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 Captive portal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Captive portals are gaining increasing use on free open wireless networks where instead of authenticating users, they often display a message from the provider along with the terms of use.
The captive portal technique forces an HTTP client on a network to see a special web page (usually for authentication purposes) before surfing the Internet normally.
Platforms that have Wi-Fi and a TCP/IP stack but do not have a web browser that supports HTTPS cannot use most captive portals.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Captive_portal   (369 words)

  
 Medical Malpractice Captive Insurance Company
The captive is regulated by its off-shore domicile and not by the department.
The bill requires any captive insurer seeking to obtain a COA to apply to the commissioner, on such form as she requires, specifying the line or lines of business that it is seeking authorization to write.
Purple explained that captive insurers are considered sophisticated buyers who generally seek advice from management consultants, lawyers, and accountants in the formation and operation of the captive.
cga.ct.gov /2004/rpt/2004-R-0408.htm   (3271 words)

  
 IRMI - Captive Structures
All captives should be initiated with a serious commitment of time and financing, and this form is often a new venture within a larger firm in which the risk management department is planned to generate profits and contribute to the parent companies' bottom line.
The group or association captive is a structure in which multiple businesses join together either through a formal association or an informal relationship to use a captive to obtain coverage or limits otherwise unavailable.
The segregated protected cell, or sponsored captive, which is not permitted in all domiciles, has a structure in which an existing insurer or "captive," owned by an insurance company or service provider, assists in the creation of cells within itself.
www.irmi.com /expert/articles/Mead002.asp   (1965 words)

  
 Captive - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Captive was one of the first computer sci-fi RPGs released by Mindscape in 1990.
Deviating from the traditional fantasy themed RPG, Captive took a more realistic and ambitious approach.
For other uses of "Captive", see Captivity (disambiguation).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Captive   (532 words)

  
 Risk Management Consulting and Captive Insurance Company
Captives are insurers owned by the insured and organized for the main purpose of funding the owner's risks.
Captives can be structured in several different ways and depend on the risk and circumstances of the client.
The captive manager would be Riskman International who usually works on percentage of the premium turnover, with a minimum per annum, in the currency the policy is written.
www.riskman.vu /captive.html   (972 words)

  
 Captive Insurance Division
Captive insurer shall engage a manager who is a resident of this State.
A pure captive insurer is not subject to restrictions on allowable investments, except that the Director of Insurance may prohibit or limit any investment that threatens the solvency or liquidity of the pure captive insurer.
Not later than ninety days after the end of the captive insurer's fiscal year, the captive insurer shall submit to the Director of Insurance a report of its financial condition that is verified by oath of two of its executive officers, and that is supplemented by additional information as required by the Director of Insurance.
www.id.state.az.us /captives/summary_of_captive_insurance_legislation.html   (1183 words)

  
 Captive Insurance Companies
Businesses considering forming captive insurance companies have to analyze the tax and financial consequences of such a move, select a location that best suits their needs, and determine whether establishing a pure or group captive is more appropriate.
Captives cannot provide direct coverage, even to their parents and affiliated companies, if such coverage is required by law (e.g., workers' compensation or automobile liability).
Captives are insurers owned by the insureds and organized for the main purpose of self-funding the owners' risks.
www.nysscpa.org /cpajournal/1999/0499/Features/F280499.HTM   (1584 words)

  
 Media Education Foundation: Captive Audience
Captive Audience examines this growing phenomenon through numerous examples of in-school advertising; interviews with teachers, students, parents, and activists; and a case study of community action to oppose an exclusive soda contract in the Pittsburgh school district.
Captive Audience is a compelling exposé of the transformation of classrooms, hallways, cafeterias, and textbooks into advertising vehicles.
For marketers who wish to reach the lucrative youth market, the relatively uncluttered medium of the school environment represents the final frontier — access to a captive audience of millions of students.
www.mediaed.org /videos/CommercialismPoliticsAndMedia/CaptiveAudience   (498 words)

  
 Captive (WebBible Encyclopedia) - ChristianAnswers.Net
Captives were sometimes carried away into foreign countries, as was the case with the Jews (Jer.
Captives were often treated with great cruelty and indignity (1 Kings 20:32; Josh.
When a city was taken by assault, all the men were slain, and the women and children carried away captive and sold as slaves (Isa.
www.christiananswers.net /dictionary/captive.html   (65 words)

  
 Journey North Teacher's Manual
Captive breeding means that members of a wild species are captured, then bred and raised in a special facility under the care of wildlife biologists and other experts.
Thanks to captive breeding, experts are beginning to establish a second wild migratory flock of whooping cranes to safeguard this highly endangered species.
The World Center for Birds of Prey in Boise, Idaho captive breeds endangered raptors such as the harpy eagle and peregrine falcon.
www.learner.org /jnorth/tm/CaptiveBreeding.html   (846 words)

