Global Captive Podcast

This GCP Short, produced in partnership with Brown & Brown, looks in depth at the evolution and growth of the pure captive owned by ExtraSpace Storage.

ExtraSpace is a publicy listed real estate investment trust that invests in and manages self storage facilities and has grown incredibly quickly in recent years, as you will hear.

While at RISKWORLD in San Diego earlier this month, Richard sat down with Kacey Kalian, VIP of risk management at ExtraSpace, alongside his captive managers and consultants Jason Flaxbeard and Bobby Mayer, of Brown & Brown.

Kacey shared the journey of ExtraSpace, both as a business and captive owner, and explained how the captive strategy has been a key business enabler and profit maker in its own right for the company.

The trio also discuss, in depth, how its tenant insurance programme works and some keys to success.

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In episode 103 of the Global Captive Podcast, supported by the EY Global Captive Network, Richard has two interesting and newsy conversations.

02.01 - 17.12: First, he is joined by Loredana Mazzoleni Neglén, global CEO of new Switzerland-based managing general underwriter SRS Altitude, and Thomas Keist, chief commercial officer.

Loredana and Tom discuss why Altitude has launched, what its focus will be and the unique proposition working with an MGU provides to large corporate insurance buyers.

17.51 - 34.21: Richard is joined by Clinton Casabella, a title reinsurance expert in the United States and SVP of business development at Grid151. Clint works with Westcor Specialty to sell title insurance to corporates, but is now increasingly supporting captives in writing the line of business.

Clint enlightens us about all things title insurance and why he believes the business line is an appealing fit for captives.

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In this GCP Short, produced in partnership with Marsh Captive Solutions, Richard is joined by Ellen Charnley, president of Marsh Captive Solutions, and Tom Raegan, global head of cyber at Marsh Specialty, to discuss the genesis of Edgware Re, its new Bermuda-domiciled group captive for cyber.

Recorded at RISKWORLD in San Diego last week, Ellen and Tom share insight on how Edgware Re can fit into an insured’s broader insurance programme and continued evolution of captive deployment within cyber risk financing strategies.

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In episode 102 of the Global Captive Podcast, supported by the EY Global Captive Network, Richard brings two very different interviews.

01.30 - 12.50: Matthew Reddington, partner and head of the tax controversy practice at ZMF, discusses the recent jury verdict in favour of RMC Group and its CEO Raymond Ankner in a court battle with the Internal Revenue Service.

13.51 - 36.04: Loren Crannell, director and head of global risk and insurance at American e-cigarette company Juul Labs, tells me why forming a captive has been such an important enabler for the business in recent years.

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In episode 101 of the Global Captive Podcast, supported by the EY Global Captive Network, Richard is joined by David Williams, Director of Risk Management & Safety at Boys Town, to discuss the Tennessee-captive formed by the not-for-profit in 2022.

Richard also catches up with Michael Corbett, senior vice president at Pinnacle Financial Partners, and a non-executive director on the Boys Town captive.

Corbett, Tennessee's former captive regulator, is also now president of the bank's Apex Captive Insurance Company.

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This GCP Short, produced in partnership with the EY Global Captive Network and hosted Richard Cutcher, focuses on captive utilisation by Family Offices.

Mikhail Raybshteyn, partner and co-leader of EY Captive Insurance Services (Americas), and Prabal Lakhanpal, senior vice president at Spring Consulting Group, share their insight into the world of family offices, their unique insurance needs and challenges and where we could expect to see a greater utilisation of captives in this space in the future.

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In this GCP Short, produced in partnership with Captive Resources, Richard was delighted to welcome Nick Hentges, CEO of Captive Resources, back onto GCP for an in person catch up at the CICA International Conference in Scottsdale, Arizona, in March.

Nick covered a range of issues, including how the group

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In episode 100 of the Global Captive Podcast, supported by the EY Global Captive Network, Richard brings the first instalments of interviews recorded at the CICA International Conference that took place in Scottsdale, Arizona from March 10-12.

02.16 - 17.12: Sandy Bigglestone, Vermont’s deputy commissioner for captive insurance, discusses the latest captive activity in the State, how 2024 has started and the proposed changes to Vermont’s captive legislation.

17.55 - 27.31: Heather McClure, general counsel and chief risk officer at Helio Risk, tells us why Helio was launched, how it is working with brokers on captive education and her broader thoughts on development of the captive industry.

28.05 - 40.35: CICA president Dan Towle provides his take on the conference, the highlights and other developments

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The Global Captive Podcast, supported by the EY Global Captive Network, is live in Scottsdale, Arizona as the final session of the CICA International Conference.

This episode, featuring fun and informal captive chat and trivia, was recorded in front of a live audience on Tuesday, 12 March.

Our guests are:

Claire Richardson, of Hylant Global Captive Solutions

TJ Scherer, Spring Consulting Group

Melissa Hollingsworth, Atlanta Housing

Steven Bauman, AXA XL

Anjanette Fowler, PNC Institutional Asset Management

Matt Takamine, Brown & Brown

Nick Hentges, Captive Resources

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In this GCP Short, produced in partnership with London & Capital, Richard is joined by Shadrack Kwasa, executive director at London & Capital, and Adele Gale, Deputy Managing Director of Robus Group in Guernsey, to discuss onboarding and implementing a new investment strategy for your captive.

Shadrack and Adele debate the typical and variety of investment appetites amongst captive owners, why fixed income products are popular and the potential drawbacks of this approach and how to go about switching or onboarding a new strategy.

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