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AXA XL has appointed Grace Xu as a senior underwriter for captives within in the alternative risk solutions team for the Americas.

Davinder Panesar will relocate from London to Singapore to take up the position of alternative risk transfer (ART) leader for Allianz Commercial in Asia Pacific.

Industry stakeholders have broadly welcomed the UK's proposed captive regime, describing it as an important step towards a competitive international domicile while identifying re-domiciliation, tax clarity and additional captive structures as the next priorities.

Captive management and risk consulting firm Helio Risk has added three new members to its team.

Despite property being an inherently volatile line of business and softening rates in recent times, it has continued to be one of the most popular lines of business placed into captives globally.

The captive benefits from WM’s robust risk management strategies, which enable it to support a portion of WM’s financial assurance programme.

The global benefits market has welcomed the Prudential Regulation Authority’s (PRA) inclusion of employee benefits in its first proposals for a UK captive regime.

Governor Josh Green signed the bill into law on 14 July 2026.