The Leadership in Insurance Podcast · 2026-05-25 · 31 min
This week, host Dan Briselden sits down with Stephen Stonberg , CEO & co-founder of Tabit Insurance - a company bridging the world of Bitcoin and the balance sheet of a regulated insurer. Stephen shares how Tabit is using centuries-old Lombard lending principles to do something genuinely new: bringing Bitcoin onto an insurance balance sheet - dollarising it, holding it securely, and opening up a fresh source of capital for an industry that's long relied on the same investor pool. In this episode, you'll hear Stephen's take on: Why Barbados is a top-10 global captive domicile and why that matters for crypto The tax problem that stops Bitcoin holders from generating yield and how insurance solves it Why the insurance industry is the hardest audience to convince (harder than capital markets) How AI is already reshaping how Tabit thinks about distribution and staffing The new insurance lines that don't yet exist and who's going to build them "The insurance industry needs new capital. Bitcoin holders need yield.
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