Captive domiciles.
Captive Domiciles
Captive domiciles are usually formed through enabling legislation and
must be prepared to take on the tasks of oversight and regulation.
Domiciles may use different criteria to define captives. The captive
counts provided below, unless otherwise noted, were provided by each
domicile according to its definition.
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 20 Dr. Roger Brown, Registrar of Insurance
Companies, Office of the Registrar of
Insurance Companies, Manx Corporation
Center, West Bay Street, P.O. Box N-4849,
Nassau, Bahamas, Phone: 242-328-1068,
Fax: 242-328-1070, E-mail:
rogerbrown@bahamas.gov.bs
Barbados 248 * Carlos Belgrave, Supervisor of Insurance
and Pensions, Office of the Supervisor of
Insurance, Ministry of Finance and Economic
Affairs, Nicholas House, Broad Street,
Bridgetown, Barbados, Phone: 246-426-3815,
Fax: 246-436-2699, E-mail: belgraveC@GOB.BB
Bermuda 1330 * Bermuda Monetary Authority, Burnaby House,
26 Burnaby Street, Hamilton, Bermuda,
HM 11, Phone: 441-295-5278, Fax:
441-292-7471, Web site: www.bma.bm
British Virgin N/A Michael Oliver, Director of Insurance,
Islands Financial Services Commission, Pasea
Estate, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin
Islands, Phone: 284-494-1324/4190, Fax:
284-494-50t6, E-mail: oliverm@bvifsc.vg
Canada-British 15 Doug McLean, Director, Provincial
Columbia Operations, Ministry of Finance, Financial
Institutions Commission, Suite 1900, 1050
W. Pender St., Vancouver, British Columbia,
M6E 3S7 Canada, Phone: 604-953-5378,
Fax: 604-953-5301,
E-mail: Doug.McLean@ficombc.ca,
Web site: www.fic.gov.bc.ca
Cayman Islands 733 Mary-Lou Gallegos, Head - Insurance, Cayman
Islands Monetary Authority, 80E Shedden
Road, P.O. Box 10052, Cayman Islands, APQ,
Phone: 345-244-1555, Fax: 345-949-2532,
E-mail: m.gallegos@cimoney.com.ky,
insurance@cimoney.com. Web site:
www.cimoney.com.
Finland-Aland 0 * Alands Landskappsstyrelse,
Sjalvtyrelsegarden, PB 1060, AX - 22101
Marienahmn, Aland, Finland, Phone:
358-18-25-000, Fax: 358-18-19-155,
Web site: www.aland.fi
Gibraltar 12 * Financial Services Commission, P.O. 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 1 * Department of Revenue and Taxation,
Building 13-1, 2nd Floor, Mariner Avenue,
Tiyan, Guam, 96913, Phone: 671-475-5000,
Fax: 671-472-2643, E-mail:
revtax@ns.gov.gu, Web site:
http://ns.gov.gu
Guernsey 261 Guernsey Financial Services Commission,
P.O. Box 128, La Plaiderie Chambers,
St. Peter Port, Guernsey, Phone:
44-1481-712706, Fax: 44-1481-712010,
E-mail: jporter@gfsc.gg
Hong Kong N/A Richard Yuen Ving 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: iamail@oci.gov.hk,
Web site: www.info.gov.hk/oci
Ireland 205 * Department of Enterprise, Trade &
Employment, Insurance Branch, 23 Kildare
Street, Dublin 2, Ireland, Phone:
353-1-631-2121, Fax: 353-1-631-2827,
Web site: www.insuranceireland.com
Isle of Man 130 HSBC House, Ridgway Street, Douglas,
Isle of Man, 1M1 1ER,
Phone: 44-1-624-646-000,
Fax: 44-1-624-646-001,
Web site: www.gov.im/ipa
Jersey 15 * Nigel Woodroffe, Director of Insurance,
Insurance Division, Jersey Financial
Services Commission, Jersey,
Phone: 44-(0)-1534-822123,
Fax: 44-(0)-1534-822002,
E-mail: info@jerseyfsc.org,
Web site: www.jerseyfsc.org
Liechtenstein 5 * 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_versicherunq/
home.htm
Luxembourg 260 * Insurance Commissioner, 7 Boulevard Royal,
L-2016 Luxembourg, GD de Luxembourg,
Luxembourg, Phone: 352-22-6911-1, Fax:
352-22-6910, E-mail: commassu@caa.etat.lu,
Web site: www.commassu.lu
Malaysia- N/A Labuan Offshore Financial Services
Labuan Authority, Level 17 Main Office Tower,
Financial Park Complex Jalan Medeka 87000
Labuan F.T., Malaysia
Mauritius 13 * 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.fscmauritius.org.
