In the fifth annual edition of the Marsh Captive Benchmarking Report, we provide real-time, state-of-the-art field intelligence designed to inform decision-making in optimizing captive performance.

Our analysis of the data derived from over 1,200 captives ringing the globe provides yet another affirmation of their efficacy, flexibility, and stability—even as the external environment continued to exhibit volatility in the financial sector, in global and regional economies, and in the very nature of hazard risk itself.

We describe the many parameters in which the data have been organized and analyzed, followed by "Guide to Analytics," a table of contents facilitating access to those data points and narratives that are most relevant to your organization. Attributes include captive owner geography and industry, domicile venue, onshore versus offshore, captive vehicle type, lines of insurance underwritten, use of reinsurance, performance ratios, and more.

Given the dynamic behavior and interplay of these factors, owners who strive to optimize captive utilization require penetrating knowledge of their own organization and of the wide world of captives. Our goals are to depict that wide world comprehensively and with utter clarity—and, as ever, to help our clients thrive.