AGILE. INTELLIGENT.
RESILIENT.

The Captives Forum

5 March 2025

Lloyd’s of London

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Up to 11 hours CPD available

AGILE. INTELLIGENT. RESILIENT.

The past five years has seen unprecedented growth in captive utilisation and innovation.  Market conditions and macro-economic factors have driven this surge, but what happens next and how do captives ensure they remain fit for purpose and at the cutting edge of alternative risk transfer strategies?

The 2025 Airmic Captives Forum will host advanced discussions and debates to help delegates map out how their captives can become Agile, Intelligent and Resilient vehicles that support and advance the overall business missions of their parent organisations.  Captives must be Agile so they can respond to changing market conditions and be prepared to meet the risk financing needs of the group; increasingly Intelligent to identify, quantify and model the risks it is retaining; and Resilient enough to withstand market forces, remain relevant and valuable to the group while retaining an increasingly complex and interconnected risk profile.

For those members new to captives or considering a new formation, the Captive Academy will be held in the morning providing delegates with all they need to know about why and where captives exist, how they are formed and who is responsible for their operation.

The Captives Forum 2025 provides members and sponsors with the ideal opportunity to meet captive leaders and experts, network with peers and hear about the newest captive innovations.  Register and join us!

Tickets are available to purchase at £399 plus VAT but with the support of our sponsors, tickets for Airmic members are FREE!

Programme

08.00 – 09.00
Captive SIG breakfast – Building a UK captive association

By invitation only

08.00 – 09.00
Registration & breakfast
09.00 – 09.30
Welcome & Airmic captive survey results
Richard Cutcher
Captives Ambassador
Airmic
09.30 – 10.30
Plenary – The agile captive

A unique selling point of a captive is its suitability to meet the needs of the parent company and respond when risk profiles or objectives change. This panel will discuss how captive owners can put in place an agile approach to captive risk financing.

Moderator:

Franck Baron
Chief Risk Officer
International SOS
Richard Paris Smith
Client Services Leader
SRS Europe
Dan Sammons
Captives Manager
HDI
10.30 – 11.00
Refreshments & networking
11.00 – 13.00
The Captive Academy

Three presentations introducing delegates to captive insurance, how it works, and what is involved.

11.00 – 11.30
What is a captive & why do they exist?
Jelto Borgmann
Head of Captive Services
HDI Global SE
11.30 – 12.00
An introduction to alternative captive & cell structures
Hamish Champion
Principal Consultant - Corporate Insurance and Captives
Aon UK
Ben Davies
Client Manager
wtw
12.00 – 13.00
Building a captive – from concept to utilisation
Derek Bridgeman
Deputy CEO
SRS Europe
Chloe Goillau
Senior Actuarial Consultant
SRS Europe
Richard Paris Smith
Client Services Leader
SRS Europe
11.00 – 13.00
The captive owner roundtables

Existing captive owners can choose from a selection of roundtable topics to share views, experiences, challenges and solutions with their captive peers.

11.00 – 11.55
Roundtable 1: ART & Parametric Structures
Toby Behrmann
Head of London Market & Private Public Partnerships
AXA Climate
Luc Schwartzbrod
Manager – Actuarial & Risk Financing
Aon
11.00 – 11.55
Roundtable 2: Maximising the reinsurance markets
Stephen Cross
Head of Strategy and Innovation
McGill and Partners
Matthew Newman
Chief Engagement Officer, Head of New Business Development and Active Underwriter Quaerere Syndicate 1100
Apollo
Kelvin Wu
Head of Insurance
Weybourne Holdings
11.00 – 11.55
Roundtable 3: Using claims data to your advantage
Charlotte Harrison-May
Senior Business Development Manager
Gallagher Bassett
Dermot Marron
Head of Actuarial
Allied Risk Management
12.00 – 13.00
Roundtable 4: Is Captive Cyber a Good Idea?
Josh Cryer
Director of client solutions
Intangic
12.00 – 13.00
Roundtable 5: Knowledge is power – Using risk data for smarter captive outcomes
Karl Lawless
Senior Sales Executive, Risk Data & Services
Swiss Re Corporate Solutions
12.00 – 13.00
Roundtable 6: Is your employee benefits programme fit for purpose?
Aaron Brown
Regional Director, EMEA
MAXIS
13.00 – 14.00
Lunch & networking
14.00 – 15.00
Plenary – Accelerating risk intelligence in captives

As captives play more of a central role in risk financing, it is becoming increasingly important to equip them with accurate and relevant data to make informed underwriting and appetite decisions. This panel will discuss how captives can take this next step.

Moderator:

Julia Graham
CEO
Airmic
Ryan Dodd
Founder & CEO
Intangic
Charles Winter
Head of Strategic Risk Consulting
Aon
15.00 – 16.00
Plenary – Building a resilient risk financing strategy

Innovative risk financing programmes and captive involvement are of no value if they are not resilient. This panel addresses the need for a long-term strategy, informed by scenario planning to remain fit for purpose and resilient.

Moderator:

Matthew McEwan
Director Risk Management
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners Plc
Yann Krattiger
Head Alternative Risk Transfer European Markets & Middle East & Africa
Swiss Re Corporate Solutions
Mark Owen
Managing Director
Artex Risk Solutions (Guernsey)
16.00 – 16.30
Confessions of a captive owner

Martin and Kevin share their contrasting captive stories, explain how they achieve internal buy-in for captive strategies and what the future may hold for their alternative risk financing programmes.

Moderator:

Alison Tamm
CRO
Control Risks
Martin Smyth
Head of Corporate & Trade Insurance
Jaguar Land Rover
Kevin Steed
Head of Group Insurance
AstraZeneca
16.30 – 17.00
Managing the future of captives

William and Ciaran discuss their visions for the largest captive practices in the world, and how they see the future of captives evolving.

Moderator:

Richard Cutcher
Captives Ambassador
Airmic
Ciaran Healy
Global Captives Leader
Aon
William Thomas-Ferrand
President
Marsh Captive Solutions
17.00 – 18.00
Drinks reception

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