Netherlands 18 * 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.centralbank.an
Nevis 61 Timothy Caines, Registrar of Insurance,
Regulation & Supervision Department,
Ministry of Finance, P.O. Box 689, Main
Street, Charlestown, Nevis, Phone:
869-469-1469, Fax: 869-469-7739,
E-mail: vprentice@niagov.com,
Web site: www.nevisfinance.com
Panama 8 * Ricardo Garcia, Insurance Commissioner,
Ministry of Commerce and Industry, PO Box
832-1683, WTC, Panama, Phone: 507-214-7484,
Fax: 507-214-7483,
E-mail: ssrp@mici.gob.pa,
Web site: www.panama1.com
Singapore 49 * 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 N/A Kenny Davis Anthony, Minister of
International Financial Services, Financial
Services Supervision Unit, 2nd Floor,
Financial Centre, Bridge Street, Castries,
St. Lucia, Phone: 758-468-5520,
Fax: 758-451-9231,
E-mail: finsersup@candw.lc,
Web site: www.stlucia.gov.lc
Switzerland 34 * Federal Office of Private Insurance,
Friedheimweg 14, CH - 3003 Bern,
Switzerland, Phone: 41-31-322-7911,
Fax: 41-31-323-7156,
E-mail: info@bpv.admin.ch,
Web site: www.bpv.admin.ch
Turks and N/A Albert P. Smith, Superintendent of
Caicos Insurance, Financial Services Commission,
P.O. Box 173, Cockburn Town, Grand Turk,
Turks and Caicos, Phone: 649-946-2791,
Fax: 679-946-2821,
E-mail: smithalb@tciway.tc,
Web site: www.tcimall.tcflinancial
US Arizona 61 Rod Morris, Captive Administrator, Arizona
Department of Insurance, 2910 N 44th
Street, Suite 210, Phoenix, Arizona 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 Julie Benafield Bowman, State Insurance
Commissioner, Arkansas Insurance
Department, 1200 W. Third Street, Little
Rock, Arkansas 72201, Phone: 501-371-2828,
Fax: 501-371-2639,
E-mail: Sara.Farris@arkansas.gov
US Colorado 9 Deborah Hulstrom, Supervisor of Corporate
Affairs, Colorado Division of Insurance,
1560 Broadway, Suite 850, Denver, Colorado
80202, Phone: 303-894-7475, E-mail:
deborah.hulstrom@dora.state.co.us
US Delaware 4 Delaware Insurance Department, 841 Silver
Lake Blvd., Dover, Delaware 19904,
Phone: 302-739-4251, Fax: 302-739-6278,
Web site: www.state.de.us/inscom
US Georgia 16 Chris Taylor, Regulatory Services, 6th
Floor, W. Tower, 2 Martin Luther King Jr.
