Captives have clearly become a hot topic during the tough market of the last four years and are potentially a great way of delivering greater resilience for individual companies and the wider economy. This session will investigate recent developments in the world of European captives - not least the new rules adopted in France to promote self-insurance and captives – and how self-insurance tools can be used to more effectively manage and transfer their risk.

• How to use your captive/deductible/self-retention strategy to cope with the hard market and achieve greater resilience on a more cost-effective basis. 
• How to use your captive to incubate difficult to insure risks as retentions continue to rise.