In Episode Six, Richard is joined by guest co-host Paul Corver, Group Head of M&A at R&Q, to discuss the history and evolution of legacy management and its relevance to captives.
The captive owner interview in this episode is with Courtney Claflin and Karen Hsi, of the University of California, while JLT’s Anne Marie Towle discusses forging the relationship between captive consulting and reinsurance brokerage.
Richard Cutcher is joined by this week’s guest co-host captive veteran Malcolm Cutts-Watson to discuss how captives can address and risk finance climate change, and the future of captive management.​
Nick Hentges, co-CEO of Captive Resources, and Mark Gould, CEO of Gould Construction, Inc and an active group captive member, outline the rationale and benefits of being in a group captive.
​In the second half, Richard sits down for a debate on the role and model of captive managers with Paul Owens, CEO of the Willis Towers Watson Global Captive Practice, Beecher Carlson’s Jason Flaxbeard, and Gary Osborne, of Risk Partners.
This week Richard is joined by guest co-host Oliver Schofield, Head of Captive & Alternative Risk Transfer at Principal Re Ltd and Managing Partner at RISCS.
​Heather McClure, of the University of Oklahoma discussed the development of its Vermont captive, while Vermont regulators David Provost and Sandy Bigglestone sat down with VCIA’s Rich Smith and Ian Davis, Director of Financial Services at the State of Vermont, to discuss the jurisdiction’s 2018 and priorities for 2019.
Recording at the CICA International Conference in Tucson, Arizona, Richard Cutcher is joined by guest co-host Steve Kinion, Director of Delaware’s Bureau of Captive and Financial Insurance Products, as they debate counting captives and compare international captive regulation.
Richard also speaks to Fredrik Finnman, Head of Group Risk Management at Swedish multinational Sandvik and Spring Consulting’s Karin Landry about workers’ compensation, employee benefits and Solvency II, while Mikhail Raybshteyn, of EY, provides an update on tax matters in the United States.
Dan Towle, President of the Captive Insurance Companies Association, also drops in to discuss the success of this year’s CICA International Conference.
Richard Cutcher is joined by guest co-host Jason Flaxbeard, of Beecher Carlson, and discusses captive investment strategies with Bertrand Gilson, Chief Investment Officer of Builders Insurance Holdings, and Anjanette Fowler, of Madison Scottsdale.
Richard also speaks to Dominic Wheatley, CEO of We Are Guernsey, about UK parliament’s attempt to enforce public beneficial ownership registers on the Crown Dependencies.
Richard Cutcher is joined by guest co-host Ciaran Healy, who started his new role at Aon at the start of February, while Carl Leeman, CRO at Belgian multinational Katoen Natie, explains why he views Solvency II as “useless”.
Richard also speaks to Zurich’s Emma Sansom about the changing role of fronting insurers and why they are seeing increased interest in writing cyber risk through the corporate captive.
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