In recent years, there has been a remarkable growth in the number of captive insurance companies worldwide. There are now over 4,000 captives writing more than US$20 billion in premium, and with capital and surplus estimated at over US$50 billion. As the region's premier captive specialist, Jardine Lloyd Thompson Asia offers captive management and consulting services including captive feasibility and utilisation studies, business planning and reinsurance protection. We operate separately from our broking colleagues in order to provide an independent, expert view of captive feasibilities and risk financing strategies. Our solutions cover the following areas: