Established in 2012, RISCS provides independent, strategic captive and risk consultancy advice to insurance brokers, corporates and captives across the world. We cover all aspects of the design, implementation and ongoing advisory work of enhanced self-insurance structures.

Drawing on decades of experience in the global captive and ART industry, we work with our clients to build a strategic risk pathway delivering a range of services and knowledge from the very first tentative self-insurance steps, through to full captive operation and protection.

Over the years, our team have worked extensively with captives and their parents, from all corners of the world delivering captive and ART solutions. We use our extensive experience to offer a range of comprehensive consultancy services focused on the delivery of robust captive and ART advice.

Our service offering for captives and alternative risk transfer mechanisms cover:

Captive Feasibility:

• Pre-feasibility & feasibility consulting
• Identification of appropriate self-insurance mechanism
• Retention structure analysis
• Domicile review

Captive Formation Support:

• Project management and business planning
• Negotiation with regulators and managers
• Liaison with lawyers, accountants, bankers

Captive fronting consulting

Captive operation:

• Management via preferred partners

​Health check for existing captives:

• Strategic review of the performance of the captive and its suppliers
• Development and execution of captive growth strategies
• Review of portfolio efficiency and potential diversification

Captive product ideation, creation & implementation:

• Development of new insurance products for captives to enable clients to monetise the value of the risks they face from their day-to-day business activities

Captive reinsurance consulting:

• Programme design

KEY CONTACTS

OLiver SCHofield

Managing Partner

oliver.schofield@riscs.org

damian mcnamara

Partner

damian.mcnamara@riscs.org

david hully

Partner

david.hully@riscs.org

VERONIQUE MEAUTTE

Partner

veronique.meautte@riscs.org

RISCS ON THE GLOBAL CAPTIVE PODCAST

R&Q Insurance Holdings (‘R&Q’) is proud to continue its partnership with the Global Captive Podcast, supporting the growth of an exciting new initiative for the corporate insurance community.

​R&Q is a leading provider of finality solutions for run-off portfolios and global programme capacity for MGAs and their reinsurers, utilising the A- rated capacity in the US and Europe through Accredited. R&Q Legacy has provided exit and restructuring solutions to corporates, captives, insurers and reinsurers through:

Acquisition

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Portfolio transfer (Novation)

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Reinsurance

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Insurance business transfer (inc. Part VII)

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SIR/Deductible reimbursement policies

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R&Q was established in London in 1991, listed on AIM of the London Stock Exchange and headquartered in Bermuda with over 270 staff based in cities in the US, UK, Bermuda and Europe. R&Q operates in:

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Lloyd’s of London

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Licensed to write business throughout the 27 European Union Member States and the UK through its UK Branch

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Admitted to write business in 50 US states and D.C.

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Bermuda Class 3A re-insurer

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Other domiciles include Guernsey, Rhode Island, Oklahoma, Cayman Islands, Barbados and Isle of Man

KEY CONTACTS

PAUL CORVER

Group Head of Legacy M&A

paul.corver@rqih.com

R&Q ON THE GLOBAL CAPTIVE PODCAST

MAXIS Global Benefits Network (GBN) works in partnership with multinational clients to deliver the solutions they need to help them care for their people while meeting the strategic goals of their business. We’re a global network built on local expertise, with nearly 140 local member insurers in over 120 markets worldwide. We were founded in 2016, and are backed to this day, by two of the world’s largest and most trusted insurers: MetLife and AXA.

It’s our desire to shape the future of employee benefits. Our extensive research and data-driven approach has made us a leading partner in health and wellness and, our Data & Digital Innovation Lab is committed to investing in – and using – data analytics and innovation to improve the services we provide to multinational clients, as well as developing new ones.

For more information, please visit: www.maxis-gbn.com

KEY CONTACTS

nicola Fordham

Chief Underwriting Officer

nicola.fordham@maxis-gbn.com

MaTTIEU ROUOT

CEO

mattieu.rouot@maxis-gbn.com

Paul LEWIS

Global Head of Business Development

paul.lewis@maxis-gbn.com

MAXIS GBN ON THE GLOBAL CAPTIVE PODCAST

London & Capital (L&C) is an independently-owned wealth and asset manager creating investment solutions that meet clients’ needs. Established in 1986, we have £3.9 billion (as at December 2019) of assets under management. Our investment teams create tailor-made portfolios designed to perform when it matters most. It’s a highly sophisticated process driven by multi-asset investing, open architecture and an obsession to preserve our clients’ wealth.

Our adviser-led asset management service is a full end-to-end proposition, from identifying client objectives and risk appetite to designing a framework, portfolio construction and management, to ongoing monitoring and reporting. We can even help you with finding a custodian. L&C manage over USD1 billion on behalf of captive insurers, reinsurers and supranational organisations.

Advisor led

Other asset managers tend to focus solely on the investment aspect of portfolio construction. Our objective is to integrate into your investment making decisions providing advice and assurance throughout the investment process. Our first-hand experience of the insurance industry as investment consultants, insurance managers and in-house chief investment officers means we have a well-rounded understanding of insurers’ investment needs.

Asset management

Being specialist rather than generalist helps us manage your portfolio as it means advice is based on a forensic understanding of your needs rather than the ‘off the peg’ service offered by many larger asset managers. We focus on capital preservation, only taking risk where that risk is adequately compensated.

Consolidated reporting

At the back-end we provide a reporting system that will take care of your investment accounting, compliance and portfolio reporting, annual audits and risk analytics. It is available online so you can access it from anywhere with an internet connection.

KEY CONTACTS

CHRIS DALZIEL

Executive Direct

chris.dalziel@londonandcapital.com

Kate MILLER

Partner & Head of Institutional Business

kate.miller@londonandcapital.com

SHADRACK KWASA

Executive Director

shadrack.kwasa@londonandcapital.com

DARREN TREASURE

Executive Director & Head of Caribbean Office

darren.treasure@londonandcapital.com

LONDON & CAPITAL ON THE GLOBAL CAPTIVE PODCAST

Insurwave works with speciality insurance teams across logistics, marine, aviation and energy organisations to modernise their insurance interactions. The Insurwave platform  was  developed from a client’s perspective, focusing on the insurance buyer’s needs and challenges they face.

The comprehensive SaaS technology platform liberates the entire insurance chain  from painstaking admin so that insurance buyers now have the time to focus on identifying and managing new and emerging risks. 

The platform provides easy access to real time, reliable source of quality data plus enhanced valuable insights, meaning insurance buyers now have everything in one place needed to make quicker and better insurance decisions for their business.   

Founded in 2018, Insurwave has continually advanced its technology platform in response to insurance buyers’ requirements and now supports over 50 clients globally. That’s over 11,000 assets (vessels, ports & terminals, aircraft and property), including 8% of the global marine fleet, with a combined insurance value of $120bn that are now active on the Insurwave platform.

KEY CONTACTS

David Power

CEO, Insurwave

david.power@insurwave.com

INSURWAVE ON THE GLOBAL CAPTIVE PODCAST

The origins of Guernsey’s insurance industry date back to the 18th century. The first captive insurance company was incorporated in 1922 and since then, Guernsey has become the world’s leading centre for non-US and international captive insurance. As the leading captive insurance domicile in Europe, Guernsey has a third of the entire European captive market, with more than 300 active structures, including the captives for some 20% of the UK’s FTSE 100. In addition to UK companies, a number of firms in Europe, USA, Middle East, Asia, South Africa, Australia and the Caribbean have established captives in Guernsey.

2020 saw the market development of a pilot scheme for pre-authorisation for insurance cells from the regulator, the Guernsey Financial Services Commission. Demonstrating a flexible approach to regulation, and enabling buyers to increase their control over difficult renewals during the current market cycle, it immediately proved popular.  Guernsey has also been at the forefront of the development of longevity risk transfer. Recent years has seen several ground-breaking longevity swap structures established in Guernsey using captive insurance companies in place of insurance intermediaries, cutting out intermediary fees and removing the need for price averaging.

More recently, Guernsey has also been increasingly recognised as a centre for reinsurance and insurance linked securities; with special purpose insurers used for catastrophe bonds, sidecars and life-based securitisation. The island’s insurance sector continues to be recognised for excellence, with a string of awards for European domicile of the year and also, in recent years, as a non-Asian domicile serving the Asian market.  In keeping with the island’s status as a leading centre for green and sustainable finance, Guernsey continues to develop plans to enhance green insurance, a proposal currently focused on the island’s life assurance sector.

KEY CONTACTS

RUPERT PLEASANT

Chief Executive, We Are Guernsey

rupert@weareguernsey.com

GUERNSEY ON THE GLOBAL CAPTIVE PODCAST

EY’s Global Captive Network and Americas Captive Insurance Services teams combine technical knowledge with practical industry experience to tailor services to our client’s business needs. Combing our deep knowledge across markets and industries and sectors with global understanding of technical issues helps reduce inefficiencies, mitigate risk and make the most of emerging opportunities for any client. Our holistic approach allows us to integrate services seamlessly with finance, risk management, tax and business units. Accordingly, through consultation and communication, our teams provide insights and drive value for key stakeholders, allowing them to stay engaged in all aspects of our service offerings.  Uncertainty and risk are inevitable. 

EY’s Captive Insurance Services teams help clients navigate the current environment through a multidisciplinary approach that identifies business risks across their organizations, assesses and quantifies the value of shifting risk into a centralized structure, and allows clients to more effectively control and hedge risks in a financially efficient manner.

