Global Captive Podcast

In episode 83 of the Global Captive Podcast, supported by the EY Global Captive Network, Richard is joined by a four guests. Time stamps below:

Start - 13.50: Jayesh Patel, Global Head of Market Practice Management for Multinational at Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS), and Richard discuss the commercial insurer's restructuring and focus of captive business globally.

13.50 - 26.22: Recorded at the CICA International Conference in March, Senior Reporter Luke Harrison interviews Justin Bahorik, Director of Insurance and Risk Management at Geodis in the US, about the Tennessee captive formed by the transport and logistics company last year.

26.24 - End: Richard is joined by Olga Collins, CEO of the Worldwide Broker Network, and John Harris, Group Business Development Director at Robus Group, to discuss the growing importance and value of captives to WBN members.

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In episode 82 of the Global Captive Podcast, supported by the EY Global Captive Network, Richard is joined by guest co-host Ludovic Bayard, CEO of General Employee Benefits, and Valérie Scheepers, head of the non life and reinsurance department at Luxembourg's Commissariat aux Assurances.

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In this GCP Short, produced in partnership with the State of Vermont, Richard is joined by Kristen Peed, Director of Corporate Risk Management at professional services firm CBIZ, and Sandy Bigglestone, Vermont’s Deputy Commissioner for Captive Insurance.

Kristen brings listeners up to speed on CBIZ's recent captive formation in Vermont - Rockside Insurance Company - and shares her experiences of the full startup process.

Sandy discusses the CBIZ application and updates listeners on recent formation activity in the State.

For more information on Vermont as a captive domicile, visit its Friend of the Podcast page here.

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In this GCP Short, produced in partnership with the EY Global Captive Network, Richard is joined by Emiliano Luzzi, partner and insurance consulting leader in Luxembourg, and Vittorio Zaniboni, captive and insurance excellence leader, to discuss the recent expansion into Luxembourg.

In a 15 minute discussion, Emiliano tells us about the development of EY’s insurance practice in Luxembourg over the past 18 months and its main areas of focus, while Vittorio explains the role he sees for EY in employee benefits consulting.

For more information on the EY Global Captive Network, visit their Friend of the Podcast page here.

In episode 81 of the Global Captive Podcast, supported by the EY Global Captive Network, Richard is joined by guest co-host Emma Sansom, group head of captives at Zurich, who discusses her priorities in the new role, their view on D&O in captives and Zurich is supporting more cyber captive programmes.

There is also an interview with Megan Ogden, chief operating officer at Energy Insurance Services, a sponsored captive in South Carolina which provides cell facilities to members of Energy Insurance Mutual.

Both interviews reference a recent Long Read on Captive Intelligence about renewable energy companies and their interest in utilising captives. Read it here.

For more information on Zurich's captive services, visit their Friend of the Podcast page here.

This GCP Short is produced in partnership with Hylant Global Captive Solutions, and explores their view and strategy for expansion into the European market.

In a 15 minute discussion, Richard is joined by Anne Marie Towle, CEO of Global Captive Solutions at Hylant, and Alexandra Gedge, Senior Captive Consultant based in London.

Anne Marie and Alex outline Hylant’s observations of the market on this side of the pond and their ambitions to provide captive management and consulting in the UK and Europe.

For more information on Hylant's Global Captive Solutions, visit their Friend of the Podcast page.

This GCP Live episode was recorded in front of a live audience as the closing session of the CICA International Conference in Palm Springs, California on Tuesday, 7 March.

Richard is joined by eight guests for a fun discussion, including hearing something new about each captive professional, sharing examples of captive innovation and competing in more captive trivia.

The eight panellists are:

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This GCP Short, produced in partnership with AXA XL, is all about Asia Pacific captives including life and non-life in their portfolio.

In a 20 minute discussion, Richard is joined by Friends of the Podcast Shiwei Jin, Head of Global Programs for APAC & Europe at AXA XL, and Juliet Kwek, Regional Director for MAXIS Global Benefits Network in Asia Pacific.

Shiwei and Juliet discuss recent life and non-life captive activity in the region, what opportunities and challenges there are for employee benefits in captives and domicile developments as well.

For more information on AXA XL's captive services, visit their Friend of the Podcast page.

For more information on MAXIS GBN's captive services, visit their Friend of the Podcast page.

In episode 80 of the Global Captive Podcast, supported by legacy specialists R&Q, Richard is joined by the Presidents of RIMS and CICA, respectively.

Jennifer Santiago, head of risk management & safety at Wakefern Food Corp, is in the co-host's chair in her capacity as the new President of RIMS and discusses her long and varied background with captives and how she's seen the value of captives only be emphasised and become more mainstream during this hard market cycle. We also discuss RISKWORLD, RIMS' annual conference taking place in Atlanta from 30 April to 3 May.

Dan Towle, President of the Captive Insurance Companies Association, drops in to preview CICA's International Conference that begins in Rancho Mirage, California, on Sunday, 5 March.

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In this GCP Short, produced in partnership with EY, is all about getting transfer pricing right and the various considerations when allocating premium.

In an 18 minute discussion, Richard is joined by Mikhail Raybshteyn, EY Partner and Americas Captive Insurance Services Co-Leader, and Nicole Henderson, EY Financial Services Transfer Pricing Senior Manager, to discuss these issues, as well as how transfer pricing is currently being scrutinised by the IRS on both international and domestic captive programmes.

For more information on the EY Global Captive Network, visit their Friend of the Podcast page on the Captive Intelligence website.

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