Global Captive Podcast

In this Captive Owner Spotlight episode, produced in partnership with Spring Consulting, an Alera Group Company, we feature the CICA 2026 Outstanding Captive Award winner - Xenia Assurance Company, Inc, owned by Hyatt Hotels Corporation.

Richard sat down with Jennifer Pack, Vice President of Global Risk Management at Hyatt, and Friend of the Podcast PrabalLakhanpal, of Spring, at the CICA International Conference in March to hear all about the Hyatt captive evolution since its inception in Arizona in 2013.

In this discussion, Jennifer explains how the captive has expanded over the past 13 years, has supported the group across a range of areas, particularly on employee benefits, and what new activities it is considering in the future.

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In this GCP Short, produced in partnership with HDI Global, and discussing the importance of developing long term relationships and attracting, retaining and developing new talent in the captive market.

Joining Richard for a conversation recorded at the CICA International Conference in March is Jason Tyng, Vice President of the US Captive Solutions Group at HDI, and Brooke Arundel, Captive Underwriter at the insurer.

Jason and Brooke discuss HDI’s development in the United States over the past three years, how they have developed long term relationships with fronting clients and the benefits that brings, and how Brooke has gone from intern to full-time team member, fully committed to the captive market.

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In this GCP Short, produced in partnership with the Vermont Captive Insurance Association, we preview the VCIA annual conference that this year takes place in Burlington from August 11th to 13th.

Joining Richard to discuss what delegates can expect from a revamped conference are Ian Davis, president of the VCIA, and Aon’s Elizabeth Steinmann, who is conference chair for 2026.

The VCIA early bird rates end June 30th and it was announced just last week that former Disney innovator Duncan Wardle will keynote on the Thursday.

Link to the general conference info page and VCIA agenda.

In this GCP Short, produced in partnership with Spring Consulting, an Alera Group Company, we bring you an in-depth captive case study on Life Time, Inc.

Life Time is a publicly listed chain of health clubs, which has owned a captive in Vermont since 2017.

In this episode Joshua Reding, Vice President of Risk Management, explains the captive’s original rationale for formation, how it evolves to serve a growing company and the more recent addition of medical stop loss.

Josh is also joined by TJ Scherer, Vice President at Spring, and Peter Johnson, Chief P&C Actuary at Spring, to discuss some of the important steps required in bringing internal stakeholders along, as well as the diversification benefits of a multi-line captive and the addition of medical stop loss.

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In this GCP Short, produced in partnership with the State ofVermont, Richard features the State's new generation of captive leaders.

In August 2025, it was announced that Ian Davis was taking over as the president of the Vermont Captive Insurance Association (VCIA), and in January this year it was confirmed Christine Brown was succeeding Sandy Bigglestone full time as the deputy commissioner of captive insurance at Vermont’s Department of Financial Regulation.

In a 24-minute discussion, Ian and Christine discuss their plans and priorities in their respective roles, the importance and valueof succession planning, and latest growth and developments in the Vermont captive domicile.

In episode 133 of the Global Captive Podcast, supported by theEY Global Captive Network, Richard brings listeners two conversations recorded at the CICA International Conference that took place from 8 – 10 March in Desert Spring, California.

Dan Towle, President of CICA, was speaking on the eve of the conference and shares what is in store for delegates and some of the key priorities for the Association.

We then hear from three more senior leaders, who join Richard and Dan, to share broader perspectives from around the world on the areas of common challenge and opportunities across regions and where we could see more collaboration between associations.

The three additional guests are Udo Kappes, Chairman of the European Captive Insurance and Reinsurance Association (ECIROA), Franck Baron, Chairman of the Pan Asian Risk and Insurance Management Association (PARIMA) and President of the International Federation of Risk and Insurance Management Associations (IFRIMA), and Julia Graham, who at the time ofrecording was the outgoing CEO of Airmic, the UK’s risk and insurance management association and formally left her role at the end of March.

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In this episode of the Global Captive Podcast, supported by the EY Global Captive Network, Brady Young, Founder & CEO of Strategic Risk Solutions, is the latest guest in our series of exclusive Captive Leaders interviews.

In a 35-minute discussion, Brady reflects on almost 25 years of running the largest independent insurance manager in the world, explains the origins of SRS from its early days as part of FM Global and Credit Suisse and its growth, particularly in recent years with expansion into Europe, the launch of MGU SRS Altitude and acquisitions of businesses such as group captive experts Garnet.

He also explains the impact of the private equity investment received by SRS in 2023, advice for new independent start-ups in the captive market and plans for the future.

In this episode of the Global Captive Podcast, supported by the EY Global Captive Network, Richard is joined by Brady Young, Founder & CEO of Strategic Risk Solutions, for the next instalment in our Captive Leaders series of interviews.

In an in-depth 35-minute discussion, Brady reflects on almost 25 years of running the largest insurance manager in the world, explains the origins of SRS from its early days as part of FMGlobal and Credit Suisse and its growth, particularly in recent years with expansion into Europe, the launch of managing general underwriter (MGU) SRS Altitude and acquisitions ofbusinesses such as group captive experts Garnet.

Richard also discusses with Brady the impact of private equityinvestment in SRS since 2023, advice for new independent start-ups and further plans for the future.

Previous episodes of the GCP Captive Leaders series included AXA XL's Yves Betz and Aon's Ciaran Healy.

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In this GCP Short, produced in partnership with Marsh Captive Solutions, we focus on identifying emerging risks at group level and the captive’s role in providing relevant risk financing solutions.

Joining Richard for a 25-minute discussion to address risk appetite, implementing a risk finance philosophy and benefitting from true diversification are Reid Sawyer, a strategic adviser for Marsh clients and Head of the Emerging Risks Group, Julie Patel, Americas Captive Consulting Leader, and Rob Geraghty, Managing Director, International Sales and Consulting Leader at Marsh Captive Solutions.

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This GCP Short, produced in partnership with Zurich Insurance, focuses on the captive revolution currently taking place in Alberta, Canada.

The Energy Province implemented its captive regime in July 2022 and, at the time of recording, has 37 active captives.

In a 30-miute discussion, we hear from:

Zurich’s Al‑Nawaz Rajan, an actuary with more than two decades of dedicated experience in the captive insurance sector. Today, Al is the Zurich's Western Canada Lead for Captive Fronting Solutions.

Hector Plascencia, Senior Vice-President and National Practice Leader for the Risk Advisory Practice at BFL Canada. Hector leads a multidisciplinary practice supporting organisations across Canada on strategic risk management and alternative risk financing.

Rick Da Costa is Partner and National Leader at BLB. He is an insurance and reinsurance lawyer, who provides practical legal and business solutions to clients on insurance, reinsurance and captive insurance related issues. He has been an active supporter of the Alberta captive legislation and helped encourage the change in regulation to allow for captives in the domicile to insure third party risks. He was also the first to successfully re-domesticate a captive to the Province.

The guests cover why Alberta has proven to be an appealing, new option for Canadian businesses, the types of companies embracing captives, the opportunity for further growth and some of the challenges that lie ahead for the jurisdiction.

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