In episode 112 of the Global Captive Podcast, supported by the ⁠EY Global Captive Network⁠, Richard had the pleasure of visiting Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates, to moderate a couple of panels at Aon’s Captive Masterclass in the city and speak to a range of stakeholders and captive owners in the region.

Richard recorded several interviews with new guests to shed light on a relatively new, but ambitious domicile with bags of potential, especially serving as a captive home for large state-owned and private corporates in the region.

Richard recorded couple interviews with new guests to shed light on a relatively new, but ambitious domicile with bags of potential, especially serving as a captive home for large state-owned and private corporates in the region.

01.16 - 09.40: David Barker, Director of Supervision at ADGM's Financial Services Regulatory Authority, outlines the regulatory environment for captives in Abu Dhabi.

10.22 - 18.44: Toby Shore, Senior Director within Group Treasury at Emirates Global Aluminium, explains his approach to captive utilisation and his experience of Abu Dhabi as a captive domicile.

19.18 - 24.27: Aon's David Hogg, Regional Managing Director of Captive and Insurance Management at EMEA, Karl De Giovanni, Director of Client Solutions, and Costain Nikisi, General Manager in the Middle East for Aon Captive & Insurance Management, discuss Aon's focus on the region and the potential they see for further captive growth.

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This GCP Short, produced in partnership with AXA XL, focuses on the energy transition, the insurance challenges concerned and the role for captives to support their parents.

Richard is joined by Owen Williams, Global Program and Captives Regional Director for the UK at AXA XL, and Vicky Roberts-Mills, Global Head of Energy Transition at the insurer, in an engaging 14 minute discussion.

They discuss what the energy transition is, the challenges it is presenting, and the role captives and alternative risk transfer can play in supporting insureds in building suitable and effective insurance programmes.

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In GCP #111, supported by the EY Global Captive Network, Richard is joined by Tibor Boettcher, Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Volkswagen Insurance Company DAC, domiciled in Dublin, Ireland.

Tibor has a long history with the Volkswagen group, but has been in the captive role since January 2023.

Over the course of a 20 minute discussion, Tibor explains the role of the Volkswagen captive, its position in various risk financing progammes, why they recently moved from two to one captive and his experience of Ireland as a captive domicile.

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