Global Captive Podcast

In this GCP Short, produced in partnership with the State of Utah and the Utah Captive Insurance Association, we share with our listeners more information on one of the largest captive domiciles in the United States.

In a 25 minute conversation, Richard is joined by Travis Wegkamp, Director of Captive Insurance in the State, Jim LeRoy, President of the Utah Captive Insurance Association, Bryan Ridgway, Managing Partner and COO of CIC Services, LLC, and Tom Massey, President of Nelnet Insurance Services, a Utah-domiciled captive.

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This GCP Short, produced in partnership with the State of Vermont, shares a recent case study of a sponsored captive formed to provide additional capacity for renewable energy projects in the United States.

Richard is joined by Amy Antczak, Chief Operating Officer andCo-Founder of GreenieRE, who tells us about the GreenieRE Coalition, the insurance challenge it faced and how it is using public and private funds, through the utilisation of a Vermont cell company, to support MGAs and renewable infrastructure projects and startups.

We also hear from Christine Brown, Director of Captive Insurance at the Vermont Department of Financial Regulation, who explains why the State saw the project as a good fit for a sponsored captive structure and the process involved in getting it licensed.

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This GCP Short, produced in partnership with ZurichCommercial Insurance, is all about combining the insurer’s multinational network with captive fronting.

In a 20-minute discussion, recorded at the European Captive Forum in Luxembourg in November, Richard is joined by Dr. Carin Gantenbein, Global Head of Network Management at Zurich Multinational, and Joshua Nyaberi, Head of Captive Fronting.

Carin and Josh discuss how a multinational network is leveraged to support and implement multinational programmes, trends in captive fronting and the nuances concerning Financial Interest Clauses (FINC) and pure, 100% fronting.

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This GCP Short, produced in partnership with Oliver Wyman,is all about the growing utilisation of captives among franchise businesses and franchisees.

In a 25 minute discussion, Richard is joined by Michael Jeffers, Senior Manager in Actuarial Consulting at Oliver Wyman, Kristie Barlow, Managing Director and Franchise Program Leader at Marsh Affinity, and Savannah Dennis, Vice President in Marsh Captive Solutions.

The trio discuss why captive solutions are increasingly appealing to some franchise businesses and franchisees, the different structures available, the steps to get a franchisee captive off the ground, and the benefits of a captive strategy.

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In this GCP Short, produced in partnership with MAXIS GlobalBenefits Network, Richard is joined by Christian Frener, Head of Global Benefits at Swiss multinational Givaudan, and Nicola Fordham, Chief Solutions Officer at MAXIS Global Benefits Network.

Christian explains why and how he has implemented a minimum standard of employee benefits across the group and the role of the captive in achieving the company’s objectives.

Nicola discusses some of the motives for this approach, whether the strategy is being replicated by other corporates and the considerations for successful implementation.

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In this GCP Short, produced in partnership with Hylant Global Captive Solutions, we discuss when, why and how captive owners should revisit their captive’s rationale and purpose.

Richard sat down with Anne Marie Towle, CEO of Hylant Global Risk and Captive Solutions, and Alex Gedge, Senior Captive Consultant at Hylant, to discuss how organisations can benefit from conducting a so-called ‘re-feasibility study’ to sense check whether their captive remains fit-for-purpose and what changes should be made to their alternative risk financing strategy may be effective.

Richard and Alex also discuss the ongoing conversations concerning a UK captive regime, and what opportunities a competitive UK domicile may offer organisations looking to review or choose a captive jurisdiction.

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In episode 127 of the Global Captive Podcast, supported by the EY Global Captive Network, Richard shares five short interviews recorded at the European Captive Forum in Luxembourg on 5 and 6 November.

01.22 – 10.12: Lorraine Stack, Risk Management Leader in Europe for Marsh.

10.17 – 19.19: Peter Carter, Head of Captive and Insurance Management at WTW.

19.21 – 22.34: Marine Charbonnier, Head of Underwriting, Captives and Facultatives for APAC and Europe at AXA XL.

22.37 – 26.50: Graham McCarthy, Partner in Specialty Broking at McGill & Partners.26.53 - 31.08: James Norman, Head of International Business Development at Sedgwick.

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In this GCP Short, produced in partnership with Zurich Global Employee Benefits Solutions (ZGEBS), we hear first-hand from the shipping giant Maersk about how they have successfully implemented a global EB captive programme, driven by collaboration between risk, insurance, HR and benefits.

Richard is joined by Chris Mason, UK and APAC Director of Customer and Distribution Management at ZGEBS, as well as Dana Voss, Global Benefits & Wellbeing Lead at Maersk, and Christine Toscano, Senior Underwriter, People Lines at Maersk.

Christine and Dana explain how, in their different roles, they have contributed to the success of a growing EB programme, the considerations when aligning priorities and how the captive has helped the organisation achieve its EB objectives.

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In this GCP Short, produced in partnership with Aon and HDIGlobal, and revealing more detail behind the new property group captive being established in the Cayman Islands.

Property Engineered Risk Insurance Limited (PERIL) has received a conditional licence from the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA), and has been set up by Aon and HDI, as revealed by Captive Intelligence last week.

PERIL has 10 founding members and will be licensed as a Class B(i) captive in Cayman, managed by Aon and fronted by HDI.

Richard is joined by Tracy Williams, managing director of group captive solutions at Aon, Jason Tyng, vice president of the US Captive Solutions Group at HDI Global, and Timon Mueller, US property underwriting manager at HDI.

Tracy, Jason and Timon discuss the drivers for establishment of PERIL, why property group captives have typically been harder to get off the ground than those writing casualty lines and the kinds of companies they are expecting to join as members.

To read more about the formation of PERIL, read our exclusive Captive Intelligence story here.

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In this GCP Short, produced in partnership with the Insurance Managers Association of Cayman (IMAC), we hear whythe domicile remains a premier jurisdiction for establishing captives and includes a great captive owner case study from American healthcare company Gardant Management Solutions.

Luke is joined by Gareth van den Bergh and MichaelWild, both of Artex Risk Solutions, Kevin Poole, general manager of IMAC, and Greg Echols, co-CEO of Gardant Management Solutions, which has owned a captive in Cayman since 2018.

For more information on IMAC: https://www.imac.ky/

For more information on the Cayman Captive Forum, held 2-4 December at the Ritz-Carlton: https://www.imac.ky/events/cayman-captive-forum/

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