In episode 108 of the Global Captive Podcast, supported by the EY Global Captive Network, Richard shares an in depth interview with Stellantis Insurance CEO Edouard de Lamarzelle on his 24 years at the motor insurer.

In the second half, Richard is also joined by Damian Cocking, head of sales at Flagstone International, to discuss the cash management platform’s interest in and platform for the captive insurance market.

01.52 - 29.43: Edouard originally joined PSA Group (now Stellantis) in 2000 as Global Head of Insurance, but after establishing PSA Insurance became its CEO. He announced earlier this month he would be leaving Stellantis after 24 years.

Ed shares his journey building and growing Stellantis Insurance and its role today within the wider group. It is not your typical captive interview, since Stellantis Insurance only writes the insurance for its auto customers and not the group’s own risks, and Ed explains the rationale behind this decision.

30.17 - 41.15: Damian Cocking, head of sales at Flagstone International, shares with us his background in finance and captives and explains why Flagstone is interested in the captive market.

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In episode 107 of the Global Captive Podcast, supported by the EY Global Captive Network, Richard brings insight from FERMA on the recent Solvency II reforms that should bring some regulatory relief to EU-domiciled captives from 2026.

He is also joined by the London & Capital team for the latest quarterly investments update and its relevance for captives.

02.10 - 32.56: Charles Low, Head of EU Affairs at the Federation of European Risk Management Associations (FERMA), and Laurent Nihoul, Head of FERMA’s Captive Committee, discuss the process and timeline behind the Solvency II reforms, what they mean for captives and some of the tangible benefits they could bring.

33.36 - 43.56: London & Capital's Shadrack Kwasa, executive director, and investment director Nicholas Denbow, provide a quarterly investment update and what the current environment means for captives.

For those following GCP and Captive Intelligence on LinkedIn and subscribed to our twice-weekly newsletter, you will have heard that Nick Morgan, will be joining us as Commercial Director.

While Richard will unfortunately miss the VCIA annual conference next month due to his upcoming nuptials, Nick and our Senior Reporter Luke Harrison will be in Burlington flying the flag for GCP and Captive Intelligence, so please do seek them out.

In this GCP Short, produced in partnership with Zurich Global Employee Benefits Solutions (ZGEBS), Richard is joined by Chris Mason, Director of Customer & Distribution Manager for the UK and APAC at ZGEBS, Sander Brentjes, Global Benefits Consultant at Aon, and Jenny Woods, Group Claims Relationship Manager at Zurich Corporate Risk.

The group discusses what is involved in EB claims management, who is responsible for the various processes and the advantages and value a pro-active approach to claims management can bring.

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In episode 106 of the Global Captive Podcast, supported by the EY Global Captive Network, Richard sits down with Stephen Cross, Group COO & Head of Innovation & Strategy at broker McGill & Partners.

Stephen has a long background working with the largest complex accounts, particularly those with captives, and worked for International Risk Management Group in the 1990s.

He was then an influential leader within Aon when it bought IRMG at the turn of the century.

Stephen and Richard discuss his career, observations of how the captive market has evolved, the independent versus broker-owned manager debate and what McGill's role with captives is today and what it could be in the future.

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In this GCP Short, produced in partnership with AXA XL, we discuss bringing innovation in risk mitigation to captive programmes.

While at RISKWORLD in San Diego in May, Richard sat down with friend of pod Steve Bauman, Global Programs & Captives Director for the Americas at AXA XL, and his colleague Rose Hall, senior vice president and head of innovation for the Americas.

Steve and Rose discussed some of the new technologies AXA XL is working with and providing to clients to help mitigate risk across various insurance lines and how these can be particularly complementary on captive programmes.

For more information on AXA XL and its captive services, visit its Friend of the Podcast page.

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In episode 105 of the Global Captive Podcast, supported by the EY Global Captive Network, Richard is first joined by Kevin Mead, president of the Vermont Captive Insurance Association (VCIA), and Maigh Wright, the 2024 VCIA conference chair, to talk us through this year's programme and some important changes and highlights.

For more information and to register for VCIA 2024, held in Burlington, Vermont from Monday, 12 August to Wednesday, 14 August, click here.

In the second half of the episode, Richard sits down with Olga Collins, CEO of the Worldwide Broker Network, and Anne Marie Towle, CEO of Hylant Global Risk and Captive Solutions, a founder member of the WBN, to discuss the growing awareness and interest in captives from the broker community and how captive managers and brokers can work together to provide optimal solutions.

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In episode 104 of the Global Captive Podcast, supported by the EY Global Captive Network, Richard shares three interviews recorded at the RISKWORLD conference in San Diego at the start of May.

02.11 - 11.34: Pete Kranz, senior vice president for risk finance and strategic solutions at Alliant Insurance Services, and Alex Littlejohn, EVP and managing director, discuss how Alliant is working with captive clients and the wrong, as well as the right, times to deploy a captive solution.

12.10 - 23.37: Stephen Lathrope, senior vice president at ICEYE, explains how his company’s satellite data could be deployed to support captive insurance programmes, particularly on property exposures.

24.11 - 34.58: Typhaine Beauperin, CEO of FERMA, and Charlotte Hedemark, the recently elected FERMA president, share the latest developments at the Federation, its priorities and recent progress on captive related topics.

We have also released the following episodes that were recorded at RISKWORLD:

GCP Short: The Extra Space Storage captive evolution

GCP Short: Edgware Re, the cyber group captive

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In this GCP Short, produced in partnership with Spring Consulting Group, Richard welcomes Tracy Hassett, president and CEO of edRISK, back onto the podcast.

edRISK is a sponsored captive owner in Vermont which serves its educational institution members on a growing range of business insurance lines.

Originally formed as a group captive to support its members in reducing health insurance costs, on 1 June it went live with two new programmes for property and general liability and educators legal liability.

We are also joined by Prabal Lakhanpal, senior vice president at Spring Consulting Group, who are long term partners of edRISK and have worked closely on the restructuring and launch of these new progammes.

Tracy and Prabal talk about evolution into a sponsored captive structure, why and how that was done, and explain why edRISK has branched out from just offering medical stop loss.

Tracy originally featured on the Global Captive Podcast in September 2020 on GCP #38.

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