We are able to share market insights and critical information that allow our current and new clients evaluate the economics of non-traditional products, alternative structures, contractual agreements, and various domiciles. In executing the holistic approach, our team will assess the tax qualification and impact of potential risk transfers as well as highlight specific treasury or capital aspects. Our goal is to provide our clients with information in a collaborative manner that will allow them to make an informed decision on the viability and value of recommended alternative arrangements.

The EY Global Captive Network and Americas Captive Insurance Services team provides technical knowledge and industry experience across markets and sectors, paired with a holistic portfolio of service offerings including assurance, advisory and insurance process, actuarial, risk management, tax compliance and tax consulting across US Federal, Foreign & State income and indirect taxes as well as transfer pricing matters.

Our clients need a plan that weighs all the options and should not just settle for high expenses as a necessary cost of doing business. EY team works hard to make efficient operations a reality.

KEY CONTACTS

Jenny COLETTA

Partner, EY Global Captive Network Co-Leader

jcoletta@uk.ey.com

JIM BULKOWSKI

EY Americas Captive Insurance Services Co-Leader

jim.c.bulkowski@ey.com

Ronald Attard

Partner, EY Malta Captive Insurance Services Leader

Ronald.Attard@mt.ey.com

Philip Burrill

Partner, EY Captive Insurance Assurance Services Center of Excellence Leader (Bermuda)

 Philip.Burrill@bm.ey.com

Ian Lomas

EY Captive Insurance Assurance Services Center of Excellence Leader (Cayman Islands)

Ian.Lomas@ky.ey.com

EY ON THE GLOBAL CAPTIVE PODCAST

Crawford for corporates and captives

It all comes down to this — you need an experienced partner you can trust — a partner who will always be working to improve your bottom line. But more importantly, a partner who will guard your reputation through every interaction, every incident… every claim.

​Crawford’s expertise and global presence is unmatched, but we earn our clients’ trust through much more than that. We get to know your business, your employees and your customers. We pull together the perfect suite of solutions and the best-fit resources from across our global organisation to deliver results that truly make an impact on your bottom line.

​Vast expertise

Our expansive team of in-house experts includes specialists in virtually any industry, and our roster of clients includes enterprises of every type and size.

Data-driven innovations

Crawford’s innovative apps, tools, analytics, and more give businesses the tools they need to make quick, informed decisions and to work proactively to reduce costs and risks.

​Worldwide presence

Our global scale means we’re available for you any time, anywhere. Scale up or down to meet any need.

​Resolution for losses of any type, size or industry

From minor damage to catastrophic events, Crawford stands ready with the right team, the right resources, and the right processes to deliver the most efficient resolution possible to minimise impact on your business.

KEY CONTACTS

TENESHA FRAZIER-LEVETT

Global Relationship Leader

tenesha_frazier@us.crawco.com

JEFF CARR

Global Relationship Leader

jeff.carr@crawco.co.uk

JAMES RAYNER

Global Relationship Leader

james.rayner@crawco.co.uk

CRAWFORD ON THE GLOBAL CAPTIVE PODCAST

For four decades, Captive Resources has provided mid-market companies the ability to become insurance company owners rather than insurance buyers and lower their total risk cost. We do this through the creation, development, and oversight of member-owned group captive insurance companies. We currently advise 45 group captives comprising nearly 6,500 member-companies and $4.2 billion in annual premium, and which have returned $3.9 billion in dividends to their member-owners.

We work with casualty and medical stop loss group captives and offer group captive premium financing and umbrella support services through our sister company, Broker Resources, and captive management services via Kensington Management Group, Ltd., another sister company based in the Cayman Islands. We support every aspect of the captives we advise, from claims advocacy to operational oversight, risk management, financial services, regulatory compliance, investment services, and more.

KEY CONTACTS

John pontin

Chief Growth Officer

jpontin@captiveresources.com

sandra springer

SVP, Marketing, Media Contact

sspringer@captiveresources.com

CAPTIVE RESOURCES ON THE GLOBAL CAPTIVE PODCAST

As the largest captive manager in the world, Marsh Captive Solutions utilizes innovative proprietary technology, extensive benchmarking analysis, ongoing training programs, dedicated captive actuaries, and an unparalleled global network of captive advisory and management experts to provide our clients with superior captive programs. Our professionals work with you every step of the way, from the incorporation of your captive through its active day-to-day management, with a wide variety of offerings — including accounting, insurance, claims, personnel, and management information services.

Marsh Captive Solutions offers industry leading experience in captive program design and management that spans 50 years, with offices in all major captive domiciles. We have over 550 professionals dedicated to management and risk financing activities for 1,900+ captives and other licensed insurance entities. 

KEY CONTACTS

William Thomas-Ferrand

President, Marsh Captive Solutions

william.thomas-ferrand@marsh.com

Rob Geraghty

International Sales & Consulting Leader

Robert.Geraghty@marsh.com

Julie Patel

Americas Captive Consulting leader

julie.patel@marsh.com

MARSH ON THE GLOBAL CAPTIVE PODCAST