Global Captive Podcast

In episode 118 of the Global Captive Podcast, supported by the EY Global Captive Network, Richard is joined by one of the new leaders of our industry – William Thomas-Ferrand, who is now president of Marsh Captive Solutions.

Will, having spent more than 20 years working with captives and in numerous domiciles with Marsh, has succeeded Ellen Charnley in leading the world’s large captive manager, so Richard sat down with him in London to find out how he plans to approach the role.

They discuss the priorities when managing such a large portfolio of domiciles and clients, collaborating with other business units in Marsh McLennan and, of course, the fast evolving domicile landscape, particularly right now in Europe.

For the latest news, data-driven analysis and thought leadership on the global captive market, visit Captive Intelligence and sign up to our twice-weekly newsletter.

In episode 117 of the Global Captive Podcast, supported by theEY Global Captive Network, Richard is joined by Michael Zuckerman, an experienced enterprise risk and captive consultant and most recently an Associate Professor for Instruction at Temple University’s Fox School of Business.

Michael discusses the school’s new Center for Risk Resilienceand Sustainability, the need for more ART and captive focused education programmes, his views on the captive market’s evolution and future, and whether we should simply be ditching the 831(b) tax election altogether.

For the latest news, analysis and thought leadership on the global captive market, visitCaptive Intelligence and subsribe to ourtwice-weekly newsletter.

In this GCP Short, supported by MAXIS Global Benefits Network, Richard is joined by Matthias Helmbold, DHL’s Vice President of Global Risk Benefits, Health and Wellbeing, and Aaron Brown, Regional Director for Business Development in EMEA at MAXIS.

We often talk about the reasons why companies choose to

DHL was the first company to use a captive to reinsure its international employee benefits programme 29 years ago, and Matthias explains where they are at today and how they are still looking to expand and improve their programme.

Aaron outlines the role MAXIS has to play on such a sophisticated EB programme and how they can support further innovations.

For more information on MAXIS Global Benefits Network, visit its Friend of the Podcast page.

For the latest news, data-driven analysis and thought leadership on the global captive market, visit Captive Intelligence and sign up to our twice-weekly newsletter.

In episode 116 of the Global Captive Podcast, supported by the

Martin discusses the foundations and growth of Atlas Insurance Management, and his observations on the broader captive market and its evolution during his career.

Meanwhile, London & Capital’s executive director Shadrack Kwasa, and Rabbani Wahhab, senior fixed income portfolio

For the latest news, analysis, data and thought leadership on the global captive insurance market, visit Captive Intelligence and sign up to our twice-weekly newsletter.

In this GCP Short, produced in partnership with the State of Vermont, Richard is joined by Barbara Rhoades, CEO of Ohio Transit Risk Pool and a board member of Transit Re, and Sandy Bigglestone, deputy commissioner of captive insurance in the State of Vermont.

Barbara explains the history and evolution of Transit Re and what led to its conversion to a sponsored captive structure facilitating cells and new participants in 2024.

The first GCP Short of 2025 is produced in partnership with the EY Global Captive Network and hosted by me, Richard Cutcher.

Richard is joined by Mikhail Raybshteyn, Americas Captive Insurance Services Co-Leader at EY, and Vittorio Zaniboni, Captive & Insurance Excellence Leader for EY in Luxembourg.

Mike and Vittorio reflect on captive activity in 2024, and share their views on what to expect and look out for in 2025.

Topics include the continued domicile evolution in Europe, and how that might progress further this year, as well as the potential ramifications of a second Trump term and whether state-based self-procurement taxes may rear their head again in 2025.

Vittorio and Mike also explain why they expect to see non-US multinationals deploy their captives to reinsure medical stop-loss exposures for their US operations and employees.

Visit Captive Intelligence for the latest news, analysis and thought leadership on the global captive market, and sign up to our twice weekly newsletter.

In episode 115 of the Global Captive Podcast, supported by the EY Global Captive Network, Luke brings a report from the FERMA Forum 2024, held in Madrid in October.

01.03 - 03.21: Stephen Cross and Chris Sutton, at McGill & Partners, discuss captive trends in Europe and reinsurance strategies.

04.07 - 09.30: Enrico Guarnerio, CEO of Strategica Group and president of SRS Italy, explains the latest developments in Italy and the potential of the domicile should the government and regulator create a bespoke captive regulatory regime.

09.47 - 14.28: Laurent Nihoul, chair of FERMA's captive initiative and group head of insurance at ArcelorMittal, gives his opinion on the domicile proliferation trend in Europe.

14.45 - 19.43: Maurizio Castelli, CEO or Augustas Risk and former FERMA president, discusses the global risk challenges facing organisations and the growing role for captives and alternative risk transfer.

For the latest news, analysis and thought leadership on the global captive market, visit Captive Intelligence and sign up to our twice-weekly newsletter.

This GCP Short, produced in partnership with Hylant Global Captive Solutions, welcomes Anne Marie Towle, CEO of Global Risk & Captive Solutions at Hylant, and Tony Schmidt, President of Pacific Risk Solutions, LLC in Hawaii.

 Tony and Anne Marie discuss the strategic partnership between the two firms, how they work together in Hawaii and development of the Japanese captive market.

For more information on Hylant Global Captive Solutions, visit its Friend of the Podcast page here.

For the latest news, insight and thought leadership on the global captive insurance industry, visit Captive Intelligence and sign up to our twice-weekly newsletter.

In episode #114 of the Global Captive Podcast, supported by the EY Global Captive Network, Richard brings the latest on the UK captive consultation hosting a discussion between Chris Lay, CEO of Marsh McLennan UK, Airmic CEO Julia Graham and Caroline Wagstaff, CEO of the London Market Group.

Chris, Caroline and Julia discuss the positions of Airmic, Marsh and the LMG, the next steps and how they are planning to respond to the consultation.

We also have the latest London & Capital quarterly investments update with Shadrack Kwasa and Jack Smith analysing an eventful few months and what it means for captive portfilios.

Link to our Captive Intelligence long read with extensive commentary on the key questions in the UK consultation: https://captiveintelligence.io/direct-writing-compulsory-lines-pccs-uk-market-prepares-for-key-consultation/

UK captive consultation document: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/captive-insurance?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=cea3af92-ff86-475e-878d-e6a9ff4dfb65&utm_content=immediately

For the latest news, analysis and thought leadership on the global captive market, visit Captive Intelligence and sign up to our twice-weekly newsletter.

This GCP Short, produced in partnership with Zurich Commercial Insurance, is focused on captive developments in Spain.

Captive Intelligence Senior Reporter Luke Harrison is joined by Adriana Scherzinger, Group Head of Captives at Zurich Commercial Insurance,  Anna-Marie Jarvis, Head of Commercial Insurance at Zurich Spain, and recently new captive owner Mario Ramirez, Risk & Assets Manager at Exolum.

Mario is also Vice President of Spanish risk management association AGERS, and a board member at FERMA.

Adriana, Anna-Marie and Mario discuss captive appetite and

For more information on Zurich's captive services, visit their website.

For the latest news, analysis and thought leadership from the global captive market, visit Captive Intelligence and sign up to our twice-weekly newsletter.