  
 Captive Breeding Program — Divison of Aquatic and Wildlife Resources
The number of Guam rails, Gallirallus owstoni, at the DAWR captive breeding facility increased from 120 on 1 October 1999, to 133 on 30 September 2000.
At the DAWR captive breeding facility, 1 young bird escaped and 16 birds died.
The Guam Native Forest Bird Captive Breeding Program began in 1983 as a cooperative effort between the DAWR, member zoos of the American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums (now known as the American Zoo and Aquarium Association, or AZA), and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
www.guamdawr.org /wildlife/cbr   (483 words)

  
 Captive Insurance Council of the District of Columbia, Inc. Home Page
Copyright 2006, Captive Insurance Council of the District of Columbia, Inc..
Captive Insurance Council of the District of Columbia, Inc.
captives in one of America's newest domiciles - The District of Columbia!!
www.dccaptives.org   (128 words)

  
 Captive Insurance in Hawaii - The Premier Captive Insurance Domicile in the Pacific
Since its establishment as a captive domicile in 1987, the State of Hawaii has become the leading captive insurance domicile in the Pacific Rim.
The Hawaii Captive Insurance Council, comprised of Hawaii captive owners and service providers, works in concert with State of Hawaii captive regulatory authorities to develop a stable, top-quality environment for Hawaii captives.
The captive industry is a leading example of government and private sectors working in partnership.
www.hawaiicaptives.com   (186 words)

  
 The Egyptian Tortoise: its natural history and captive care
Those animals exported during that time frame that lived to breed became the nucleus of captive bred groups that may well be the genome's best hope for survival.
captive bred hatchlings like these may be this species' only hope
The Egyptian Tortoise: its natural history, its captive care, its beauty, its lore.
home.earthlink.net /~fridjian   (903 words)

  
 Department of Insurance, Securities and Banking: DC Captive Domicile Information
A captive insurance company, or captive, is an insurance company owned by members of a common industry or trade association in order to share the risks of that industry among its members.
Captives allow associations, organizations and groups to take financial control and manage risks by underwriting their own insurance rather than paying premiums to third-party insurers.
The Captive Insurance Company Act of 2004 provides significant new opportunities for large organizations to insure themselves instead of seeking insurance on the commercial market.
disr.dc.gov /disr/cwp/view,a,1300,q,577377,disrNav,32821.asp   (193 words)

  
 Captive Services
A group captive can be formed from companies sharing a common industry or demographic profile, or from a group of diverse companies sharing the same risk management philosophy.
In addition, under a captive program, underwriting profits and investment income from premiums are returned to the participants or sponsors.
A captive is an insurance company owned by its members or insureds.
www.ajg.com /captives   (277 words)

  
 Captive Insurance Companies Workshop
Captive accounting is an important and complex issue which needs to be addressed in detail.
A general overview of the definition and history of captive insurance companies, examining, in detail, the advantages and disadvantages of captives and the various different types and structures of captives.
Having decided on whether to establish a captive in the first case study, the group now considers where a possible captive should be located and what management services would be the most appropriate, and how minor changes in legislation and location would affect this decision
www.aon.com /uk/en/about/Events/feb18_rirg_captives.jsp   (463 words)

  
 Captive Breeding Populations - National Zoo FONZ
A goal of some captive breeding programs may also be to reintroduce animals back to the wild, as is the case with the global breeding program for the golden lion tamarin, the black-footed ferret, and the Guam rail.
While captive populations are established for many reasons—such as conservation education, exhibit of interesting species, and research—establishing captive populations for saving species from extinction is an important contribution of zoos to conservation.
Captive breeding provides a means for conserving species that may not survive in the wild.
nationalzoo.si.edu /ConservationAndScience/EndangeredSpecies/CapBreedPops/default.cfm   (443 words)

  
 Captive Insurance Alternative Risk and Alternative Insurance Resources - Risk Management
Captive Press Release: Caribbean Equity Reinsurance Ltd. Celebrates 25 Years in Cayman.
Captive Press Release: CICA 2004 Fronting Survey Results.
Captive Domicile Press Release: Montana Captive Insurance Association, Inc. is Launched.
www.captive.com   (1327 words)

  
 RoHS Compliance
Captive Fastener Corporation is compliant with the criteria required by the European Union RoHS directive, as it applies to certain restricted hazardous substances in the fasteners we currently manufacture.
Also, Captive Fastener Corporation strives to be environmentally friendly in all aspects of their manufacturing processes, to assure healthy and safe conditions for everyone.
If it is necessary to receive RoHS compliant product at the present time, be sure to indicate this requirement when ordering and we will provide it.
www.captive-fastener.com /rohs_compliance.htm   (166 words)

  
 Captive Insurance Subsidiary Feasibility
Aon has extensive experience in conducting captive feasibility studies for both corporate and government entities across a range of traditional and nontraditional insurable-risk exposures.
As insurance and risk markets harden and more constraints are placed on resources, you may wish to include a captive in your company's risk-financing and -management activities.
Ask Aon to conduct a captive feasibility study.
www.aon.com /as/en/risk/captive/ins_subsid.jsp   (312 words)

