In episode 47 of the Global Captive Podcast, supported by legacy specialists R&Q, Richard is joined by guest co-host Stuart Herbert, Practice Leader for Marsh Captive Solutions in Asia Pacific, for an episode focused on the region.

Stuart discusses the obstacles in the way of captive utilisation, the recent surge in new formations and captive enquiries, and the premier domiciles in the region.

The captive owner interview is with Nigel Jones, Insurance Manager at Australian freight and rail company Aurizon, and Juliet Kwek, Regional Director for MAXIS Global Benefits Network, discusses employee benefits trends in the region.

For more information on Marsh Captive Solutions, visit their Friend of the Podcast page on the GCP website: www.globalcaptivepodcast.com/marsh

For more information on MAXIS Global Benefits Network, visit their Friend of the Podcast page on the GCP website: www.globalcaptivepodcast.com/maxis

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GCP #47: Stuart Herbert, Nigel Jones and Juliet Kwek

In this GCP Short, produced in collaboration with Friends of the Podcast Spring Consulting Group, Richard is joined by Peter Johnson, Senior Actuarial Consultant, and Prabal Lakhanpal, Vice President, to discuss how captives can provide a greater degree of control during renewals.

The trio discuss some of the drivers of the hard market, whether we may see some rates soften, the benefits of different captive structures and the importance of taking a long term view.

For more information on the Spring Consulting captive practice, visit their Friend of the Podcast page on the GCP website: https://www.globalcaptivepodcast.com/spring

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GCP Short: Regaining control of renewal season

The second instalment of the new quarterly e-magazine, GCP Insights, was released on 21 April, and our regular panel of captive professionals return to provide additional analysis of some of the biggest stories of the past three months.

Cassie Bachman, Joe McDonald and Karen Hsi discuss and debate the growing volume of third party risk being written through captives, the latest IRS Tax Court victory concerning abuse of the 831(b) tax election, the possibility of the UK becoming a captive domicile and latest developments in Washington State.

Read the latest edition of GCP Insights here: www.globalcaptivepodcast.com/gcp-insights

Listen to the GCP Short episode with EY on self-procurement taxes here: https://www.globalcaptivepodcast.com/gcpshort30

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GCP Insights #2: "Admirable, but not deductible"

On Monday, 17 May the US Supreme Court ruled unanimously in favour of CIC Services, LLC and the captive insurance industry in its case against the Internal Revenue Service concerning the lawfulness of Notice 2016-66.

The IRS had argued the Anti-Injunction Act prevented any suit seeking to challenge the Notice. The Court ruled, however, that the Act does not preclude such a suit, which can now proceed.

In this 20 minute bonus episode, Richard is joined by Kevin Doherty, member at Dickinson Wright, legal consultant Cassie Bachman and Gary Osborne, vice president at Risk Partners, to explain what the case was about, what the Supreme Court ruled, what happens next and what, if any, wider ramifications there may be from the ruling.

Full Supreme Court opinion here: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/20pdf/19-930_d1o3.pdf

Recommended article on Captive Insurance Times containing reaction from other industry commentators: https://bit.ly/3vipj3C

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GCP Bonus: Supreme Court victory for captive insurance - what does it mean?

In episode 52 of the Global Captive Podcast, supported by legacy specialists R&Q, Richard explores the growing world of captive insurance for businesses involved in the legalised cannabis industry.

A complex legal environment for the sector, especially in the United States, has made insurance hard to come by and captives are now being formed by businesses desperate for coverage.

Richard is joined by Mike Parrish, Senior Vice President and Client Services Leader at Marsh Management Services Bermuda, who has been involved with two cannabis captives formed in the jurisdiction.

We have a captive owner interview with Josh Hamlin, Chief Legal Officer at DNA Genetics, which formed a captive in Bermuda earlier this year.

And Rocco Petrilli, Chairman of the National Cannabis Risk Management Association (NCRMA), also joined to discuss why the association formed a captive for its members in 2020.

