Captives must become more accessible, flexible and technology-driven to play a bigger role in corporate risk management, industry leaders told delegates at the 2026 Airmic Guernsey conference. Speaking on a panel titled “2030 and beyond,” experts said the captive market is already moving past its traditional function of filling deductibles and participating in insurance programs. Will Thomas-Ferrand of Marsh argued that if the industry were designed today, barriers to

Howden Employee Benefits in September 2026 appointed John Deegan to its U.K. board as a Non-Executive Director, while also bringing him on as an adviser to its Global Employee Benefits Executive Leadership Team. Deegan brings more than 25 years of experience from Mercer Marsh Benefits and its predecessor businesses, where he led the multinational employee benefits operation and oversaw Darwin, its global benefits technology platform. Over his career he