This is the first episode of our new Captive Leaders Series, supported by the EY Global Captive Network and hosted by Richard Cutcher.

In a 25-minute discussion Yves Betz, Head of Multinational Solutions at AXA XL, addresses a range of topics, including the evolving attitude of the commercial market towards captives, the increasing capital and capacity attracted to captive reinsurance and ART solutions, and the growing role of China in the captive marketplace.

One Captive Leader interview will be released each month, with Aon's Global Captive Leader Ciarán Healy up next.

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In this GCP Short, produced in partnership with MARSH, we explore the growth areas of international employee benefits and medical stop loss in captives.

Joining me for a 24 minute discussion, and bringing togetherthe diverse expertise at Marsh, are:

• Donna Weber is Pooling & Cell Facilities Leader, Captive Solutions at Marsh
• Steven McNair is Senior International Consultant at Mercer
• Gary Bischel, Managing Director of the Healthcare and Life Specialty Practice at Guy Carpenter
• Chris Carlson, Senior Principal of Actuarial Consulting in the Health Practice at Oliver Wyman

Donna, Steven, Gary and Chris discuss why we are seeing such strong uptake in both international employee benefits and medical stop loss as captive strategies, the steps required to put these programmes in place and the role of cell structures.

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In this GCP Short, produced in partnership with IPT specialists TMF Group, Richard is joined by Christophe Bourdaire.

As captives write business around the world, particularly when on a direct basis, they have to be mindful of complex and often changing local taxes and levies in each territory that they are active.

Thankfully, there are specialists on hand that make it their business to know how to navigate and comply with these niche and sometimes confusing compliance tests.

In a 15-minute conversation, TMF's Christophe updates listeners on some of the recent changes, additions and removals of local taxes and levies that are relevant to international insurance programmes and captives.

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