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GCP #52: Cannabis captives with Mike Parrish, DNA Genetics and NCRMA

In episode 56 of the Global Captive Podcast, supported by legacy specialists R&Q, Richard is joined by Friend of the Podcast Jason Flaxbeard, of Beecher Carlson, in the guest co-host chair.

Jason discusses volatility and tail management and how captives are increasingly interested in accepting frequency risk, retaining some severity risk and transferring as much towards the tail as possible. He also addresses the benefits for captives in taking on genuine third party insurance business.

We are also joined by Patrick Smith, executive director of Tribe Advisory, who provides an outsourced insurance management function to several businesses in the sharing and micro-mobility economic. Richard and Patrick discuss the future use of captives in this sector.

Read the third edition of GCP Insights here: www.globalcaptivepodcast.com/gcp-insights

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GCP #56: Jason Flaxbeard and Patrick Smith

In episode 61 of the Global Captive Podcast, supported by legacy specialists R&Q, we explore the current growth in captive numbers in the Middle East, particularly in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, and the potential for more activity in the region.

Our guest co-host Ronny Vellekoop, Senior Executive Officer for Marsh Captive Solutions, based in Dubai, explains how the risk financing culture has evolved in recent years, the impact of the hard market and the updated regulatory regime for captives in Dubai.

Richard is also joined by David Schupak, EMEA Regional Director at MAXIS Global Benefits Network, who provides insight on developments with regards to EB in the region.

Read the third edition of GCP Insights here: www.globalcaptivepodcast.com/gcp-insights

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GCP #61: Middle East captives with Ronny Vellekoop and David Schupak

In episode 63 of the Global Captive Podcast, supported by legacy specialists R&Q, Richard Cutcher is joined by guest co-host Elke Vagenende, Global Head of Mutlinational at AIG, the Microsoft captive and employee benefits team, and Dan Towle, President of CICA.

Elke discusses AIG's various touchpoint with captives, international programmes, D&O and the new lines she is seeing going into captives.

Stephanie Lampi, Senior Risk Manager at Microsoft and director & officer of the computing giant’s captive insurance companies, and Anthony Tropea, Global Health Benefits Manager at Microsoft, explain to listeners how their three captives are used and the collaborative approach they take to insuring international employee benefits.

Finally, CICA's Dan Towle returns to the pod to review a return to an in-person International Conference in Tucson, Arizona.

Read the third edition of GCP Insights here: www.globalcaptivepodcast.com/gcp-insights

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GCP #63: Elke Vagenende, Microsoft's captive strategy and CICA's Dan Towle

In this GCP Short, produced in collaboration with MAXIS Global Benefits Network, Richard is joined by Aaron Brown, Regional Manager for UK & Ireland at MAXIS, and Sven Roelandt, Global Leader for EB Captive Services at Aon.

Aaron and Sven discuss how companies are improving benefits for their employees by using the captive, the new coverages being enabled and the keys to success in implementation. Sven also outlines and compares the alternative EB structures that do not involve a captive.

For more information on MAXIS Global Benefits Network, visit their Friend of the Podcast page: https://www.globalcaptivepodcast.com/maxis

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GCP Short: Enhancing employee benefits with a captive programme

In episode 68 of the Global Captive Podcast, supported by legacy specialists R&Q, Richard sits down for an extended chat with David Power, CEO of Insurwave, to discuss the development of the platform since its pilot launch as a marine insurance blockchain platform in 2018 with Maersk. Richard and David also discuss the opportunites for captives and insurance buyers to embrace technology more broadly.

Our captive owner interview is with Brayden York, Risk and Insurance Manager at Aurora Cannabis, a Canada-headquartered integrated cannabis company with two active captive structures already in place.

For more information on Insurwave, visit their website: https://insurwave.com/insurance-buyers/

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GCP #68: Insurwave CEO David Power and Brayden York, of Aurora Cannabis

In episode 71 of the Global Captive Podcast, supported by legacy specialists R&Q, Richard conducts an exclusive 'exit interview' with Vermont's outgoing Deputy Commissioner of Captive Insurance David Provost.

