Global Captive Podcast

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.