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Captive domiciles: captive domiciles, which are usually formed through enabling legislation, must be prepared to take on the tasks of oversight and regulation.


Captive Domiciles

Captive domiciles, which are usually formed through enabling
legislation, must be prepared to take on the tasks of oversight
and regulation.

                   No. of
Domicile         Captives   Regulator

Anguilla               16   John Lawrence, Director, Anguilla Financial
                            Services Commission, P.O. Box 1575, The
                            Valley, Anguilla, British West Indies,
                            Phone: (264) 497-5881, Fax: (264) 497-5872

Bahamas                18   Dr. Roger Brown, Registrar of Insurance
                            Companies, Office of the Registrar of
                            Insurance Companies, Manx Corporation
                            Center, West Bay Street, P.0. Box N-4849,
                            Nassau, N.P., The Bahamas, Phone: (242)
                            328-1068, Fax: (242) 328-1070, E-mail:
                            rogerbrown@bahamas.gov.bs, Web site:
                            www.bahamas.gov.bs/oric

Barbados              219   Carlos Belgrave, Supervisor of Insurance
                            and Pensions, 2nd Floor, Weymouth Corporate
                            Center, Roebuck St., Bridgetown, Barbados,
                            Phone: (246) 426-3815, Fax: (246) 436-2699,
                            E-mail: BelgraveC@GOB.BB, Web site:
                            www.barbados.gov.bb/bgis/government/
                            assign.htm

Bermuda              N/A    Bermuda Monetary Authority, Burnaby House,
                            26 Burnaby St., Hamilton HM 11, Bermuda,
                            Phone: (441) 295-5278, Fax: (441) 292-7471,
                            Web site: www.bma.bm

British               346   Michael Oliver, Director of Insurance,
Virgin Islands              Financial Services Commission, British
                            Virgin Islands, Phone: (284) 494-1324/4190
                            (ext 4033), Fax: (284) 494-5016, E-mail:
                            oliverm@bvifsc.vg

Canada--               14   Doug McLean, Director, Provincial
British                     Operations, Ministry of Finance, Financial
Columbia                    Institutions Commission, Phone: (604)
                            953-5378, Fax: (604) 953-5301, E-mail:
                            Doug.McLean@ficombcca, Web site:
                            http://www.fic.gov.bc.ca

Cayman Islands        701   Mary-Lou Gallegos, Head--Insurance, Cayman
                            Islands Monetary Authority, 80E Shedden
                            Road, P.O. Box 10052 APO, Phone: (345)
                            244-1555, Fax: (345) 949-2532, E-mail:
                            m.gallegos@cimoney.com.ky,
                            insurance@cimoney.com.ky, Web site:
                            www.cimoneycom.ky

Finland--Aland       N/A    Alands Landskapsstyrelse,
                            Sjalvtyrelsegarden, PB 1060, AX-22101
                            Marienahmn, Aland, Finland, Phone: (358)
                            18 25 000, Fax: (358) 18 19 155, Web site:
                            www.aland.fi

Gibraltar            N/A    Financial Services Commission, PO Box 940,
                            Suite 943, Europort, Gibraltar, Phone:
                            (350) 40283, Fax: (350) 40282, E-mail:
                            info@fsc.gi, Web site: www.fsc.gi/fsc/
                            home.htm

Guam                 N/A    Department of Revenue and Taxation,
                            Building 13-1, 2nd Floor, Mariner Avenue,
                            Tiyan, Barrigada, Guam 96913, Phone: (671)
                            475-5000, Fax: (671) 472-2643, E-mail:
                            revtax@ns.gov.gu, Web site: www.gov.gu/
                            revtax

Guernsey              311   Alan Fleming, Director of Insurance,
                            Guernsey Financial Services Commission,
                            La Plaiderie Chambers, La Plaiderie,
                            St. Peter Port, Guernsey, GY1 3HQ, Phone:
                            44 1481 712706, Fax: 44 1481 712010,
                            E-mail: jporter@gfsc.gg

Hong Kong               2   Richard Yuen Ming-fai, Commissioner of
                            Insurance, Office of the Commissioner of
                            Insurance, 21st Floor, Queensway Government
                            Offices, 66 Queensway, Hong Kong, Phone:
                            (852) 2 8674612, Fax: (852) 2 8690252,
                            E-mail: iamad@oci.gov.hk, Web site:
                            www.info.gov.hk/oci

Ireland              N/A    Department of Enterprise, Trade &
                            Employment, Insurance Branch, Kildare
                            Street, Dublin 2, Ireland, Web site:
                            www.insuranceireland.com/live/home/
                            index.html

Isle of Man          N/A    HSBC House, Ridgeway St., Douglas, Isle of
                            Man 1M1 1ER, Phone: 441 624 646 000, Fax:
                            441 624 646 001, Web site: www.gov.im./ipa

Jersey                 12   Nigel Woodroffe, Director of Insurance,
                            Insurance Division, Jersey Financial
                            Services Commission, Phone: 44 (0) 1534
                            822123, Fax: 44 (0) 1534 822002, E-mail:
                            info@jerseyfsc.org, Web site:
                            www.jerseyfsc.org