Dave discusses the landmark events that took place during his two decades regulating captives, including three hard markets, 9/11, the Great Recession, the Enron collapse and a few other never before heard anecdotes.

The captive owner interview is with Tim Padovese, President & CEO at Vermont-domiciled Ophthalmic Mutual Insurance Co., a Risk Retention Group, while we also hear from current and former colleagues of Dave from the last 21 years.

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GCP #71: The Dave Provost exit interview

In this GCP Short, produced in collaboration with We Are Guernsey and the Guernsey International Insurance Association (GIIA), we really focus on what ethical investing means for captives and how it can, and already is, being implemented.

GIIA launched its ESG Framework for Insurers in May 2021 and joining us for this episode are Adele Gale, Deputy Chair of the Association and a Director at Robus Group, as well as Ian Corder, Director of Standards and Operations at ESI Monitor, which can provide a kitemark to validate insurers’ participation.

We are also joined by investment experts Jennifer Strachan, Sustainability and Business Development Manager at IAM Advisory, and Shadrack Kwasa, Executive Director at London & Capital.

For more information on the ESG Framework for Insurers, visit: https://giia.gg/giia-esg-framework/

For more information on Guernsey as a captive domicile, visit their Friend of the Podcast page: https://www.globalcaptivepodcast.com/guernsey

GCP Short: Ethical investing for captives

In this GCP Short, produced in partnership with London & Capital, we discuss managing investment portfolios for cell companies.

Richard is joined by London & Capital’s Kate Miller, Partner and Head of Institutions, and Shadrack Kwasa, Executive Director.

Kate and Shadrack discuss the type and profile of cell captives they work with, the unique challenges and considerations for cells when looking for investment management services and their own approach to managing cell assets.

For more information on London & Capital's captive services: https://www.globalcaptivepodcast.com/londonandcapital

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GCP Short: Investment management for cell captives

In episode 74 of the Global Captive Podcast, supported by legacy specialists R&Q, Richard is joined by Shadrack Kwasa and Sanjay Joshi for an eventful third quarter investments update.

In a bumper episode, Shadrack and Sanjay focus on recent activity in the UK bond markets, interest rates and currency volatility and what the environment means for captives.

There is also an extended interview with Jelto Borgmann and Dirk Schilling, of HDI Global, to discuss European captive trends concerning new formations, Solvency II, cyber and D&O.

Senior Reporter Luke Harrison returns from the FERMA Forum in Copenhagen where the energy transition and role for the commercial market and captives was debated. In several short interviews, Luke is talks to:

Professor Simon Grima, FERMA Board Member
Dr. Ulrich Adamheit, Head of Business Risk at Vattenfall
Marc Paasch, Global Head Strategic Risk Consulting and Global Head Alternative Risk Transfer, WTW
Claude Weber, Managing Director, Marsh Captive Solutions
Marine Charbonnier, Global Programs and Captives Regional Director Europe at AXA XL

For more information on the upcoming European Captive Forum, which Richard and Luke will be attending: https://www.europeancaptiveforum.com/

For more information on the Cayman Captive Forum: https://web.cvent.com/event/770fc642-d36b-4e12-b98b-6e7862f8e6fe/summary

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GCP #74: HDI's Dirk Schilling and Jelto Borgmann, Q3 Investments Update and FERMA Forum report

In this GCP Short, produced in partnership with MAXIS Global Benefits Network, we discuss the process and rationale when establishing a new captive with the primary purpose of insuring international employee benefits.

For more than 20 years existing captives have been adding the parent’s global employee benefits programmes to their portfolio, but more recently we have started to see EB being the initial driver of a new captive formation. One of these cases is Meta, which set up its first captive in Hawaii at the end of 2020.

In this episode Richard is joined by Janaize Markland, Director of Business Risk & Insurance at Meta, and Julie Nye, Regional Business Development Manager at MAXIS, to address how to set out the business case for establishing a new captive for employee benefits, the role and relationship with the fronting network in the onboarding process, and whether we expect to see more such cases in the near future.

