Shortlist announced for the Captive Review European Awards 2025
Captive Review has revealed the shortlist for its European Awards 2025 award categories, celebrating firms that have delivered outstanding performance, innovation, and service excellence across the captive insurance landscape.
The awards are designed to reward, celebrate and recognise those making waves in the European Captive insurance industry, the awards and serve to showcase top innovations and talent from across the sector.
The shortlisted individuals and companies are:
Individual Categories
Captive Risk Manager
• Cyril Lelarge, Global Head of Insurance, Sanofi
• Francesco Capraro, Reinsurance Captive Operations Manager, Sigurd Rück (Saipem’s captive)
• François Beaume, SVP Risks and Insurance, Sonepar
• Heiko Ditzel, Senior Director Risk Finance & Transfer, adidas AG (parent company)/adidas International Re dac (Captive)
• Martin Smyth, Head of Insurable Risk, Group Insurable Risk, Jaguar Landrover
• Matthias Helmbold, VP Global Risk Benefits, Health and Wellbeing at DHL
• Robert Eigenheer, Chairman of the Board of Directors at SBB Insurance AG - the captive of the Swiss Federal Railways
• Tracey Williams, Captive Interface Lead for bp and Director at Jupiter (bp’s captive)
Captive Service Professional of the Year
• Adriana Scherzinger, Group Head of Captives, Zurich Insurance
• David Vigier, Chief Commercial Officer & Head of Captives Strategy, HDI Global SE France
• Marine Charbonnier, Head of Underwriting, Captives and Facultatives, APAC Europe, AXA XL
• Neil Campbell, Consultant, Strategic Risk Solutions
• Neil Moore, Team Leader & Senior Underwriter, Willis Towers Watson Management (Guernsey) Limited
• Stephen Portelli, Regional Leader for Europe & IMEA Captive Solutions, Marsh
• Thomas Keist, Chief Commercial Officer, SRS Altitude
• Tom Nicholls, Customer Development Manager, Generali Employee Benefits Network
Emerging Talent
• Caterina Robba, Senior Account Executive, Generali Employee Benefits
• Evelin Hinestroza, VP Finance & Accounting, Marsh
• Géraldine Bollinger, Head of Insurance, Emil Frey AG
• Mariame Vasquez, CEO and Director, Helykon Group, S.A
• Maxine Dekoning, Global Client Leader, Generali Employee Benefits Network (GEB)
• Meryl Bermond, Business Developer Manager, Descartes Underwriting
• Rodrigo Gebrim Doria, Head of the International Desk, Care Plus Part of Bupa
Company Categories
Accountancy, Audit and Tax Firm
EY
PWC
Forvis Mazars
Actuarial Firm
Barnett Waddingham
Dynamo Analytics | Psicle
PRS Prime Re Solutions
Strategic Risk Solutions
Tendanz
WTW
Excellence in Captive Broking & Advisory
Guy Carpenter
Howden
McGill & Partners
Wide IB
WTW
Captive Consultancy Firm
EY Luxembourg
Hylant
RISCS CWC
Strategic Risk Solutions
Sigma 7
Captive Launch of the Year
Jaguar Land Rover Insurance Company Limited
TDK Group (Strategic Risk Solutions)
Steel Plow Insurance Limited
Captive Manager Firm
Artex
Davies Group
Howden
Risk & Reinsurance Solutions
Strategic Risk Solutions
WTW
Captive Programme of the Year
AstraZeneca (Allianz, Munich Re and Swiss Re)
Jupiter Insurance Limited (WTW)
STMICROELECTRONICS Re S.A. (STReSA)
Knauf (Strategic Risk Solutions)
TenneT Reinsurance N.V. (McGill and Partners)
Employee Benefits Specialist Firm
Allianz Partners
Care Plus, Part of Bupa
Generali Employee Benefits Network
IGP
MAXIS Global Benefits Network
European Domicile
Guernsey
Isle of Man
Luxembourg
Malta
International Domicile
Bermuda
Cayman Islands
Hong Kong
Oklahoma
State of Hawaii
State of Vermont
Investment Firm
Mercer
Oppenheimer
Titan Wealth
W1M
Feasibility Study Firm
Aon Global Risk Consulting UK
EY
Hylant Global Captive Solutions
RISCS CWC
Risk & Reinsurance Solutions (2RS)
Fronting Partner Firm
Achmea
Allianz Commercial
AXA XL
Care Plus, Part of Bupa
Chubb
Descartes Underwriting
Generali Employee Benefits Network
HDI Global SE
MSIG EUROPE SE
RSA Europe
Legal Services Firm
Appleby
Ganado Advocates
Ogier
Technology Solution
Big Ticket
Delonia Software
Intersys
Noria
Reserv
Strategic Risk Solutions
Zurich Insurance Company
Third Party Administrator / Claims Specialist Firm
Charles Taylor
Crawford
Sedgwick
Underwriting Solution of the Year
Allianz Commercial - Alternative Risk Transfer
Allianz Partners - Virtual Captive Concept
Generali Global Corporate and Commercial
HDI Global
Jupiter Insurance Limited
SCOR
SRS Altitude
Swiss Re Corporate Solutions
There will be one winner and one highly commended entrant for each of the 20 categories who will be decided by our independent panel of expert judges. In order to ensure each category is judged fairly, not all judges will judge every category. A select panel is chosen for each category.
The 2025 judging panel includes -
• Stephane Pardo, Head of P&C, EB, and ReIns, Airbus
• Laurent Nihoul, Group Head of Insurance, ArcelorMittal
• Kevin Steed, Head of Group Insurance, AstraZeneca
• Marine Charbonnier, Head of Underwriting, Captives and Facultatives, APAC Europe, AXA XL
• Matthew McEwan, Director, Risk Management, Coca-Cola Europacific Partners PLC
• Matthias Helmbold, VP Global Risk Benefits, Health and Wellbeing, DHL Group
• Philippe Cotelle, FERMA & AMRAE Board Member, Head of Insurance Risk Management, Airbus Defence & Space
• Rogier Bouwman, Director Global Pensions and Benefits, Heineken
• Ersida Ago, Head of Insurance, Orano
• Santiago Gomez, Head Officer, PEMEX
• Camel Sekkai, Group Insurance Director, Petit Forestier Group
• Harald Schuster, Head of Corporate Insurance, Mercedes Benz
• Carl Leeman, Chief Risk Officer, Katoen Natie International
• 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
The winners and highly commended entrants will be announced at a glittering evening awards ceremony on 4 November in Luxembourg held prior to the European Captive Forum on 5-6 November.
Tables at the awards ceremony are available to purchase. Contact Will Sutton wsutton@newtonmedia.co.uk for further details.
For table and partnership enquiries contact: Will Sutton, Commercial Manager, Captive Review at: wsutton@newtonmedia.co.uk
For General enquiries contact: Gina Baillie, Senior Researcher & Producer, Captive Review, at: gbaillie@newtonmedia.co.uk
