In episode 102 of the Global Captive Podcast, supported by the EY Global Captive Network, Richard brings two very different interviews. 01.30 - 12.50: Matthew Reddington, partner and head of the tax controversy practice at ZMF, discusses the recent jury verdict in favour of RMC Group and its CEO Raymond Ankner in a court battle with the Internal Revenue Service. 13.51 - 36.04: Loren Crannell, director and head of global risk and insurance at American e-cigarette company Juul Labs, tells me...

In episode 101 of the Global Captive Podcast, supported by the EY Global Captive Network, Richard is joined by David Williams, Director of Risk Management & Safety at Boys Town, to discuss the Tennessee-captive formed by the not-for-profit in 2022. Richard also catches up with Michael Corbett, senior vice president at Pinnacle Financial Partners, and a non-executive director on the Boys Town captive. Corbett, Tennessee's former captive regulator, is also now president of the bank's Apex...

This GCP Short, produced in partnership with the EY Global Captive Network and hosted Richard Cutcher, focuses on captive utilisation by Family Offices. Mikhail Raybshteyn, partner and co-leader of EY Captive Insurance Services (Americas), and Prabal Lakhanpal, senior vice president at Spring Consulting Group, share their insight into the world of family offices, their unique insurance needs and challenges and where we could expect to see a greater utilisation of captives in this space in...

In this GCP Short, produced in partnership with Captive Resources, Richard was delighted to welcome Nick Hentges, CEO of Captive Resources, back onto GCP for an in person catch up at the CICA International Conference in Scottsdale, Arizona, in March. Nick covered a range of issues, including how the group captives are offering higher limits, a potential expansion into property lines and his wider ambitions for the organisation, particularly in medical stop loss. For the latest news and...

In episode 100 of the Global Captive Podcast, supported by the EY Global Captive Network, Richard brings the first instalments of interviews recorded at the CICA International Conference that took place in Scottsdale, Arizona from March 10-12. 02.16 - 17.12: Sandy Bigglestone, Vermont’s deputy commissioner for captive insurance, discusses the latest captive activity in the State, how 2024 has started and the proposed changes to Vermont’s captive legislation. 17.55 - 27.31: Heather McClure,...

The Global Captive Podcast, supported by the EY Global Captive Network, is live in Scottsdale, Arizona as the final session of the CICA International Conference. This episode, featuring fun and informal captive chat and trivia, was recorded in front of a live audience on Tuesday, 12 March. Our guests are: Claire Richardson, of Hylant Global Captive Solutions TJ Scherer, Spring Consulting Group Melissa Hollingsworth, Atlanta Housing Steven Bauman, AXA XL Anjanette Fowler, PNC...

In this GCP Short, produced in partnership with London & Capital, Richard is joined by Shadrack Kwasa, executive director at London & Capital, and Adele Gale, Deputy Managing Director of Robus Group in Guernsey, to discuss onboarding and implementing a new investment strategy for your captive. Shadrack and Adele debate the typical and variety of investment appetites amongst captive owners, why fixed income products are popular and the potential drawbacks of this approach and how to...

In this GCP Short, produced in partnership with Hylant Global Captive Solutions, Richard brings news of the latest chapter in Butler University's student run captive insurance company. Butler originally formed its student run captive in Bermuda in 2017. The captive operates as a bona fide insurance company for the University, but also plays a key role in the education and practical experience offered to students on its risk management and insurance undergraduate course. In November last...

In this GCP Short, produced in partnership with Marsh Captive Solutions, Richard is joined by Chris Lay, CEO of Marsh McLennan UK, William-Thomas Ferrand, International Captive Practice Leader at Marsh, and Matthew Latham, Alternative Risk Transfer Leader at Marsh UK. Chris, Will and Matt discuss the UK government's interest in establishing a captive regime, what it would mean for captive prospects and clients and what its unique selling proposition can be. Read the latest news on the UK's...

In episode 99 of the Global Captive Podcast, supported by the EY Global Captive Network, Richard is joined by two guests with exciting news to share and analyse. 01.24 - 09.37: Ellen Charnley, president of Marsh Captive Solutions, returns to the pod after the world’s largest captive manager launched ReadyCell earlier this month. ReadyCell utilises Marsh’s Mangrove protected cell company facility in Washington DC and promises a super fast set up time for new cell formations.  Ellen tells us...

In this GCP Short, produced in partnership with Zurich Insurance and Zurich Global Employee Benefits Solutions (ZGEBS), we focus on social inflation, international employee benefits and the broader captive growth environment in America. Adriana Scherzinger, Head of Captives and Alternative Risk Solutions at Zurich North America, and Allen Kirsh, SVP and Head of Claims, Judicial and Legislative Affairs at Zurich North America, share with us the direction of travel for social inflation and...

In episode 98 of the Global Captive Podcast, supported by the EY Global Captive Network, Richard is joined by three professionals working in or with insurtechs and with a particular interest in captives. 01.29 - 16.54: The first half of Richard's interview with Matthew Grant, CEO of Instech, who discusses the evolution of the insurtech world and the increasing focus on insurance buyers. 17.00 - 36.20: Richard and Cameron MacArthur, founder and CEO at A.I. Insurance Inc, discuss where...