For more information on MAXIS Global Benefits Network and their captive services, visit their Friend of the Podcast page: https://www.globalcaptivepodcast.com/maxis

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GCP Short: Establishing a captive for employee benefits

Richard recorded a special GCP Live episode from the Leadenhall Building in London on Thursday, 20 October to celebrate 100 years of captives in Guernsey.

Joined by States of Guernsey Deputy and insurance lawyer Mark Helyar, Airmic CEO Julia Graham and Malcolm Cutts-Watson, of Cutts-Watson Consulting, the panel discuss the origin and evolution of captives in Guernsey, what the future may hold and indulge in a game of Captive Domicile Higher or Lower.

For more information on Guernsey's 100-year captive history, check out their special publication: https://www.weareguernsey.com/resources/guernsey-22-a-century-of-captive-insurance/

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GCP Live: 100 Years of Captives in Guernsey

In this GCP Short, produced in partnership with Swiss Re Corporate Solutions, Richard is joined by Thomas Keist and Marco Adamo to discuss multi-line, multi-year reinsurance structures.

Swiss Re Corporate Solutions will be speaking on two panels at the European Captive Forum in Luxembourg on 9 November. One, featuring Thomas on Resilient Capital Allocation, and another on Optimizing Captive Reinsurance.

For more information on the European Captive Forum, visit: https://www.europeancaptiveforum.com/

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GCP Short: Cross class and multi-year reinsurance structures

In this GCP Short, produced in partnership with We Are Guernsey and the Guernsey International Insurance Association (GIIA), we reflect on 25 years of protected cell company legislation in the jurisdiction.

The Protected Cell Companies Ordinance was legislated for in 1997 and at the end of 2021 there were 58 PCCs in the domicile, containing 294 cells excluding those used for insurance linked securities.

PCCs are used for a wide variety of reasons and business cases and in this 20 minute episode we hear from three experts with different perspectives of working with these entities across the full spectrum of utilisation.

Richard is joined by Paul Sykes, Managing Director of Aon Insurance Managers (Guernsey) Limited, Kate Storey, Partner at Walkers law firm, and regulator Caroline Bradley, Director of Authorisations and Innovation Division at the Guernsey Financial Services Commission.

For more information on Guernsey as a captive domicile, visit their Friend of the Podcast page: https://www.globalcaptivepodcast.com/guernsey

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GCP Short: The 25 year evolution of PCCs in Guernsey

In episode 75 of the Global Captive Podcast, supported by legacy specialists R&Q, Richard is joined by guest co-host Marco Giacomelli, Head of the IGP Employee Benefits Network.

Marco discusses his long background in international employee benefits and captives, trends and drivers in the sector, and why IGP are now keen to play a more pro-active role in the captive insurance space and be seen as a good option for EB fronting.

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GCP #75: Marco Giacomelli on IGP's captive ambitions

This episode was recorded in front of a live audience at the European Captive Forum, in Luxembourg, on Wednesday 9 November.

Richard is joined by Marcus Reichel, Head of Insurance at German multinational Knauf, Lorraine Stack, MD and International Advisory and Sales Leader at Marsh Captive Solutions, David Power, CEO at Insurwave, and Emma Sansom, currently Head of Captive Services UK at Zurich Insurance Company.

The panel debate the future of captive insurance, including the increasing demand for technological evolution and captives' role in energy transition and renewable projects.

GCP Live @ ECF

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.

The Global Captive Podcast is supported by R&Q, a leading provider of finality solutions for run-off portfolios. For more information, visit their website: http://www.rqih.com

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GCP #1: Ciaran Healy, Carl Leeman and Emma Sansom

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.

The Global Captive Podcast is supported by R&Q, the award winning provider of finality solutions for run-off portfolios. For more information, visit their website: www.rqih.com

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GCP #3: Steve Kinion, Fredrik Finnman, Karin Landry and Mikhail Raybshteyn

The Global Captive Podcast is supported by R&Q and hosted by Richard Cutcher.

