MGA and Captives Roadshow

London
5-7 November 2024
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Industry representatives from Guernsey, Europe's number one jurisdiction for captive insurance, will be available for meetings with London-based intermediaries as part of Guernsey Finance's captive and MGA roadshow. 

Find out why Guernsey is a jurisdiction of choice for captives and MGAs, as well as details about the island’s regulatory environment and innovative reputation.  

Learn about current trends and developments in this sector from our expert delegation. 

Guernsey Finance UK Insurance Representative William Lewis will be joined by Christina Bell Chair of GIIA Captive Committee, Richard Paris-Smith from SRS management, James Stewart from Artex Risk Solutions, Alex Symons from Aon Insurance Managers, Ben Davies from WTW Management and Kate Storey, Independent Non-Executive Director. 

If you would like to book a meeting with our delegation, please contact William here.

Roadshow Supporters

Speaker

Ben Davies

Client Manager WTW

Ben has accrued 20 years’ experience in the insurance industry, having worked for broking firms, mutual companies, insurers and most recently, for captive managers. 

Ben is an insurance specialist for rail network risks, the oil and gas industry and is a skilled business developer.   

He is an Associate of Chartered Insurance Institute and a Past President of the Bristol Chartered Institute.

Speaker

William Lewis

Insurance Business Development Representative Guernsey Finance
William is Guernsey Finance’s first sector-specific Business Development Representative for insurance. He has over 44 years' of experience in this sector, with a broad range of market knowledge, including being an underwriter and broker.
Based in London, William currently works for Hampden Agencies, a Lloyd’s members’ agent, and he has been a director of a Guernsey Protected Cell Company (PCC) for 20 years. Previously, he has also been the director of a Lloyd’s members’ agent and of a Bermudan Special Purpose Insurer, has been involved in the formation of PCCs and has had extensive interaction with the Guernsey regulator. He also has experience dealing with UK and Lloyd’s regulators.
Speaker

Richard Paris-Smith

Client Service Leader Strategic Risk Solutions Management

Richard Paris-Smith joined SRS Management on 1 January 2022, where he has been responsible for a portfolio of existing clients while working with the SRS team to support the Company’s growth strategy in Guernsey and Europe.

Richard has more than 30 years’ experience in the insurance industry. He spent 24 years in the 
London broking market, working for much of that time with a team focused on creating innovative 
reinsurance solutions. He moved to Guernsey in 2004 where he has gained significant experience in 
managing and advising captive and other specialized insurance and reinsurance vehicles.

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James Stewart

Client Services Director Artex Risk Solutions

Chartered Insurer, ACII
James is an Insurance Manager with experience of managing: pure captive insurance vehicles, insurance PCCs, mutual insurers, trade association captives and specialist commercial (re)insurers.

Speaker

Kate Storey

Independent Non-Executive Director Guernsey Finance
Kate is a Guernsey Advocate with over 22 years of experience as a commercial lawyer. She has spent the last 16 years in Guernsey practising financial services law, specialising in investment funds and finance transactions. Kate is also a prominent Guernsey insurance expert. In addition to Guernsey Finance, she sits on the Executive Committee of the Guernsey Investment & Funds Association (GIFA) and the Market Development Committee of the Guernsey International Insurance Association (GIIA). She is immediate past Chair of the Guernsey Commercial Bar Association and the GIIA Pensions De-risking committee.