In this GCP Short, produced in collaboration with AXA XL, Richard is joined by Matthew Latham, Chief Underwriting Officer for Global Programmes and Captives at AXA XL, and Jason Flaxbeard, Senior Managing Director at Beecher Carlson.
Over the 20 minutes, they discuss the role fronting and reinsurance partners play when a captive is looking to take on more risk or write new lines, how that process plays out and the collateral requirements needed as well.
In this GCP Short, produced in collaboration with Marsh Captive Solutions, we explore directors’ & officers’ insurance and how it is becoming increasingly common for captives to write.
​Lorraine Stack, International Advisory and Sales Leader at Marsh Captive Solutions, and Beth Thurston, Head of the Marsh UK Management Liability Practice, address why Side B & C is being written through existing captives and the alternative solutions, including cell captives, for Side A coverage.
In episode 43 of the Global Captive Podcast, supported by legacy specialists R&Q, Richard is joined by Ricardo Almeida, Head of Business Development at MAXIS Global Benefits Network.
​The captive owner interview is with Heiko Ditzel, Director of Risk Finance & Transfer at Adidas. Heiko discusses his experience of the hard market to date and how captives can play an increase role in corporate insurance programmes.
​We are also joined by Dr Leena Johns, Head of Health and Wellness at MAXIS Global Benefits Network, who addresses how the pandemic has altered corporate’s priorities and focus in the benefits and wellness programmes.
In this GCP Short, produced in collaboration with Morris, Manning & Martin, Richard is joined by three US experts to discuss COVID-19 and its impact on captive insurance. They are:
​Joe Holohan, Attorney with the Insurance and Reinsurance Practice at law firm Morris, Manning & Martin.
Skip Myers, Partner and Senior Counsel within the same practice at Morris, Manning & Martin.
Tony Benedetto, CEO of NASW Assurance Services, which runs the captive and Risk Retention Group for the National Association of Social Workers.
Joe, Skip and Tony address the lawsuits already appearing as a result of the pandemic, the current state of RRGs during the crisis and how they are impacted, or not, by state mandates, and Tony provides first hand insight into some of the challenges NASW is having to overcome.
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In episode 42 of the Global Captive Podcast, supported by legacy specialists R&Q, Richard is joined by guest co-host Timae Flood, Assistant Director of Insurance Supervision at the Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA), to discuss 2020 formation activity in the domicile and how the pandemic has impacted operations.
There is a fascinating captive owner interview with Al Gier, Global Director of Risk Management & Insurance at General Motors. GM owns one of the oldest captives in Bermuda and Al talks us through its evolution to date, its major programmes and how he ensures good governance of the captive.
Hafi Ali, Market Director at Barclays Corporate Banking, and Simon Smith, Head of Offshore Investments (Jersey, Guernsey, Isle of Man), discuss collateral options for captives and how the needs of captive are changing.
In this special bonus episode, Richard is joined by experts across insurance, tax and investments to discuss the impact of the US general election on captive insurers as the race nears a conclusion.
The episode has three sections: Peter Halprin, Partner at Pasich LLP, on the impact on federal legislation relating to the Pandemic Risk Insurance Act (PRIA) and COVID relief package efforts.
Mikhail Raybshteyn, Partner in the EY Tax Practice and EY Americas Captive Insurance Services Co-Leader, addresses how the tax landscape could change for captives, particularly in the event of a Joe Biden Presidency, and how this might even impact captive formation activity before year-end. Sanjay Joshi, Head of Fixed Income, and Chris Dalziel, Executive Director at London & Capital, outline how the investment markets have responded to events this week and how captives should respond.
In this GCP Short, produced in collaboration with MAXIS Global Benefits Network, Richard is joined by Paul Miehlke, Regional Manager West & Midwest US at MAXIS, and Bryan Jendretzke, Global Benefits Director at Dow Chemical.
Paul and Bryan will discuss how existing captive EB programmes are expanding, the good practice in executing that growth and the ultimate objectives and future evolution of these programmes.
Bryan also provides some background on the Dow Chemical captive, Dorinco Reinsurance Company, and its history in writing employee benefits.
In this GCP Short, produced in collaboration with the State of Vermont, you will hear all about what goes into the captive formation process and the respective roles of the regulator and captive manager.
Richard is joined by Christine Brown, Assistant Director of Captive Insurance at the Department of Financial Regulation, and Jim Gerardin, Founder and Managing Director of Amethyst Captive Insurance Solutions, and also address how the inclusion of third party risk or different captive types can have an impact, and the typical timelines involved.
In episode 41 of the Global Captive Podcast, supported by legacy specialists R&Q, Richard is joined by guest co-host Dan Petterson, Director of Captive Examinations within the State of Vermont’s Department of Financial Regulation — Captive Division.
Dan discusses what goes into captive examinations, why Vermont chooses to do it in house and the reasons why they can go wrong.
Mike Laperche, Vice President for Risk Management Services at PRIDE Industries, is interviewed by Karen Hsi in the latest instalment of Karen Captive’s Corner. Mike and Karen have an extensive discussion about the formation and rationale behind PRIDE’s captive, good governance and the hard market.
In this GCP Short, produced in collaboration with Beecher Carlson, Richard is joined by Jay Sampson, an Executive Managing Director within the Risk Optimisation Group at Beecher Carlson, and Marc Bentley, Director of Risk Finance at Intercontinental Hotels Group.
Jay and Marc share their perspectives and analysis of approach to financing retained risk, including differentiating between an insureds appetite for their own risk versus others’, what tools are available to quantify risk and using a captive consolidate legacy risk across the group.
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