JM Niland & Associates was founded in 2002 to help mid-sized companies form and manage captive insurance companies. The company is led by Jim Niland, who has over 30 years of insurance experience. JMN provides feasibility studies, helps design captives, and manages day-to-day captive operations as an outsourced solution. Using a captive can improve risk management and claims handling while potentially offering tax benefits compared to traditional insurance.
2. JM Niland & Associates
Founded in 2002 to utilize the Alternative Risk
Transfer Marketplace for the benefit of mid-market
insured
Owned and Operated by Jim Niland
32 years of commercial insurance brokerage experience
Last 10 years dedicated to captive design and management
Member of a robust network of insurance service
providers and professionals
Long track record of successful captive design and
management
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3. Captives
Wholly owned subsidiaries created to provide
insurance to the parent companies (AICPA Audit & Accounting Guidelines)
A form of alternative risk financing or self-insurance
Allows a company to tailor their insurance products
and access the reinsurance marketplace
Can improve claims handling and provide more
control over premium fluctuations
Potentially offers tax advantages
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4. Broker Value Proposition
Businesses with more than $1 million in premiums
would probably benefit from establishing a captive
and someone will introduce it to them
Once a company forms a captive they rarely return
to the commercial insurance market
If you can design a captive for your customer it will
take that customer out of the commercial
marketplace and improve retention of the
customer for the long-term
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5. JM Niland & Associates Services
Initial feasibility study and design and develop the
captive on your behalf
Back-end infrastructure and support to allow you
to propose a captive to your client
Assist with management of the captive on an
ongoing basis
Tailored services to provide the appropriate support
Fees based only on services required
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6. JM Niland & Associates Objective
To serve as your outsourced customer service
representative for all your customers captive needs
in a more cost-effective manner than hiring a full-
time captive management professional
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7. Development Process & Timeline
One One-Two Two-Three Two-Three
Life of the Company
Day Months Months Months
Initial Mini- Complete Captive
Captive Entity
Meeting Feasibility Feasibility Entity
Formation
Study Study Formation
Review of Current Feasibility Study Retain Captive Brokers:
Risk Transfer Completed by an Management Manage customer relationship
Program Actuary Company Continue to write non-captive
Coverage Determine Domicile insurance policies
Determination of
Limits Secure consistent source of
Capital and Annual Apply for a License
Loss History revenue for the agency
Premiums Necessary Establish Ownership
Availability of Structure JM Niland & Associates:
fronting and Provide back-room
Secure Fronting and
reinsurance managements services to
Reinsurance
ensure a happy customer
Select Claims Additional services required
Go/No Go Decision Go/No Go Decision Admin Company by the broker
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8. Contact Information
For more information about how JM Niland &
Associates can help you grow your insurance
brokerage business through captive management
contact:
James Niland
Email: jim@jmniland.com
Office: (716) 773-0182
Fax: (716) 773-0183
Cell: (716) 818-4361
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