Five-year trajectory: Captives set to become ‘centre’ of risk transfer strategies to ‘create insurability’ for small to mid-sized global firms

By Katie Scott2026-04-21T09:00:00

The intelligent use of captive arrangements could be ‘a means to a solid risk management strategy, actually moving the lines of insurance’ and driving ‘a structural shift in how international insurance programmes are designed, operated and valued’, says chief markets officer

“Captive cell solutions” are rapidly becoming the “centre” focal point and “default consideration” for multinational risk transfer strategies actioned by global businesses of all sizes as risk managers seek to “create insurability” and retain “control over how their insurance works”.

This was the overarching view shared by Alexander Mahnke, chief markets officer at commercial insurer MSIG Europe, who was speaking at the Axco Global Insurance Summit in London on 16 April 2026, in a session entitled ‘Five‑year predictions for global programmes: Captives, technology and international capability’.

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