Employee Benefits
Softening market for cannabis, but captives remain popular
While the commercial insurance market is beginning to soften for businesses in the legalised cannabis sector, captives continue to provide a popular option for risks that remain challenging such as liability and property.
More decentralised companies reinsuring EB into captives
There is a growing number of companies, particularly in Europe, with a decentralised structure successfully reinsuring employee benefits in captives, according to Aaron Brown, regional director for business development in EMEA at MAXIS Global Benefits Network.
GCP Short: Building and improving a sophisticated EB captive
Richard is joined by Matthias Helmbold, DHL’s Vice President of Global Risk Benefits, Health and Wellbeing, and Aaron Brown, Regional Director for Business Development in EMEA at MAXIS.
GCP Short: Preparing for the 2025 captive landscape
Richard is joined by Mikhail Raybshteyn, Americas Captive Insurance Services Co-Leader at EY, and Vittorio Zaniboni, Captive & Insurance Excellence Leader for EY in Luxembourg to reflect on captive activity in 2024, and what to expect in 2025.
DoL considering Meta captive’s ERISA exemption
Meta Platforms Inc, the parent company of Facebook and WhatsApp, is awaiting a decision from the Department of Labor to authorise an Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) exemption to allow its captive to reinsure certain US employee benefits.
The captive role in mitigating rising cancer claims
Extensive claims data is signalling increasing instances of cancer diagnosis and a rising cost per claim, while captive strategies give employers more options to intervene and respond.
GCP Short: Analysing cancer claims data to inform programme design
In this GCP Short, Richard is joined by Nicola Fordham and Dr Leena Johns, of MAXIS GBN, to discuss how data on rising cancer claims can inform programme design, treatment choice and preventative measures.
Nicola Fordham appointed chief solutions officer at MAXIS GBN
MAXIS Global Benefits Network has appointed Nicola Fordham to the newly created role of chief solutions officer, moving on from the chief underwriting officer position she has held since 2021.
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LATEST PODCASTS

GCP Short: Building and improving a sophisticated EB captive
Richard is joined by Matthias Helmbold, DHL’s Vice President of Global Risk Benefits, Health and Wellbeing, and Aaron Brown, Regional Director for Business Development in EMEA at MAXIS.
GCP #116: Martin Eveleigh’s ‘Exit Interview’, Q4 investments update
Richard is joined by the recently retired Martin Eveleigh to reflect on his 25 year career in captive management, and London & Capital provides an investments update.
GCP Short: Transit Insurance Group’s 20-year captive journey
Richard is joined by Barbara Rhoades, CEO of Ohio Transit Risk Pool and a board member of Transit Re, and Sandy Bigglestone, deputy commissioner of captive insurance in the State of Vermont.