Nominations now open for the 2025 Captive Review European Awards
Nominations are now open for European Captive Review Awards 2025 which this year features 24 categories including 3 new categories.
Returning for another successful year, the awards celebrate innovation and excellence in the captive insurance market and recognise the remarkable achievements of the companies and individuals who have made impactful contributions and worked hard to elevate the standards of captive management.
The new categories for 2025 include:
Captive Underwriter of the Year – Individual
ESG Captive Specialist Firm
Feasibility Study Firm
Entering the awards is open to all those working in the captive insurance industry and is free of charge. The nomination deadline is Wednesday, August 6th.
The full list of categories includes:
Accountancy, Audit and Tax Firm
Actuarial Firm
Captive Broking Firm
Captive Consultancy Firm
Captive Launch of the Year
Captive Manager Firm
Captive Programme of the Year
Captive Risk Manager – Individual
Captive Service Professional – Individual
Cyber Specialist Firm
Emerging Talent – Individual
Employee Benefits Specialist Firm
European Domicile
International Domicile
Investment Firm
Feasibility Study Firm
Fronting Partner Firm
Legal Services Firm
Technology Solution
Third Party Administrator / Claims Specialist Firm
Underwriting Solution of the Year
Captive Underwriter of the Year – Individual
ESG Captive Specialist Firm
Outstanding Contribution – Not for public entry
The winner and highly commended entrant for each category will be determined by a panel of expert judges who act independently of Captive Review.
This year’s judges are currently being recruited and so far include:
Stephane Pardo, Head of P&C, EB, and ReIns, Airbus
Marine Charbonnier, Head of Underwriting, Captives and Facultatives, APAC Europe, AXA XL
Matthias Helmbold, VP Global Risk Benefits, Health and Wellbeing, DHL Group
Carl Leeman, Chief Risk Officer, Katoen Natie International
Harald Schuster, Head of Corporate Insurance, Mercedes Benz
Ersida Ago, Head of Insurance, Orano
Santiago Gomez, Head Officer, PEMEX
Camel Sekkai, Group Insurance Director, Petit Forestier Group
Holger Kraus, Head of Insurance, Siemens
Bart Smets, Head of Insurance and Risk, Umicore
Tibor Boettcher, CEO and Executive Director, Volkswagen Insurance Company dac
Françoise Carli, CEO, Zakubo Consulting
Further judges will be announced shortly.
The winners will be announced at the glittering evening Awards ceremony in Luxembourg on November 4th ahead of the European Captive Forum on November 5-6th.
A detailed nomination pack containing key dates, judges, category list, details of how to enter as well as how to attend the ceremony is available to download here.
Companies and individuals are invited to submit their nominations via this page before Wednesday August 6th.
For all awards enquiries please contact:
Gina Baillie
Senior Researcher & Producer
Captive Review
Email: gbaillie@newtonmedia.co.uk
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