In Episode 11, Richard is joined by guest co-host Matthew Latham, Head of Captives and Global Programmes at AXA XL. Matthew and Richard discuss the carrier's captive proposition post the AXA acquisition and the role of fronting and reinsurance partners during the captive feasibility and start-up process.

Our risk manager interview is with prospective captive owner Andrew Koegel, who outlines the process the Hartmann Group is currently going through in forming its first captive. 

Our third guest is Ben Whitehouse, formerly an attorney for the Tennessee Captive Insurance Section and now Senior Counsel at Butler Snow law firm, based in Nashville.

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GCP #11: Matthew Latham, Andrew Koegel and Ben Whitehouse

The Global Captive Podcast is supported by R&Q and hosted by Richard Cutcher.

In Episode 12, Richard is joined by guest co-host Audrey Rampinelli, a former President of the RIMS New York chapter and founder of OnRamp Risk LLC. Richard and Audrey discuss developments in InsureTech and and her special relationship with the captive world.

The captive owner interview is with Tony Benedetto, CEO of NASW Assurance Services. Tony discusses the structure and purpose of the captive reinsurer and risk retention group that are owned by the National Association of Social Workers.

Our third guest is Thomas Keist, Head of Marketing for Innovative Risk Solutions at Swiss Re Corporate Solutions. Thomas address developments in reinsurance and insurance-linked securities.

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GCP #12: Audrey Rampinelli, Tony Benedetto and Thomas Keist

In Episode 15 of the Global Captive Podcast, supported by R&Q:

Paul Owens, CEO of the Willis Towers Watson Global Captive Practice, is this episodes co-host and discusses Brexit, a life after WTW and the hard market.

The captive owner interview is with Sean Barnes, CFO of United Educators, a Reciprocal Risk Retention Group domiciled in Vermont who discusses the captive's asset management strategy.

Dan Kusaila, US-based Tax Partner at Crowe, provides an update on tax matters including 831(b), Washington State and tax reform.

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GCP #15: Paul Owens, Sean Barnes and Dan Kusaila

The Global Captive Podcast's latest Covid-19 special episode dicusses the how's and why's of capital extraction from the captive.

As the global economy take a steep downturn, many businesses are beginning to experience cash flow trouble and the captive, if executed correctly and in the right circumstances, can release capital on a short or long-term basis through various techniques.

Pete Kranz, Executive Managing Director and Captive Practice Leader at Friend of the Podcast Beecher Carlson, and David Provost, Deputy Commissioner of the Captive Insurance Division at the State of Vermont, outline what some of the options are to do this, and highlight the important regulatory considerations.

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COVID-19: Extracting captive capital to support parent cash flow

In episode 32 of the Global Captive Podcast, supported by legacy specialists R&Q, Richard is joined by the new Head of the Willis Towers Watson Global Captive Practice, Peter Carter. Peter discusses a busy first six months at the helm and his background.

The captive owner interview is with Jim Leimkuhler, CEO of Progressive Produce in Los Angeles. Progressive Produce is a member of the Cayman-domiciled group captive Raffles Insurance and Jim explains how his organisation has benefited widely from a 16 year membership.

Richard is also joined by Amy Evans, Kara Tencellent and Sandy Bigglestone from CICA's Amplify Women task force to discuss the initiative and its objectives and progress since its launch in 2019.

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GCP #32: Peter Carter, Jim Leimkuhler and Amplify Women

In episode 33 of the Global Captive Podcast, supported by legacy specialists R&Q, Richard is joined by guest co-host Anne Marie Towle, Global Captive Solutions Leader at Hylant.

Anne Marie reflects on a busy first 10 months in the role, where new interest in captives is coming from and Hylant's ambitions for captive expansion.

We hear from captive owners Courtney Claflin, of University of California, and Mike Laperche, of PRIDE Industries, in a sneak peak of next week's GCP Short with Friend of the Podcast Jason Flaxbeard, of Beecher Carlson. The full episode will be released on 12 July.

Cassie Bachman, Managing Director of Compliance at Elevate Captives, sheds some light on the government's latest action in its investigation of micro-captives with its Summons issued to the Delaware Department of Insurance on 19 June.

