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Captives are rapidly evolving from risk retention vehicles into strategic capital access platforms, which in turn is beginning to attract third-party capital, according to broker Aon, who emphasises that captive owners are increasingly partnering with external investors to unlock capacity that supports growth initiatives and long-term resilience.

Reinsurance broker Gallagher Re has unveiled a new specialised Captive Risk Transfer team within its Global Facultative practice, which is set to be led by Martin Hughes from Artex Risk Solutions as Executive Vice President, Captives, effective January 1, 2026.

Insurance and reinsurance broking group Gallagher, through its captive, alternative risk transfer, insurance-linked securities (ILS) facilitation and capital solutions subsidiary, Artex, has expanded its services in the Middle East & Africa (MEA) region with the launch of alternative risk management services in the Abu Dhabi Global Market.

Independent, licensed insurance manager, Polo Insurance Managers (PIM), offers optionality and a unique proposition, providing independent professional management services to ILS, Commercial and Captive clients, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Mark Elliott told Artemis at this year’s RVS in Monte Carlo.

A new Bermuda based Class 3 re/insurer and segregated accounts company has been set up by reinsurance broker Inver Re, a unit of the Ardonagh Group, with Inver Re (Bermuda) SAC Ltd. set to be used both as a captive vehicle and for collateralized reinsurance arrangements.

Captive insurance structures are still largely a self-insurance tool for their sponsors, but there is a market there for captives that might look to offload risks, or books of business, towards the end of their lives, David Gibbons of PwC Bermuda told us in a recent video interview.

Artex Risk Solutions, the captive, alternative risk transfer, ILS facilitation and capital solutions subsidiary of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., has named long-standing executive Paul Eaton as its new Artex International Chief Executive Officer (CEO).

Global insurance and reinsurance broker and advisory Aon has made a number of senior changes within the leadership for its White Rock transformer, fronting and insurance management vehicle.

Direct to consumer homeowners insurtech Kin Insurance appears to have an ambition to take greater control of its reinsurance arrangements, as it has established a Bermuda based captive reinsurance platform and a related holding company named Kincession, Ltd.

Arbol, a technology-led company focused on parametric risk transfer and weather insurance markets, has launched an intriguing new solution named Captive+Parametric, which is designed to help corporations better manage climate risk and climate change exposure, with the help of parametric risk transfer to captive structures.