Marsh launches Marsh Nexus Captive Solution for multinationals

Global broker Marsh has unveiled a new captive insurance offering to help multinationals tackle the increasing risks and costs associated with their international employee benefits programmes.

Marsh Nexus Captive Solution operates through Marsh’s Mangrove Protected Cell Company domiciled in Washington, D.C. It is a cell captive structure designed for clients with an employee benefits spend outside the US of more than $3 million annually, Marsh said.

Marsh Nexus will leverage the broker’s scale to enable more organisations access to a captive insurance facility, while reducing administrative complexity and accelerating the path to greater cost efficiencies.

According to Marsh’s Health Trends 2026 report, employer-provided health plans face intense pressure amid projected double-digit increases on health benefits costs across most markets. While some multinational organisations can manage international health plan risk as part of their overall risk management strategy, others lack the scale or resources required to create sustainable benefits programmes through risk retention solutions such as captives.

Paul Lewis, Mercer Marsh Benefits’ multinational advisory growth leader, said: “With the continued trend of rising global healthcare costs, organisations are focused on how to balance cost management while still providing valued, personalised employee benefit programmes across the world. By reducing the administrative effort and costs associated with utilizing a single parent captive, Marsh Nexus is a cost-efficient vehicle that complements broader benefits strategies and supports multinational organisations in optimizing next-generation employee benefit programmes.”

Donna Weber, Marsh Captive Solutions’ global pooling and cell facilities leader, added: “The use of captives for international employee benefits has more than doubled in the last five years, and more than 140 companies now have in excess of $3 billion in premium. Through the power of Marsh – the world’s largest captive insurance manager – Marsh Nexus enables clients to take an off-the-shelf, low-cost approach to risk retention and break new ground in managing mounting international employee benefits costs.”

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