In GCP #111, supported by the EY Global Captive Network, Richard is joined by Tibor Boettcher, Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Volkswagen Insurance Company DAC, domiciled in Dublin, Ireland.

Tibor has a long history with the Volkswagen group, but has

Over the course of a 20 minute discussion, Tibor explains the role of the Volkswagen captive, its position in various risk financing progammes, why they recently moved from two to one captive and his experience of Ireland as a captive domicile.

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This GCP Short, produced in partnership with HDI Global, checks in with the HDI Global team to find out how their expansion into the UK and US captive fronting markets is progressing.

Oliver Davies, recently promoted to chief distribution officer for the UK & Ireland, tells us about HDI’s captive growth plans on this side of the pond and what parts of the market they are targeting.

Jason Tyng, vice president of US captive solutions group at HDI, updates listeners about the latest growth and next steps for the industrial insurer in the United States.

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In episode 110 of the Global Captive Podcast, supported by the EY Global Captive Network, Senior Reporter Luke Harrison brings a series of interviews from the Vermont Captive Insurance Associaton (VCIA) conference that was held in Burlington, Vermont in August.

01.11 - 16.48: Christine Brown, Director of Captive Insurance at the Vermont Department of Financial Regulation, discusses the latest activity in the State and at the department.

17.13 - 24.45: Colin Donovan, president of STICO Mutual

25.14 - 31.09: Luke shares brief catch ups with Hylant’s Claire Richardson, John James and Scott Mildrum of Performa, Ian Davis at M&T Bank, EY’s Mikhail Raybshteyn, Karen Hsi, of the Univesity of California, and Brown & Brown’s Mat Robinson.

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This GCP Short, produced in partnership with MAXIS Global Benefits Network, is all about the importance of collaboration between HR and risk and insurance teams when implementing a captive employee benefits programme.

Over 25 minutes, Richard is joined by Lauren Kelly, Regional Manager for the Central Zone in the United States with MAXIS, and Dany Mathieu, Senior Vice President and North American Leader for Captive EB Services at Aon.

Lauren and Dany explain the stages of EB captive implementation and roles played by risk, insurance and HR colleagues at the insured, how those relationships can work

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In episode 109 of the Global Captive Podcast, supported by the EY Global Captive Network, Richard visits the offices of Spring Insure in Guernsey.

Spring Insure is a managing general agent focused on the offshore financial centre market and specialising in D&O.

CEO Nigel Brand and board member Malcolm Cutts-Watson discuss the current attitude and approach towards D&O insurance by captive boards, and particularly in relation to independent non-executive directors (iNEDS).

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This GCP Short, produced in partnership with Spring Consulting Group, is all about a groundbreaking transaction of pension risk to a US captive.

Captive Intelligence reported in July that the US Department

The client, MSKCC, worked closely with Spring Consulting on this transaction and application to the DoL, and so Richard caught up with Spring’s Karin Landry and Prabal Lakhanpal to discuss pension risk transfer to captives more broadly, how they work and whether we might see more activity in this area.

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In this GCP Short, produced in partnership with Marsh Captive Solutions, we hear about the formation of a new cell captive programme for the Sacramento Municipal Utility District, known as SMUD, from Sacramento, California.

Richard is joined by Anna Marie Will, insurance program manager for SMUD, and Allan Smith, client service leader at Marsh Captive Solutions.

Anna Marie explains the insurance challenge SMUD faced, and why and how they opted for a cell captive solution.

Allan outlines the process that was gone through and why

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In episode 108 of the Global Captive Podcast, supported by the EY Global Captive Network, Richard shares an in depth interview with Stellantis Insurance CEO Edouard de Lamarzelle on his 24 years at the motor insurer.

In the second half, Richard is also joined by Damian Cocking, head of sales at Flagstone International, to discuss the cash management platform’s interest in and platform for the captive insurance market.

01.52 - 29.43: Edouard originally joined PSA Group (now Stellantis) in 2000 as Global Head of Insurance, but after establishing PSA Insurance became its CEO.  He announced earlier this month he would be leaving Stellantis after 24 years.

Ed shares his journey building and growing Stellantis Insurance and its role today within the wider group. It is not your typical captive interview, since Stellantis Insurance only writes the insurance for its auto customers and not the group’s own risks, and Ed explains the rationale behind this decision.

30.17 - 41.15: Damian Cocking, head of sales at Flagstone International, shares with us his background in finance and captives and explains why Flagstone is interested in the captive market.

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In episode 107 of the Global Captive Podcast, supported by the EY Global Captive Network, Richard brings insight from FERMA on the recent Solvency II reforms that should bring some regulatory relief to EU-domiciled captives from 2026.

He is also joined by the London & Capital team for the latest quarterly investments update and its relevance for captives.

02.10 - 32.56: Charles Low, Head of EU Affairs at the Federation of European Risk Management Associations (FERMA), and Laurent Nihoul, Head of FERMA’s Captive Committee, discuss the process and timeline behind the Solvency II reforms, what they mean for captives and some of the tangible benefits they could bring.

33.36 - 43.56: London & Capital's Shadrack Kwasa, executive director, and investment director Nicholas Denbow, provide a quarterly investment update and what the current environment means for captives.

For those following GCP and Captive Intelligence on LinkedIn and subscribed to our twice-weekly newsletter, you will have heard that Nick Morgan, will be joining us as Commercial Director.

While Richard will unfortunately miss the VCIA annual conference next month due to his upcoming nuptials, Nick and our Senior Reporter Luke Harrison will be in Burlington flying the flag for GCP and Captive Intelligence, so please do seek them out.

In this GCP Short, produced in partnership with Zurich Global Employee Benefits Solutions (ZGEBS), Richard is joined by Chris Mason, Director of Customer & Distribution Manager for the UK and APAC at ZGEBS, Sander Brentjes, Global Benefits Consultant at Aon, and Jenny Woods, Group Claims Relationship Manager at Zurich

The group discusses what is involved in EB claims management, who is responsible for the various processes and the advantages and value a pro-active approach to claims management can bring.

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