Luke Harrison
Health insurance company forms Cayman SPCÂ
Healthcare continues to be one of the jurisdiction’s main areas of focus and expertise, though as a result of M&A activity, the number of new healthcare captives has stalled although the size of the existing captives has increased significantly.
Iowa captive regime focusing on quality over quantityÂ
In 2023, Iowa became the latest US state to introduce captive legislation making it the 36th US jurisdiction to adopt captive insurance legislation.
Tennessee captive premium doubles in 2025Â
Tennessee has 184 captives and 703 cells domiciled in the jurisdiction as of today.Â
Generali CARE hires Wendy Liu as CEO Global Benefits and PartnershipsÂ
Lui most recently served as CEO of Zurich Integrated Benefits and International Life at Zurich.
Prabal Lakhanpal elected as CICA chair
Lakhanpal has been a CICA member since 2018 and was involved in the launch of the CICA NEXTGen programme, also serving as a former NEXTGen chair.
Zurich appoints David Weber as head of proposition and business developmentÂ
He brings more than 15 years of international experience across risk management, multinational casualty underwriting, technical governance, and innovative solution design, including parametric and data driven approaches.
AM Best affirms rating of Vertex Pharmaceuticals captive
TIC is a wholly owned captive insurance subsidiary of global biotechnology company Vertex Pharmaceuticals.
AM Best downgrades rating of Petronas captive
Energas is a single-parent captive owned by Malaysia's fully state-owned national oil and gas company, Petronas.
Latest Podcasts
Captive Leaders Podcast: Yves Betz
Yves Betz, Head of Multinational Solutions at AXA XL, addresses a range of topics, including the evolving attitude of the commercial market towards captives, the increasing capital and capacity attracted to captive reinsurance and ART solutions, and the growing role of China in the captive marketplace.
GCP Short: Employee benefits & MSL
In this GCP Short, produced in partnership with MARSH, we explore the growth areas of international employee benefits and medical stop loss in captives.
Short: Keeping on top of IPT updates
As captives write business around the world, particularly when on a direct basis, they have to be mindful of complex and often changing local taxes and levies in each territory that they are active.