  
 Insurance Premium Finance Captive by Mountain West Financial LLC
The premium finance captive is traditionally managed by a third party administrator.
A finance captive is a wholly owned premium finance company.
Developing the proper relationship with a knowledgable company should be the first step you take if you are seeking to create a premium finance captive.
www.pfcaptive.com   (249 words)

  
 Arizona Captive Insurance Association
An “agency captive insurer” must be owned by one or more business entities that are licensed in any state as insurance producers or managing general agents and may only insure risks on policies placed through their owners.
A.R.S. Pure captive insurers are not subject to restrictions on allowable investments, except that the Director may prohibit or limit any investment that threatens solvency or liquidity.
These fees are payment in full and in lieu of all other taxes and fees (notably premium and income taxes) except for the tax on real and tangible personal property in Arizona, the state transaction privilege tax and use tax, and the transaction privilege and use tax imposed by a county, city or town.
www.azcia.org /AZCaptiveLegislation.aspx   (1218 words)

  
 Captive Supply
Captive supplies are livestock owned or controlled through contracts by the meat packers.
The Captive Supply Reform Act, S. 960, and its companion bill in the House, H.R., would fix the problems without banning use of captive supplies.
Rancher and WORC spokesperson Skip Waters exposes the problems of captive supplies in September 2005 issue of Beef Magazine.
www.worc.org /issues/art_issues/CAPTIVESUPPLY.html   (501 words)

  
 Montana Captive Info
His office's contact for captive related inquiries is John Huth, who can be reached at (800) 332-6148 or at johuth@state.mt.us.
Typically, a captive feasibility study takes 2 to 3 months, undergoing many iterations to fine-tune the proposed program to fit unique business needs.  Access to quality data and decision-makers speeds the feasibility study along.  Licensing can take approximately 30 days in Montana, depending on the complexity of the proposed captive program.
Branch captives (for off-shore captives wanting to write employee benefits programs or have an on-shore presence) are possible in Montana.
www.rmcia.org /RMCIA_Captive_Info.htm   (505 words)

  
 Delaware Captive Insurance Association
It also will foster economic development in Delaware, by cultivating the growth of the captive insurance industry in the State.
Captive insurance companies also allow businesses to gain greater financial control by helping them to secure more stable insurance pricing, reduce expenses, improve cash flow, access tax savings and increase negotiating leverage with commercial insurers.
The main objective of the legislation is to enhance Delaware’s appeal as a domicile for captive insurance companies.
www.delawarecaptive.org /site/thedelawarestatute.htm   (361 words)

  
 Captive Nations Week
Captive Nations Week enables us to say that we believe in the power of words — like "captive nations," "evil empire" and "tear down this wall" — to change history for the better.
Captive Nations Week affords an opportunity for us to reassert our determination to keep alive the hopes of freedom of all the captive peoples.
Captive Nations Week has been officially proclaimed for nearly five decades by every American president from Dwight Eisenhower through Bill Clinton to George W. Bush, whose July 15 proclamation urges Americans "to reaffirm their commitment to all those seeking liberty, justice and self-determination."
www.heritage.org /Press/Commentary/ed072005a.cfm   (631 words)

  
 Vermont Captive: Library
While licensing 43 new captive insurance companies in 2004 falls short of the pace Vermont established with its record-setting numbers of 77 in 2003 and 70 in 2002, last year's total represents a solid year for the state and demonstrates continued interest in forming captive companies.
The rise of domiciles in the United States has given captive owners a lot of reasons to stay home.
A collaborative venture between the Vermont Captive Insurance Assn. and the University of Vermont aims to meet the education and training needs of the captive industry and to promote the industry's growth.
www.vermontcaptive.com /Library.cfm   (542 words)

  
 Captive Insurance
Captives may insure the risks of a whole industry or a group of companies with similar goals and objectives - this group includes industry captives and mutual captives which will be owned by several different companies.
A captive insurance company insures all or part of the risks of its owners, the owners being individual companies or groups.
Global Home > Isle of Man Home > Industries > Financial Services > Insurance > Captive Insurance
www.ey.com /GLOBAL/content.nsf/Isle_of_Man/Captive_Insurance   (169 words)

  
 Arizona Department of Insurance Captive Insurers
Within that regulatory framework, a separate division solely dedicated to Captive Insurers has been created and is supported by a staff of professionals averaging 23 years in the industry.
Following the enactment of the Captive Insurance Act in 2001, Arizona quickly became one of the premier domiciles for captive insurers.
He will see to it that the Arizona Captive Program remains a thriving option for businesses looking for an alternative to the commercial insurance market,” said Christina Urias, Director of Insurance.
www.id.state.az.us /captives.html   (916 words)

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