Dr., Atlanta, Georgia 30334,
Phone: 404-656-2074, Fax: 404-657-7743,
Web site: www.inscomm.state.ga.us
US Hawaii 158 Craig Watanabe, Captive Insurance
Administrator, State of Hawaii Captive
Insurance Branch, 250 South King St.,
Suite 405, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813,
Phone: 808-586-0979, Fax: 808-586-0987,
E-mail: captiveins@dcca.hawaii.gov,
Web site: www.state.hi.us/dcca/ins
US Illinois 8 Financial Corporate Regulatory Division,
Department of Insurance, 320 W. Washington
Street, Springfield, Illinois 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,
Kansas 66612-1678, Phone: 785-296-7821,
E-mail: kabitz@ksinsurance.org
US Kentucky 7 Pat Talley, Chief Financial Analyst, 215
W. Main Street, Frankfort, Kentucky 40601,
Phone: 502-564-6098, Web site:
doi.ppr.ky.gov/Kentucky
US Maine 0 Stuart Turney, Bureau of Insurance, 34
State House Station, Augusta, Maine 04333,
Phone: 207-624-6496, Fax: 207-624-8599,
Web site: www.state.me.us/pfr/ins/ins_
index.htm
US Montana 9 Cindy Monroe, 840 Helena Avenue, Helena,
Montana 59601, Phone: 800-332-6148
US Nevada 62 Cliff King, Commissioner of Insurance,
Department of Business and Industry
Division of Insurance, 788 Fairview Drive,
Suite 300, Carson City, Nevada 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 33 Jody Wald, Captive Coordinator, NY
Insurance Department, 25 Beaver Street,
Room 367, New York, New York 10004,
Phone: 212-480-2757, Fax: 212-480-2310,
E-mail: jwald@ins.state.ny.us,
Web site: www.NYCaptives.com
US South 137 Clayton Ingrain, Alternative Risk Transfer
Carolina Division, South Carolina Department of
Insurance, PO Box 100105, Columbia, South
Carolina 29202, Phone: 803-737-6188,
E-mail: cingram@doi.state.sc.us
US South 1 Wendell Malsam, Assistant Director-
Dakota Financial, South Dakota Division of
Insurance, 445 East Capitol Avenue,
Pierre, South Dakota 57501,
Phone: 605-773-3563,
Fax: 605-773-5369,
E-mail: wendell.malsam@state.sd.us
US Tennessee 3 Jop Bunyasrie, Commerce and Insurance
Department, Volunteer Plaza 4th Floor,
500 James Robertson Parkway, Nashville,
Tennessee 37243, Phone: 615-741-6796,
Fax: 615-532-2788, Web site:
www.state.tn.us/commerce/insurance/
index.html
US Utah 15 Steve Fry, Chief Financial Examiner,
Utah Insurance Department, State Office
Building, Room 310, Salt Lake City,
Utah 84114, Phone: 801-538-3812,
Fax: 801-538-3829, E-mail: sgfry@utah.gov
US Vermont 466 Leonard D. Crouse, Deputy Commissioner,
Captive Insurance Division, Vermont
Department of Banking, Insurance,
Securities and Health Care Administration,
89 Main Street, Montpelier, Vermont
05620-3101, Phone: 802-828-3304,
Fax: 802-828-3460,
E-mail: Len@thinkvermont.com,
Web site: www.vermontcaptive.com
US Virgin 8 Division of Banking and Insurance,
Islands 18 Kongens Gade, St. Thomas, Virgin
Islands 00802, Phone: 340-774-7166,
Fax: 340-774-9458, Web site:
www.usvi.net/usvi/Frame.html
US Washington, 47 Dana Sheppard, Acting Director, District
D.C. of Columbia Department of Insurance,
1400 L Street NW, Suite 400, Washington,
D.C. 20005, Phone: 202-727-5074,
Fax: 202-727-1290,
Vanuatu 30 * Vanuatu Financial Services Commission,
Carnet Street, PMB 023, Port Mila, Vanuatu,
Phone: 678-22-247, Fax: 678-22-242,
E-mail: info@vfsc.vu, Web site:
www.vfsc.vu
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