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In this GCP Short we take a closer look at captive employee benefits developments in the Middle East and Gulf region.

Episode 128 of the Global Captive Podcast was recorded at the 2025 Cayman Captive Forum by our senior reporter Luke Harrison.

Chris Dalziel shares his views on how the UK could potentially stand out as a domicile option in how it permits capital to be used and allowable investments, and also brings us up to speed on the newly rebranded W1M and its work with captives.

Richard is joined by Travis Wegkamp, Director of Captive Insurance in the State, Jim LeRoy, President of the ⁠Utah Captive Insurance Association⁠, Bryan Ridgway, Managing Partner and COO of CIC Services, LLC, and Tom Massey, President of Nelnet Insurance Services, a Utah-domiciled captive.

Richard is joined by Amy Antczak, Co-Founder of GreenieRE, and Vermont's Christine Brown to share the case study of a sponsored captive formed to provide additional capacity for renewable energy projects in the United States.

Richard is joined by Dr. Carin Gantenbein, Global Head of Network Management at Zurich Multinational, and Joshua Nyaberi, Head of Captive Fronting.

Oliver Wyman's Michael Jeffers, and Kristie Barlow and Savannah Dennis, of Marsh, discuss the growing utilisation of captives among franchise businesses and franchisees.

Richard is joined by Christian Frener, Head of Global Benefits at Swiss multinational Givaudan, and Nicola Fordham, Chief Solutions Officer at MAXIS Global Benefits Network.