Hosted in Kuala Lumpur, The Asian Captive Conference 2018 (ACC 2018) attracted a regional crowd of delegates and speakers, all focused on the enhancing the level of awareness and acceptability of self-insurance structures in Asia, specifically captive insurance.

Themed ‘Challenges of Self-Insurance: Transparency and Digital Disruption’, the ACC 2018 was aimed to highlight the challenges and disruptors risk managers are facing from technology and the need to meet the growing demands of tax transparency and substance brought about by multilateral organisations and regulators.

The conference discussed various key areas in risk management including the use of technology such as blockchain in captive programmes, the need for substance creation for captive business in the age of transparency, potential use of Protected Cell Companies in Asia and the evolving role of risk managers towards a complex digital landscape.