisers can enhance their financial efficiency.
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Enterprises handling large volume of
client information
Things that can be covered by insurance are not limited to fixed assets alone. We can help develop a scheme to protect client information retained by enterprises.
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Fast-growing enterprises with many
business establishments
This is an opportunity to centralize risk management and promote a review of compensation.
Setting up a Captive
Utilizing a captive is expected to enhance a business' financial efficiency and improve its insurance coverages. This will lead to opportunities for finding out business potentials beneficial for the enterprise’s business
operation.
We are committed to building an optimum scheme for each enterprise customer in liaison with a team of both domestic and foreign experts.
What is a PCC?
A Protected Cell Captive (PCC) is a captive with more enhanced versatility.
In the scheme of PCC, a facility called “cell,” which has the same function as a pure captive, is rented to each enterprise. Unlike a pure captive set-up as an insurance company, the PCC scheme allows for renting a
captive-like function to a company and this enables a drastic cut in initial costs, capital, and operation costs; which leads to higher profitability and reduced
administration work. Since the assets and liabilities for each cell are legally segregated from other cells, profits, losses, assets, liabilities, rights, and obligations for each cell are managed independently.
Our Captive Strategies Solutions through our own PCC
Japan Risk's PCC subsidiary, Green Oak, is located in Labuan, a special economic zone in Malaysia. It is composed of
experienced staff who have a career in captive management firms and engage in contract administration and interactions with regulators in Malaysia.
In terms of administration costs, Labuan is more competitive than other domiciles, which contributes to the higher
profitability of our current enterprise customers.
| Captive | PCC | |
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| Definition | A company set-up to compensate the risks of the parent and related companies. | Individual cells owned by independent owners that compensate risks around a central core |
| Corporate structure | Composed of multiple legally independent "cells" around a "core". Each captive owner will own a cell through a management contract with the "core". | |
| Time necessary to setup | 3~6 months | 1~3 months |
| Capital requirement | Necessary Amount will depend on the captive domicile |
Not necessary Since a cell is not a corporation, there is no minimum capital requirement. |
| Bank account | Bank account in the domiciled country is needed | Can utilize the PCC customer bank account and set-up an individual account for the cell. No need for a new bank account. |
| Minimum operational conditions | Internal audit External audit Quarterly reporting to supervisory bureau Tax reporting Annual meetings Additional reporting regarding money laundering Other reporting and administration required |
The core will be responsible for the management and administration of the cell based on the Cell Management contract. No additional requirements necessary for the cell owner. |
Bespoke Services
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Captive Set-up
We offer explanations about information and documentation required for setting up a captive. Since submission of certified documents is needed in English, we can provide services for translation and certification by qualified professionals.
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Examination of risks
While considering setting up a captive, we will check your existing insurance contracts. After reviewing insurance terms and conditions, we can verify whether a captive scheme fits with your risks or redefine your coverages. With this, it may be possible to reduce your insurance premiums.
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Operational procedure support with the financial services jurisdiction of each country
Captives set-up will be supervised by the financial services regulator of the country or region in that jurisdiction. Just like conventional insurance companies, captives need to submit reports and other documents to the regulator. We can handle this regulatory procedure on your behalf.
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Negotiation with domestic general insurance companies acting as primary insurer
In order to reinsure the contracted insurance contract as reinsurance, the insurance company examines their coverages. Then, we design and arrange a reinsurance contract in line with your requirements.
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Reinsurance arrangement
To maintain a captive’s good status, risks insured by a captive need to be transferred to another reinsurer; this arrangement is called retrocession. With our experience in reinsurance arrangements, we can negotiate to obtain better terms for reinsurance arrangements.
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Contract administration and settlement with foreign insurers or reinsurers
Preparation of contract documents and payment and settlement operations are required when transacting with foreign insurers or reinsurers.
We can do administration work for our customers such as documentation, overseas remittances, confirmation, and other communication with foreign insurers or reinsurers. -
Redesigning existing captives
If expected results from the existing captive are not achieved, we can examine the possibilities of changing to another domicile, to transfer portfolios, or to redesign your captive scheme.
Captive Domiciles Importance of selecting a domicile
Captives can be set-up in the countries, states or territories that license it. Since Japan has no captive legislation, our customers need to set up offshore captives in venues where their formation is legally permitted. This venue is called domicile. Rules applicable to captives and expected costs for captives differ slightly from each domicile. When choosing the right domicile, time difference and some other factors should be considered.
Recommended domiciles
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Labuan, Malaysia
Reason.1
Labuan requires less captive operation costs than other domiciles. Labuan enforces both well-established legal systems and regulatory supervision framework in a balanced manner.
Reason.2
Labuan is an offshore financial center in Asia, with just one-hour time difference from Japan with a favorable business environment.
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Hawaii, US
Reason.1
Since Hawaii’s tourism business relies mostly on travelers from Japan, various services in Hawaii are available in the Japanese language. Japanese speakers are less likely to face language barriers.
Reason.2
Easy access to the area with a sense of security as it's part of the United States.
Case Studies
Captive Set-up Process
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Identifying the purpose of setting up a captive
We identify the reasons behind setting up a captive as this allows us to consider how the scheme of the captive should be structured. Depending on your reason for setting up a captive, a non-captive scheme may be more recommendable. In this case, we will further examine the purpose of setting up a captive.
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Identifying Risks
We check the risks and existing insurance contracts that are intended to manage through your captive, and then we review existing insurance coverages. Our review is to clarify whether or not the insurance companies acting as primary insurers will accept your captive as a reinsurer.
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Actual Set-up
After your in-house final approval for setting a captive, we start preparations for documents to be submitted to the regulator and commence the procedure for opening a bank account (all documents need to be translated into English). After submitting the required documents, it usually takes three to six months to obtain regulatory approval for setting it up. Then, the amount of stated capital should be transferred to the bank account opened.
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Operation of the mutual aid association
The operation of the publicly licensed cooperative starts after it is licensed by the competent authority. For the case of exempt kyosai, it starts after the conclusion of its organizational meeting, as the case may be. We provide full-range services to support your operation.