Thought leadership

Risk managers need buy-in from senior leadership in order to get the capital necessary to expand, and that means demonstrating ROI in clear and definitive terms. To demonstrate the ROI of captive expansion effectively, risk managers need to do these three things.

For captives, which are already built to respond with flexibility, parametric solutions offer a practical way to strengthen risk programmes and provide faster, more targeted support.

To build an ambitious and competitive framework, the UK must look to the structures implemented by leading captive domiciles.

Alternative Risk Transfer (ART) is all the rage. It has become difficult to find a captive industry event that does not have a panel debate or roundtable focussed, at least in part, on ART.

As the most delightful season in Burlington arrives - summer on Lake Champlain - something else comes onto the horizon: VCIA's Annual Conference, August 11–13th at the DoubleTree by Hilton in Burlington, Vermont. You can register here.

Digital solutions will help captives take a bigger role in helping organisations navigate an uncertain and evolving risk landscape, according to Andreas Ruof, Head of Proposition Development, Zurich Captive Services, Zurich Commercial Insurance.

France’s dramatic entrance into the captive market has been the standout captive story of 2023 and 2024, and the United Kingdom has a similar opportunity if the government grasps it in 2025.

A shift in corporations’ motivations for adopting a captive as part of their risk management strategy makes a unified set of European rules for captives more attractive. That, in turn, reinforces the appeal of captives themselves, to create a rare circle of virtue.