Labuan,                25   Labuan Offshore Financial Services
Malaysia                    Authority, Level 17, Main Office Tower,
                            Financial Park Complex, Jalan Medeka, 87000
                            Labuan FT, Malaysia

Liechtenstein        N/A    Office of National Economy, Au Strasse 15,
                            9490 Vaduz, Liechtenstein, Phone: (423)
                            236 6940, Fax: (423) 236 7420, Web site:
                            www.llv.li/amstellen/llv_avw_versicherung/
                            home.htm

Luxembourg           N/A    Insurance Commissioner, 7 Boulevard Royal,
                            L-2016 Luxembourg, GD de Luxembourg, Phone:
                            (352) 22 6911-1, Fax: (352) 22 6910,
                            E-mail: commassu@caa.etat.lu, Web site:
                            www.commassu.lu

Mauritius            N/A    Mauritius Offshore Business Activities
                            Authority, 5th Floor, Block A, Barkly
                            Wharf, Le Caudan Waterfront, Old Pavillion
                            Street, Port Louis, Mauritius, Phone: (230)
                            210 7000, Fax: (230) 212 9459, Web site:
                            www.fscmaurigus.org

Netherlands          N/A    Bank van de Nederlandse Antillen,
Antilles                    Investment Institutions & Institutional
                            Investors, Simon Bolivar Plein 1, Willem
                            stad, Curacao, Netherlands Antilles, Phone:
                            (599) 9 434 5500, Fax: (599) 9 461 5004,
                            Web site: www.central.bankan

Nevis                  35   Vieoence C. Prentice, Registrar of
                            Insurance, Regulation & Supervision
                            Department, Ministry of Finance, P.O.
                            Box 689, Main St, Charlestown, Nevis,
                            Phone: (869) 469-1469, Fax: (869) 469-7739,
                            E-mail: vprentice@niagovcom, Web site:
                            www.nevisfinance.com

Panama                  3   Ricardo Garcia, Insurance Commissioner
                            Ministry of Commerce and Industry, PO Box
                            832-1683 WTC, Panama, Republic of Panama,
                            Phone: (507) 214 7484, Fax: (507) 214 7483,
                            E-mail: ssrp@mici.gob pa, www.panama1.com

Singapore            N/A    Insurance Department, Financial Supervision
                            Group, Monetary Authority of Singapore,
                            10 Shenton Way, Singapore 079117, Phone:
                            65 225 5577, Fax: 65 229 9694, Web site:
                            www.mas.gov.sg

St. Lucia              13   Nestor Alfred, Director of International
                            Financial Services, Financial Services
                            Supervision Unit, Castries, St. Lucia,
                            West Indies, Phone: (758) 451-9237, Fax:
                            (758) 451-9236, E-mail: finsersup@candw.lc,
                            Web site: www.stlucia.gov.lc

Switzerland          N/A    Federal Office of Private Insurance,
                            Friedheimweg 14, CH-3003 Bern, Switzerland,
                            Phone: 41 31 322 7911, Fax: 41 31 323 7156,
                            E-mail: info@bpvadmin.ch, Web site:
                            www.bpv.admin.ch

Turks and              72   Albert P Smith, Superintendent of
Caicos                      Insurance, Financial Services Commission,
                            PO Box 173, Cockburn Town, Grand Turk,
                            Turks & Caicos Islands, BWI, Phone: (649)
                            946-2791, Fax: (679) 946-2821, E-mail:
                            smithalb@tciwaytc, Web site:
                            www.tcimall.tc/financial

US Arizona             51   Captive Administrator, Arizona Department
                            of Insurance, 2910 N 44th St., Suite 210,
                            Phoenix, AZ 85018, Phone: (602) 912-8420,
                            Fax: (602) 912-8452, E-mail:
                            captive@id.state.az.us, Web site:
                            www.id.state.az.us

US Arkansas             1   Sara Farris, Associate Counsel, Arkansas
                            Insurance Department, 1200 W. Third St.,
                            Little Rock, AR 72201, Phone: (501)
                            371-2828, Fax: (501) 371-2639, E-mail:
                            Sara.Farris@arkansas.gov

US Colorado            10   Deborah Hulstrom, Financial Credit
                            Examiner, Colorado Division of Insurance,
                            1560 Broadway, Suite 850, Denver, CO 80202,
                            Phone: (303) 894-7475, E-mail:
                            deborah.hulstrom@dora.state.co.us

US District            47   Dana Sheppard, Acting Director, Risk
of Columbia                 Finance Bureau, District of Columbia
                            Department of Insurance, Securities and
                            Banking, 1400 L Street NW, Suite 400,
                            Washington, DC 20005, Phone: (202)
                            727-5074, Fax: (202) 727-1290, E-mail:
                            dana.sheppard@dc.gov

US Delaware          N/A    Delaware Insurance Department, 841 Silver
                            Lake Blvd., Dover, DE 19904, Phone: (302)
                            739-4251, Fax: (302) 739-6278, Web site:
                            www.state.de.us/inscom

