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Zurich appoints David Weber as head of proposition and business development
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.
Brian McCarthy joins MAXIS as regional manager in United States
MAXIS Global Benefits Network (MAXIS GBN) has appointed Brian McCarthy as its regional manager for the US East Zone within its global business development team.
DSLD Homes ready to utilise captive higher up its general liability tower
DSLD Homes expanded the use of its captive around 2021 when the commercial market for home builders became more distressed, particularly for general liability.
Ward Ching and Hyatt Hotels awarded at CICA 2026
Ward Ching, chief client officer of Global Risk Finance at Aon Commercial Risk, has been recognised with the Distinguished Service Award by the Captive Insurance Companies Association (CICA) at its international conference in Palm Springs.
OpIngen launched to address “fundamental gap” in the market
OpIngen is a next-generation operations service that combines proprietary technology, expertise, and a new structural model to deliver an end-to-end
reinsurance operations service.
AM Best assigns “fair” rating to Protect Insurance PCC
Protect’s underwriting book of business is expected to be highly concentrated, with the UCC writing primarily ancillary business in the UK market.
HDI has promoted Gerrie Piette to manager captives
With this new role, Piette will lead our efforts in advancing innovative solutions within the captives and risk finance landscape.
EY’s new captive leaders confirmed
The new structure follows the EY tradition of having an insurance-focused lead (Christie) and a tax lead (Schock) of the captive practice.
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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.
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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.