Guernsey celebrates a century of captive insurance

More than 100 insurance industry professionals celebrated a century of captive insurance in Guernsey at a special event hosted by WE ARE GUERNSEY and the Guernsey International Insurance Association.
Held at the impressive Landing 42 of the City of London’s Leadenhall building, a highlight of the evening was a live podcast recording, with special guest Richard Cutcher of Global Captive Podcast, a long-time friend of WE ARE GUERNSEY.
He was joined by guests Mark Helyar, of Counsel at Bedell Cristin, Julia Graham, CEO of Airmic and Malcolm Cutts Watson of Cutts Watson Consulting.

Guernsey celebrates a century of captive insurance

More than 100 insurance industry professionals celebrated a century of captive insurance in Guernsey at a special event hosted by WE ARE GUERNSEY and the Guernsey International Insurance Association.
Held at the impressive Landing 42 of the City of London’s Leadenhall building, a highlight of the evening was a live podcast recording, with special guest Richard Cutcher of Global Captive Podcast, a long-time friend of WE ARE GUERNSEY.
He was joined by guests Mark Helyar, of Counsel at Bedell Cristin, Julia Graham, CEO of Airmic and Malcolm Cutts Watson of Cutts Watson Consulting.

Returning to Rendez-Vous

After a two-year break, Guernsey Finance made a triumphant return to Monte Carlo to attend Les Rendez-Vous de Septembre and host the perennially popular champagne reception.
Rendez-Vous is a key get-together for major players in the global reinsurance market, attracting lawyers, bankers, accounting and rating organisations and marks the beginning of the annual negotiation process prior to the renewal of reinsurance treaties. Here, WE ARE GUERNSEY Deputy Chief Executive Barnaby Molloy reflects on his time there.

US Update – Jonny Gamble, October 2022

Jonny Gamble joined the Guernsey Finance Business Development team in May as its dedicated US Representative. With a few months under his belt, Jonny attends two important events, SuperReturn Funds conference and New York Climate Week

Before undertaking my first trip as the US representative for Guernsey Finance (‘We are Guernsey’), to SuperReturn Funds US 2022 Conferences I undertook some research to be as fully informed as I could be.
I met with a number of leading service providers across Funds and Private Wealth as well as liaising with Tony Lane, from Carey Olsen Guernsey and John Grundy, representing Northern Trust Guernsey, who joined me on this trip.

Guernsey ‘jurisdiction of choice’ for SPACs

A Guernsey-incorporated, sustainability-centric special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) has been admitted to trading on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange (LSE).
Ikigai Ventures Limited was established to acquire companies with a specific focus on sustainability and ESG strategy as part of their core business.
Carey Olsen’s Guernsey corporate team advised on the Guernsey legal and regulatory aspects of the admission.