US Georgia           N/A    Regulatory Services, 6th floor, W. Tower,
                            2 Martin Luther King Jr. Dr., Atlanta, GA
                            30334, Phone: (404) 656-2074, Fax: (404)
                            657-7743, Web site: www.inscomm.state.ga.us

US Hawaii             153   Craig Watanabe, Captive Insurance
                            Administrator, 250 South King St., Suite
                            405, Honolulu, HI 96813, Phone: (808)
                            586-0979, Fax: (808) 586-0987, E-mail:
                            captiveins@dcca.hawaii.gov

US Idaho               19   Georgia Hill, Chief Examiner, Phone:
                            (208) 334-4314, E-mail:
                            Georgia.Hill@dcca.idaho.gov

US Illinois          N/A    Financial Corporate Regulatory Division,
                            Department of Insurance, 320 W. Washington
                            St., Springfield, IL 62767, Phone: (217)
                            782-1757, Fax: (217) 524-2271, Web site:
                            www.ins.state.il.us

US Kansas               1   Kenneth G. Abitz, Director of Financial
                            Surveillance Division, Kansas Insurance
                            Department, 420 SW 9th Street, Topeka, KS
                            66612-1678, Phone: (785) 296-7821, E-mail:
                            kabitz@ksinsurance.org

US Kentucky             5   Pat Talley, Chief Financial Analyst, 215 W.
                            Main St., Frankfort, KY 40601, Phone: (502)
                            564-6098, Web site: doi.ppr.ky.gov/Kentucky

US Maine             N/A    Bureau of Insurance, 34 State House
                            Station, Augusta, ME 04333, Phone: (207)
                            624-8496, Fax: (207) 624-8599, Web site:
                            www.state.me.us/pfr/ins/ins_index.htm

US Montana           N/A    Cindy Monroe, 840 Helena Avenue, Helena, MT
                            59601, Phone: (800) 332-6148, Web site:
                            sao.state.mt.us/sao/captives/index.html

US Nevada              40   Alice A. Molasky-Arman, Commissioner of
                            Insurance, State of Nevada, Department of
                            Business and Industry, Division of
                            Insurance, 788 Fairview Drive, Suite 300,
                            Carson City, NV 89701, Phone: (775)
                            687-4270, Fax: (775) 687-3937, E-mail:
                            insinfo@doi.state.nv.us, Web site: www.doi.
                            state.nv.us/CF-CaptiveInsurIndex.htm

US New York            28   Jody T. Wald, Captive Coordinator, New York
                            Insurance Department, 25 Beaver Street,
                            Room 367, New York, NY 10004, Phone: (212)
                            480-2757, Fax: (212) 480-2310, E-mail:
                            jwald@ins.state.ny.us, Web site:
                            www.NYCaptives.com

US South              119   Clayton Ingram, Alternative Risk Transfer
Carolina                    Division, South Carolina Department of
                            Insurance, P.O. Box 100105, Columbia, SC
                            29202, Phone: (803) 737-6188, E-mail:
                            cingram@doi.state.sc.us, Web site:
                            www.doi.state.sc.us/Eng/Public/Captives/
                            Captives.asp

US South                1   Wendell Malsam, Assistant Director,
Dakota                      Financial, South Dakota Division of
                            Insurance, 445 East Capitol Avenue,
                            Pierre, SD 57501, Phone: (605) 773-3563,
                            Fax: (605) 773-5369, E-mail:
                            wendell.malsam@state.sd.us, Web site:
                            www.state.sd.us/drr2/reg/insurance/
                            Financial/Captive.htm

US Tennessee         N/A    Commerce & Insurance Department, Volunteer
                            Plaza, 4th Floor, 500 James Robertson
                            Parkway, Nashville, TN 37243, Phone: (615)
                            741-6796, Fax: (615) 532-2788, Web site:
                            www.state.tn.us/commerce/insurance/
                            index.html

US Utah                 2   Steve Fry, Chief Financial Examiner, Utah
                            Insurance Department, State Office Building
                            Rm 3110, Salt Lake City, UT 84114, Phone:
                            (801) 538-3812, Fax: (801) 538-3829,
                            E-mail: sgfry@utah.gov

US Vermont            717   Leonard D. Grouse, Deputy Commissioner,
                            Captive Insurance Division, Vermont
                            Department of Banking, Insurance,
                            Securities & Health Care Administration,
                            89 Main Street, Montpelier, VT 05620-3101,
                            Phone: (802) 828-3304, Fax: (802) 828-3460,
                            E-mail: Len@thinkvermont.com, Web site:
                            www.vermontcaptive.com

US Virgin            N/A    Division of Banking and Insurance, 18
Islands                     Kongens Gade, St. Thomas, USVI 00802,
                            Phone: (340) 774-7166, Fax: (340) 774-9458,
                            Web site: www.usvi.net/usvi/Frame.html

Vanatu               N/A    Vanatu Financial Services Commission, Camet
                            Street, PMB 023, Port Vila, Vanatu, Phone:
                            (678) 22 247, Fax: (678) 22 242, E-mail:
                            info@vfsa.vu, Web site: www.vfsc.vu

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