Long reads

A look at the DataHub 100 Club explores how the captive industry’s largest domiciles compare on growth, net change, sector mix and manager share.

The updated Isle of Man (IoM) 2025 insurance regulations have made the licensing of insurance vehicles, including captives, more efficient, as well as allowed for more creativity within the jurisdiction.

The global captive market, tracked by Ci DataHub, saw a net decrease in active captives during the fourth quarter of 2025, as more licences were surrendered than new ones were issued.

The success of Acer’s account receivable captive programme has prompted its risk manager to invite other corporates to get in touch to learn how the approach could be replicated and encourages them to embrace “the best type of captive risk”.

Trends suggest that there will be continued captive growth in the trucking sector because the market remains hard, particularly for commercial auto liability cover.

Consolidation in the healthcare market has resulted in less demand from the historically popular sector, though sustained and rising interest from group captives, reinsurers, MGAs, and ILS transactions is broadening the jurisdiction’s scope and reinforcing its role as a global captive and (re)insurance hub. 

Vermont-domiciled sponsored captive, GreenieRE, Inc, was launched in 2024 to provide capacity for green energy and climate change related risks where there is risk aversion and capacity challenges in the commercial market.

Captives utilising international programmes can provide a coherent approach to global risk, giving companies more reassurance in an increasingly uncertain world.