Association Benefits Group, Inc.

Boston Life seeks $180 m from Bancroft Life, KMPG & others, alleges fraud

April 26, 2016

Accountants in the Cayman Islands and the British Virgin Islands have been accused of conspiring with Miami-based law firm Greenberg Traurig and others to swindle one group of clients in favor of another in a scheme involving two offshore insurers - BVI-based Boston Life and Annuity and Bancroft Life & Casualty, of St. Lucia.

Boston Life and Annuity Company Ltd. et al v. Bancroft Life & Casualty ICC Ltd. et al: Complaint

April 20, 2016

Complaint in Leo Ford and Boston Life and Annuity Company Limited v. KPMG LLP, Belmont Insurance Management Ltd., Kris Beighton, Casey McDonald, Andrea Douglas, Bancroft Property & Casualty, Ltd., a.k.a. Bancroft Life & Casualty Ltd. and Bancroft Life & Casualty ICC, Ltd.; Greenberg Traurig, P.A., Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Jerome Hesch, Bradley Barros, Philip Sigel, Global Financial Advisors Network, LLC, and Association Benefits Group, Inc. at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

W. Dean Banks et al v. Bancroft Life & Casualty ICC, Ltd. et al: Complaint

June 23, 2014

Complaint in W. Dean Banks and FirstChoice Healthcare, P.C. v. Bancroft Life & Casualty ICC, Ltd., Association Benefits Group, Inc., and CBIZ MHM, LLC at the U. S. District Court for the District of South Carolina.

Bancroft Life & Casualty ICC, Ltd. v. Cesar Scolari: Defendant’s Motion Re. Deposition of Matthew G. Brown

December 15, 2011

Defendant's Motion to Take One Additional Day of Deposition of the Deposition of witness Matthew G. Brown in Bancroft Life & Casualty ICC, Ltd. v. Cesar Scolari at the U. S. District Court for the Western District of Washington.

Offshore insurer Bancroft Life & Casualty sued by another U. S. insured

October 27, 2011

Texas-based drilling rig manufacturer HongHua America, LLC has become the latest insured to sue troubled offshore insurer Bancroft Life & Casualty, whose policies appear to have been designed to help U. S. companies avoid or defer taxes.

HongHua America, LLC v. Bancroft Life & Casualty, ICC Ltd. et al: Complaint

October 11, 2011

Complaint in HongHua America, LLC, formerly New Continental Equipment Co., Ltd., v. Bancroft Life & Casualty, ICC Ltd., Bradley Barros, CBIZ MHM, LLC, Association Benefits Group, Inc., and Loren R. Cook & Associates, Ltd., LLP at District Court, Fort Bend County, Texas.

Bancroft Life & Casualty ICC Ltd. v. TMC Financial LLC: Answer, Counterclaims & Third-Party Claims

September 16, 2011

Counterclaims by TMC Financial LLC against Bancroft Life & Casualty ICC Ltd. and Third-Party Claims by TMC Financial LLC against Intercontinental Management Ltd., doing business as Intercontinental Captive Management Ltd.; CBIZ MHM LLC, Association Benefits Group Inc., and Bradley Barros at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.

Bancroft Life accused of tax shelter fraud by former managers and advisors

August 27, 2011

Offshore insurer Bancroft Life & Casualty and its principals, Miami tax attorney Phil Sigel and Delaware insurance advisor Brad Barros, have been accused of perpetrating a massive tax shelter fraud against its customers, the IRS and regulators in St. Lucia.

Robert Kwok & Associates Ltd., LLP v. Bancroft Life & Casualty, ICC et al: First Amended Petition

July 21, 2011

First Amended Petition, Application for Temporary Restraining Order, Application for an Injunction and Request for Expedited Discovery in an action brought by Robert Kwok & Associates Ltd., LLP against Bancroft Life & Casualty, ICC, Loren R. Cook & Associates Ltd., LLP, Association Benefits Group, Inc., CBIZ MHM, LLC, and Bradley Barros at the District Court of Harris County, Texas.