In this GCP Short, produced in partnership with HDI Global, and discussing the importance of developing long term relationships and attracting, retaining and developing new talent in the captive market.

Joining Richard for a conversation recorded at the CICA International Conference in March is Jason Tyng, Vice President of the US Captive Solutions Group at HDI, and Brooke Arundel, Captive Underwriter at the insurer.

Jason and Brooke discuss HDI’s development in the United States over the past three years, how they have developed long term relationships with fronting clients and the benefits that brings, and how Brooke has gone from intern to full-time team member, fully committed to the captive market.

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In this GCP Short, produced in partnership with the Vermont Captive Insurance Association, we preview the VCIA annual conference that this year takes place in Burlington from August 11th to 13th.

Joining Richard to discuss what delegates can expect from a revamped conference are Ian Davis, president of the VCIA, and Aon’s Elizabeth Steinmann, who is conference chair for 2026.

The VCIA early bird rates end June 30th and it was announced just last week that former Disney innovator Duncan Wardle will keynote on the Thursday.

Link to the general conference info page and VCIA agenda.

In this GCP Short, produced in partnership with Spring Consulting, an Alera Group Company, we bring you an in-depth captive case study on Life Time, Inc.

Life Time is a publicly listed chain of health clubs, which has owned a captive in Vermont since 2017.

In this episode Joshua Reding, Vice President of Risk Management, explains the captive’s original rationale for formation, how it evolves to serve a growing company and the more recent addition of medical stop loss.

Josh is also joined by TJ Scherer, Vice President at Spring, and Peter Johnson, Chief P&C Actuary at Spring, to discuss some of the important steps required in bringing internal stakeholders along, as well as the diversification benefits of a multi-line captive and the addition of medical stop loss.

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