In this GCP Short, produced in partnership with HDI Global, and recorded in November at the European Captive Forum. As we have reported throughout 2023, HDI has been expanding its captive fronting and alternative risk offerings and in this episode, Richars is joined by four members of the team from across Europe and the United States, as well as Nate Reznicek, President & Principal Consultant of Captives.Insure in the US. From HDI, we hear from Etienne de Varax, Head of HDI’s Centre...

In episode 97 of the Global Captive Podcast, supported by the EY Global Captive Network, Richard is joined by a range of guests to discuss a variety of topics. Timestamps and guests below: 00.00 - 01.34: Richard introduces the episode and our four guests. 01.34 - 21.53: Speaking in a personal capacity, experienced captive reglator Steve Kinion provides first hand insight into the long running legal dispute between the Delaware Department of Insurance, and the Internal Revenue Service,...

In this GCP Short, produced in partnership with Zurich Insurance, Richard is joined by Emma Sansom, group head of captives at Zurich, and Francesco Capraro, reinsurance captive operations manager for Saipem’s Switzerland-domiciled captive, Sigurd Ruck. Emma, Francesco and Richard spend 30 minutes reflecting on some of the themes emerging from the European Captive Forum in Luxembourg, including discussion on fronting and reinsurance structures, parametric products, cyber and what needs to be...

In this GCP Short, produced in partnership with Friend of the Podcast AXA XL, Richard is joined by Marine Charbonnier and Julien Guénot to discuss a very topical theme - the growing interest in home domiciling in Europe. This conversation was recorded at the European Captive Forum in November with Marine, Head of Captives and Facultative Underwriting in APAC & Europe, and Julien, Regional leader of the Southern Europe markets at AXA XL, which includes France, Spain and Italy. Stories...

In episode 96 of the Global Captive Podcast, supported by the EY Global Captive Network, Richard brings three distinct segments including a quarterly investments update, and discussions on voluntary benefits and captive solutions for the US middle market. 01.25 - 19.55: Andy Jeckells, co-CEO at I-RE, discusses why he is targeting America’s middle market for further expansion and uptake of captive solutions. I-RE are captive underwriting specialists based out of London, Bermuda and Miami....

In episode 95 of the Global Captive Network, supported by the EY Global Captive Network, Richard is in Nashville, Tennessee to find out the latest independent captive manager, Strategic Risk Solutions. 01.55 - 13.27: CEO Brady Young and president Ron Sulisz discuss the firm's recent inward investment from Integrum Holdings LLP and its future plans for growth. 13.57 - 26.50: Captive owner Tony Sanchez, CEO of OneNexus Environmental, explains his fairly unique captive in Oklahoma, with Andrew...

In this GCP Short, produced in partnership with Marsh Captive Solutions, Richard is joined by Lorraine Stack, International Sales and Consulting Leader, and Maria Arana, Marsh's ESG Leader Europe. Maria and Lorraine discuss how the commercial market is factoring ESG metrics into underwriting decisions, the ways we are already seeing captives contribute to ESG efforts and the direction of travel for both the commercial market and captives. For more information on the ESG Risk Rating,...

This GCP Short, produced in partnership with We Are Guernsey and the Guernsey International Insurance Association, discusses the evolution of the governance landscape in Guernsey specifically, the role of independent non executive directors (iNEDs) on captive boards. Richard hosts an engaging debate on iNEDs, the demands of the role, the possible restriction on the number of appointments, and whether more captive domiciles should make them a requirement. The guests are: Airmic CEO Julia...

In this GCP Short, produced in partnership with MAXIS Global Benefits Network, Richard shares a live discussion recorded with two experienced EB captive users: Marc Bentley, Director of Risk Finance at IHG, and Matthias Helmbold, Vice President of Global Risk Benefits, Health and Wellbeing at DHL. Marc and Matthias explain when, why and how their respective companies started reinsuring international employee benefits in their captive, lessons learned along the way, how their programmes...

In this GCP Short, produced in partnership with Spring Consulting Group, Richard shares the cast study of the Haskell Company deciding to move out of a group captive structure to form its own single parent captive in Vermont. Haskell Company’s CFO Bradford Slappey and Jeff Caudill, Vice President of Risk Management, discuss the profile of the company, the lines originally insured through the group captive and why they came to the decision to establish a pure captive. Prabal Lakhanpal,...

In this GCP Short, produced in partnership with Swiss Re Corporate Solutions, Richard explores the viability of more captive adoption of parametric policies. Thomas Keist, Global Captive Solutions Leader, and Jan Bachmann, Head of Innovative Risk Solutions, explain how a captive can be utilised to absorb that basis risk that usually exists in a parametric policy. Adrien Norulak, Head of Risk Analytics and Director of Innovation & Technology at Swiss Re, discusses how Risk Data Services...

In episode 94 of the Global Captive Podcast, supported by the EY Global Captive Network, Richard debates the potential for the UK to become a captive domicile after the Government hosted a roundtable on the topic. 02.18 - 26.00: Caroline Wagstaff, CEO of the London Market Group, which is lobbying hard for the initiative, and Charles Winter, Head of Strategic Risk Consulting at Aon Global Risk Consulting, discuss the background and analyse its potential for success. 27.25 - 44.00: Matthew...