In this GCP Short, produced in partnership with London &Capital, we take a closer look at the volatile international trade war kicked off since President Donald Trump was inaugurated for his second term and the consdierations for captives and their investment strategies.

In a 30 minute discussion, I am joined by Chris Dalziel, executive director, and James Mee, co-head of multi-asset strategies, to provide analysis of the knock-on effects of the tariff back-and-forth to date, balancing the long and short-term priorities for captive investment portfolios, and why an active investment strategy can be effective in a volatile environment such as this.

As reported on Captive Intelligence in March, longtime Friends of the Podcast London & Capital will be ⁠rebrandedas W1M⁠ in June after its merger with Waverton Investment Management last year.

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In this GCP Short, produced in partnership with Brown & Brown, Luke hosts a discussion with Marc Bentley, head of global risk finance at IHG Plc, which owns a sophisticated multi-linecaptive in Vermont, and Mat Robinson, senior managing director and captive operations leader at Brown & Brown.

Making his third appearance on the Global Captive Podcast, Marc discusses the history of IHG’s captive structure including why they consolidated from multiple captives down to the one existing entity in Vermont, as well as the group’s overall captive strategy and approach to insurable risks.

Mat explains the role of the captive manager in working with a mature captive, such as IHG’s.

This interview was recorded at the VCIA conference in Burlington, Vermont in August 2024 with our senior reporter Luke Harrison hosting.

Marc Bentley also appeared on GCP in October 2023 discussing employee benefits. Listen here.

His first appearance on GCP was in October 2020 when he discussed financing retained risk. Listen here.

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In this GCP Short, produced in partnership with AXA XL, we hear about a groundbreaking insurance programme putin place by the Swiss Federal Railways, known as SBB.

Robert Eigenheer, Head of Corporate Finance at the Swiss Federal Railways, explains the company’s approach to sustainability and how it uses its captive and insurance programmes to incentivise the business units to meet the group’s objectives.

We are also joined by Marine Charbonnier, Head of Underwriting for Captives and Facultatives in Europe and APAC at AXAL, one of the insurers supporting the innovative sustainability-linked insurance programme.

Marine explains how AXA XL is seeing and working with clients on utilising their captives to support sustainability initiatives.

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Robert's five step guide explaining the concepts and advantages of the sustainability-linked insurance programme.

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