GCP Short: Captive Structured Solutions

In this GCP Short, produced in partnership with Artex Risk Solutions, we focus on what is driving growth in America’s group captive market.Richard is joined by and Dawn Hiestand, Chief Underwriting Officer and Head of Captives for Artex North America, and Beth Jacobsen, Executive Vice President of Captive Management in North America.Dawn and Beth discuss how group captives have evolved to write much more than just workers’ compensation and liability lines, how increased awareness amongst America’s business community is accelerating the concept and best practices as member numbers grow.For the latest news, data-driven analysis and thought leadership on the global captive market, visit Captive Intelligence and sign up to our twice-weekly newsletter.

In this GCP Short, produced in partnership with EY, Richard is joined by Andrew Christie, managing director and captiveinsurance practice co-leader at EY, and Paul Moles, vice president of tax & risk at Reynolds Consumer Products.Reynolds formed a captive in Arizona in 2024, which Paul explains the rationale for and the benefits to date, while Andy discusses his role at EY and how the firm supported Paul and Reynolds in the captive formation and ongoing operation.For the latest news, data-driven analysis and thought leadership on the global captive market, visit ⁠Captive Intelligence⁠ and sign up to the ⁠twice-weekly newsletter⁠.

In this live episode of the Global Captive Podcast, produced in partnership with Zurich Global Employee Benefits Solutions (ZGEBS), Richard is joined on stage by Shweta Gupta, Head of Non-UK Insurances at BT Group, and Chris Mason, UK and APAC Director of Customer and Distribution Management at ZGEBS.The episode was recorded in front of a live audience Zurich Global Benefits Summit in Canary Wharf, London, with Shweta sharing BT Group's captive journey, with a particular focus on the development of its international employee benefits programme.For the latest news, data-driven analysis and thought leadership on the global captive market, visit Captive Intelligence and sign up to the twice-weekly newsletter.

In this episode the Global Captive Podcast, supported by the EY Global Captive Network and hosted by Richard Cutcher, we bring the latest edition of the Captive Leaders Series, featuring Peter Carter, Head of Captive & Insurance Management Solutions and Head of the Climate Practice at WTW.Peter has been in the captive role since 2019, which has coincided with a tremendous period of growth for the global captive market while having to deal with the disruption and volatility of a global pandemic and multiple wars across continents that have challenged risk management and the risk financing strategies of businesses and insurance buyers of all sizes.In this interview, Peter discusses how he is seeing corporations use captives and alternative risk financing solutions to grapple with some of these developments, as well as of course the obvious climate challenges we all face.Peter also shares his thoughts on the pending UK captive regime, the potential for new formations next year and the broader trend of new domiciles emerging.For the latest news, data-driven analysis and thought leadership on the global captive market, visit Captive Intelligence and sign up to our twice-weekly newsletter.

This GCP Short, produced in partnership with Marsh Healthand Benefits, is all about the use of cells to structure captive employee benefits programmes.The broker launched Marsh Nexus in June 2026 and in thisepisode we hear about how it works in practice, the types of companies it could open up more EB captive access to, and how the client, broker, consultants and networks can work together to make it a success.Richard is joined by Paul Lewis, multinational advisory growth leader for Marsh Health and Benefits, Madeleine Olszewski, Global Client Leader at Redion Employee Benefits, and Gary Piper, Global Network Partnerships Manager at Zurich Global Employee Benefits Solutions.For the latest news, data-driven analysis and thought leadership on the global captive market, visit Captive Intelligence and sign up to our twice-weekly newsletter.

In episode 134 of the Global Captive Podcast, supported by the EY Global Captive Network, Richard is joined by the insurance regulators currently consulting on and implementing the United Kingdom's first captive insurance regulatory regime.Jonathan Miles, Manager for General Insurance Policy at the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), and Anthony Brown, Head of London Markets & Captives at the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA), share their perspective on the journey so far and their thinking behind some of the proposed rules published in July.They discuss the bespoke captive solvency regime, why compulsory lines will be permitted on a reinsurance basis only and their hopes for success once the regulations go live next summer.Previous episode featuring Paul Eaton and Martin Le Pelley of Artex Risk Solutions who shared their thoughts on the UK's proposed captive regime: https://captiveintelligence.io/short-analysing-the-uks-draft-captive-rules/Well thank you to Jonathan and Anthony for coming onto the podcastand you can hear more from the regulators at the Global Captive Congress, on 21October, where they will be speaking further about the UK captive regime. 23:25 - 38:00: Our latest quarterly investments update provided by W1M's Shadrack Kwasa, Client Director of Insurance Solutions, and Investment Director Charlie Robinson, who discuss the state of the markets and what they mean for captive investment portfolios with.More information and register for Global Captive Congress here.For the latest news, data-driven analysis and thought leadership visit Captive Intelligence and sign up to our twice-weekly newsletter.

This GCP Short, produced in partnership with AXA XL, is focused on alternative risk transfer and structured solutions.Joining Richard for a 20-minute conversation is Joe Filby, a Senior Underwriter within Structured Risk Solutions at AXA XL in the UK and Lloyd’s, and James Donald, Partner and Head of Alternative Risk Solutions & Analytics at Lockton.Joe and James discuss the relevance and value of structured solutions during volatile market cycles, the long-term mindset that is required and the work that goes into implementing one of these structures.For the latest news, data-driven analysis and thought leadership on the global captive market, visit Captive Intelligence and subscribe to the twice-weekly newsletter.

In this GCP Short, produced in partnership with MAXIS Global Benefits Network, we explore findings from the network's latest whitepaper on GLP-1s, often known as weight-loss drugs.Dr Leena Johns, chief health & wellness officer at MAXIS GBN and author of the whitepaper, joins Richard to discuss the evolving demand and understanding of GLP-1s and why captives are perfectly suited to support employer's in implementing a global GLP-1 strategy.Read the full whitepaper here.More information and register for Global Benefits Congress, in London, on 22 October, here.

In this GCP Short, produced in partnership with Brown &Brown, Richard is joined by Mat Robinson, Senior Managing Director and Captive Operations Leader, and Matt Gravelin, Managing Director in Consulting at Brown & Brown, to discuss how organisations can hone their captive strategy and achieve strong internal buy-in from across the group.Recorded at the VCIA annual conference, the trio explain what is involved in a captive strategic review, what parent companies are ultimately looking for from their captive and the value of socialising the captive internally.For more information on Brown & Brown's captive services, visit their website.For the latest news, data-driven analysis and thought leadership on the global captive market, visit Captive Intelligence and sign up for the twice-weekly newsletter.

In this GCP Short, produced in partnership with Artex, we take a closer look at the draft proposals for a new and bespoke captive insurance regime in the United Kingdom.The UK has been on a long journey over the past four years and its now crunch time after the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published its draft rules and supervisory guidelines on 14 July.  A consultation runs until 14 October and all industry participants are encouraged to participate.Joining Richard for this discussion is Paul Eaton, CEO of Artex EMEA, and Martin Le Pelley, Head of Risk & Compliance.Paul and Martin cover a range of the regulatory proposals (below), discuss where it should be competitive and what areas may require further work to make it appealing.Solvency regime and capital requirementsLines of business permissions and restrictionsThe inclusion of owner-controlled insurance programmes (OCIPs)Authorisation process and timelinesOngoing supervision & reportingRe-domiciliation and incentivisationThe potential addition of Protected Cell Companies (PCCs)Read the PRA draft captive rules and consultation documents here.Read the FCA draft captive rules and consultation documents here.