In Episode 27 of the Global Captive Podcast, supported by legacy specialists R&Q, Richard is joined by guest co-host Farah Jaafar-Crossby, Chief Executive Officer, Labuan International Business and Financial Centre, Malaysia.
​Farah discusses how the Labuan regulator has had to respond to the coronavirus pandemic, growth in the captive domicile in 2019 and the Asian captive market.
​The captive owner interview is with Franck Baron, Group Deputy Director Risk Management & Insurance at International SOS, and Chairman of PARIMA, Asia’s risk and insurance management association. Franck highlights how International SOS has had to respond to COVID-19 and how its captive has been utilised in a hardening market, as well as explaining why captives are still struggling to become mainstream in the region.
​There is also a short highlight from the latest COVID-19 special episode of the Global Captive Podcast, featuring Willis Towers Watson’s Mark Cook on how the pandemic is affecting international employee benefits programmes.