In this GCP Short, produced in collaboration with Marsh Captives Solutions, Richard is joined by two experts to discuss the pros and cons or writing cyber insurance through a captive.

Payal Patel, a Senior Vice Presifent and Cyber Practice Leader for the Northeast at Marsh in America, and Mike Serricchio, Americas Sales & Advisory Leader at Marsh Captive Solutions, discuss the state of the commercial market for cyber, the different roles and options captives are providing to corporates, why using a captive for cyber is not always the answer, and the response of underwriters when captives are utilised.

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In this GCP Short, produced in collaboration with Swiss Re Corporate Solutions, Richard is joined by Andre Martin, Head of Innovative Risk Solutions for APAC, to discuss captive utilisation in the Asia Pacific Region.

Richard and Andre debate whether changing market conditions have impacted the appetite for captives in the region, how a captive opens up many more risk financing options for corporates and if a boom in captive formations is just around the corner.

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In episode 65 of the Global Captive Podcast, supported by legacy specialists R&Q and hosted by Richard Cutcher, our guest co-host is Grant Maxwell, Global Head of Alternative Risk Transfer at Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS). In an in-depth discussion, Grant discusses structured reinsurance programmes and fronting for captives.

Our captive owner interview is with Heineken’s Rogier Bouwman, Global Head of Pensions and Benefits, and Fanny Behrens, Global Pensions & Benefits Specialist. Rogier and Fanny explain to Richard why they formed a new, separate captive in Ireland last year solely for international employee benefits programmes.

The final interview of the episode is with with Joe McDonald, Director of Captives for the South Carolina Department of Insurance. Richard caught up with Joe at CICA and he tells listeners about his new regulatory role.

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In this GCP Short, produced in collaboration with Spring Consulting Group, Richard is joined in a 15 minute conversation with Karin Landry, Managing Partner at Spring Consulting, and Fredrik Finnman, Head of Group Risk Management at the Swedish global engineering giant Sandvik.

Karin and Fredrik debate the differences between the European and US captive markets, specifically with regards to regulatory culture, the impact of the hard market and Karin also provides an update on growing activity at the Department of Labor with reference to ERISA benefits.

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In episode 64 of the Global Captive Podcast, supported by legacy specialists R&Q, Richard is joined by five guests who were all interviewed at the CICA International Conference in early March.

The guest co-host for the episode is Anne Marie Towle, Global Captive Solutions Leader at Hylant, who discusses the captive practice's expansion over the past two years and expansion into Europe. Alex Gedge, Senior Captive Consultant at Hylant, also joins in the second half of the episode.

Kristen Peed, Director of Corporate Risk Management at CBIZ, explains why the professional services firm has embarked on a captive formation feasibility study.

We are also joined by two relatively new names in the Vermont captive sector. Brittany Nevins, the State’s Captive Insurance Economic Development Director since September 2020, and Kevin Mead, appointed president of the Vermont Captive Insurance Association, in February 2022 will introduce themselves to listeners for the first time.

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In this GCP Explainer episode, Richard is joined by three legal and captive experts from the United States to discuss the 21st March judgement from the District Court of Eastern Tennessee striking down the Internal Revenue Service’s controversial Notice 2016-66. The Court ruled that the Notice did not comply with the Administrative Procedure Act and labelled it “arbitrary” and “capricious”.

Explaining what the ruling says, what it means in practical terms for captive owners who make the 831(b)tax election, their captive managers and advisors and the strategy of the IRS in scrutinising these captive structures are Kevin Doherty, a member of Dickinson Wright’s law practice in Nashville, Cassie Bachman, Managing Director of Operations & Legal at Elevate Risk Solutions, and Gary Osborne, vice president at Risk Partners.

You can listen to our previous GCP Explainer, released in May 2021, focused on CIC Services' previous victory against the Supreme Court concerning Notice 2016-66 here: https://www.globalcaptivepodcast.com/gcpsupremecourt

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In this GCP Short, produced in collaboration with Friends of the Podcast Brown & Brown, Richard is joined by Pete Kranz, Captive Practice Leader, and Matt Gravelin, Vice President, to discuss captives beyond the hard market.

Pete and Matt explain how captive strategies might be adjusted if the commercial market softens or stabilises, whether we will still see such a strong interest in captive formations and the long term outlook for captives.

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In episode 63 of the Global Captive Podcast, supported by legacy specialists R&Q, Richard Cutcher is joined by guest co-host Elke Vagenende, Global Head of Mutlinational at AIG, the Microsoft captive and employee benefits team, and Dan Towle, President of CICA.

Elke discusses AIG's various touchpoint with captives, international programmes, D&O and the new lines she is seeing going into captives.

Stephanie Lampi, Senior Risk Manager at Microsoft and director & officer of the computing giant’s captive insurance companies, and Anthony Tropea, Global Health Benefits Manager at Microsoft, explain to listeners how their three captives are used and the collaborative approach they take to insuring international employee benefits.

Finally, CICA's Dan Towle returns to the pod to review a return to an in-person International Conference in Tucson, Arizona.

Read the third edition of GCP Insights here: www.globalcaptivepodcast.com/gcp-insights

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We begin our fourth season, GCP 2022, with an episode recorded at the CICA International Conference on Tuesday, March 8 in front of a live audience.

Richard is joined by eight guests for something a bit different, as they debate future trends, common misconceptions and take part in some captive trivia - a game of Captive Domicile Higher or Lower.

The line-up of guests were split into teams of four:

Team One:

Prabal Lakhanpal, Spring Consulting Group

Karen Hsi, University of California

Kristen Peed, CBIZ

Jim Bulkowski, EY

Team Two:

Heather McClure, Aon

Sandy Bigglestone, Vermont

Nick Hentges, Captive Resources

Dan Towle, CICA

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In episode 62 of the Global Captive Podcast, supported by R&Q Legacy, Richard is joined by Dan Towle, President of CICA, to look forward to the return of the Associations International Conference, from 6-8 March in Tuscon, Arizona.

Richard and Dan also discuss ESG, plans for a first IN-PERSON GCP Live episode recording at the conference and some predications for 2022.

Jim Bulkowski, Americas Captive Services Co-Leader at EY, discusses how he has seen captive programmes change over the past two years and projections for 2022, while Chris Dalziel and Roger Jones, of London & Capital, provide us with our latest quarterly investment update.

For more information on the CICA International Conference, visit the website: https://www.cicaworld.com/international-conference/

Richard mentioned several ESG episodes produced in 2021. They are the following:

ESG investment strategies for captives: https://www.globalcaptivepodcast.com/gcpshort42

Guernsey's ESG framework for insurers: https://www.globalcaptivepodcast.com/gcpshort44

GCP #57: Ciaran Healy on Aon's Green Captive

https://www.globalcaptivepodcast.com/gcp57

Read the third edition of GCP Insights here: www.globalcaptivepodcast.com/gcp-insights

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