In episode 122 of the Global Captive Podcast, supported by the EY Global Captive Network, Richard previews the 2025 VCIA annual conference with VCIA CEO Kevin Mead and Over the Ryan Gadapee, this year's conference chair.

The VCIA conference is celebrating its 40th year from 11-13 August at the Hilton DoubleTree in Burlington.

The deadline for early bird conference rate is June 30 and you need to have a conference ticket to have access to the VCIA block of hotel rooms. Register at VCIA.com.

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In this GCP Short, produced in partnership with Marsh CaptiveSolutions, we take a look at what the largest insurance manager in the world’s annual benchmarking data tells us about the captive landscape in 2024.

Rob Geraghty, International Sales and Consulting Leader, and Julie Patel, Americas Captive Consulting Leader at Marsh Captive Solutions, outline what areas they saw most captive growth in 2024, both in gross written premium and new formations, and spotlight specific sectors that appear to be particularly embracing captives right now.

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In this GCP Short, produced in partnership with AXA XL, Richard is joined by three leaders in the Asia Pacific captive market to discuss activity and trends in Australia, Hong Kong, China and South East Asia.

Evelyn Pang, AXA XL's Multinational Solutions & Captive Manager in Asia, shares an update on exciting movements in Hong Kong and China, as well as latest developments in Singapore and South East Asia.

Stephen Nguyen, AXA XL's Head of Distribution, Marketing & Communications in Australia, discusses how the mature local market is utilising captives further.

Shiwei Jin, AXA XL's Head of Multinational Solutions for APAC &Europe, explains what trends she is seeing on the multinational side and, in particular, some factors driving more activity in Japan.

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