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GCP #33: Anne Marie Towle, Cassie Bachman and defining risk appetite

In our latest GCP Short, in collaboration with the State of Vermont, three expert speakers discuss how to work effectively with your captive regulator and the benefits it brings.

Richard is joined by:

David Provost, Deputy Commissioner for Captive Insurance at the State of Vermont’s Department of Financial Regulation.

Heather McClure, Chief Risk Officer at OU Medicine, the academic health system affiliated with the University of Oklahoma, And the chief legal officer of its captive insuring the physicians and hospital entities.

Deyna Feng, Director of Captive Programmes at Fortune 500 engine giants Cummins.

To learn more about the State of Vermont and hear previous episodes featuring Dave Provost and his colleagues, visit their GCP page: https://www.globalcaptivepodcast.com/state-of-vermont

To hear more about the University of Oklahoma's captive operations, listen to GCP #4 here: https://www.globalcaptivepodcast.com/gcp04

To hear more about Cummins' captive, listen to GCP #7 here: https://www.globalcaptivepodcast.com/gcp07

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GCP Short: How to work effectively with your regulator

In episode 36 of the Global Captive Podcast, supported by legacy specialists R&Q, Richard is joined by guest co-host Laurent Nihoul, Group Head of Insurance at steel and mining giant ArcelorMittal. Laurent is also FERMA board member and takes the lead on many of their captive projects.

Laurent discusses ArcelorMittal's insurance and captive strategy, and FERMA's latest activities regarding Solvency II and the OECD's BESP initiatives.

There is also a captive owner interview with Mary Ellen Moriarty, Vice President for Property & Casualty at EIIA in Chicago. EIIA owns an association captive and RRG in Vermont.

In the second half of the episode Angus Rhodes, Global Product Manager, and David Thomas, Director at Ventiv Technology, discuss how analytics and data can increasingly be used to the insurance buyers advantage.

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GCP #36: Laurent Nihoul, Mary Ellen Moriarty, and Ventiv's Angus Rhodes and David Thomas

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.

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GCP #42: Timae Flood, Al Gier, Hafi Ali and Simon Smith

In episode 44 of the Global Captive Podcast, supported by legacy specialists R&Q, Richard is joined by Matthew Takamine, Captive Operations Leader at Beecher Carlson, to discuss the captive manager's approach to COVID-19, the profile of the Hawaii captive market and important regulatory and legislative activity.

The captive owner interview is with Matthew McEwan, Director of Risk Management at Coca-Cola European Partners. CCEP owns a captive in Dublin and Matt discusses broker consolidation, the hard market and employee benefits.

Finally, Richard is also joined by Belinda Fortman, Director of the Tennessee Captive Insurance Section, to discuss the domicile, her new role as a regulator and how the good captives are separated from the bad.

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GCP #44: Matthew Takamine, Matt McEwan and Belinda Fortman

Season three of the Global Captive Podcast, supported by legacy specialists R&Q, kicks off with Pete Kranz, Captive Practice Leader at Beecher Carlson, joining Richard Cutcher as guest co-host.

Pete discusses the impact of the pandemic and hardening market on existing and new captive business over the past 12 months, as well as providing his views on the impact Washington State's new premium tax on captives may have.

The captive owner interview sees a return for Carl Leeman, Chief Risk Officer of Katoen Natie, who reacts to the news several large European countries are considering introducing a new captive framework, the potential changes to Solvency II and how his own captive has responded to the hard market and pandemic.

Steven Beeghly, a Seattle-based corporate and regulatory insurance attorney, helps us make sense of the developments and new legislation coming out of Washington State.

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GCP #46: Pete Kranz, Carl Leeman and Steven Beeghly

The Global Captive Podcast, supported by R&Q, provides independent, expert insight, presented and curated by Richard Cutcher with the leading voices from the international captive community.
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Thirty minute episodes, released every two weeks, will feature high profile captive individuals from across the captive world from Singapore and Luxembourg to Vermont and Bermuda.
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