Thought leadership

Captive solutions are increasingly becoming a strategic cornerstone for organisations aiming to manage casualty risks with greater precision and control.

Captive Intelligence, in partnership with Previsico and Descartes, has launched its first technical report, focused on the challenges faced by businesses and organisations from flood risk and the insurance solutions some are turning to.

The number of captive licences surrendered in North American domiciles outnumbered the number of formations in the third quarter of 2025.

For captives, the benefits of arbitrage extend beyond the details of rate and policy language. Instead, sometimes the greatest benefit of reinsurance arbitrage is greater control.

A dynamic captive market is expanding choice for risk managers and enabling fronting insurers to better meet the needs of clients, according to Joshua Nyaberi, Head of Captive Fronting, Zurich Commercial Insurance.

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.