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Banking deputy takes Insurance post at Commission

8th March 2011
​ THE Deputy Director of Banking at the Guernsey Financial Services Commission will succeed Diane Colton as Director of Insurance. Jeremy Quick will take up the post with immediate effect. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Operational Risk, and has published several articles on the subject. He started his career at the Bank of England where he worked on developing world economics and banking...

Equitable Life Assurance Society - Update February 2011

8th February 2011
​The Independent Commission on Equitable Life Payments (“ICELP”) The ICELP has just released its final advice to the Government “Equitable Life Payments Scheme: achieving a fair allocation and order of payments”. The recommendation is that the available £775m should be allocated to policyholders on a pro rata basis in proportion to the size of the Relative Losses suffered. This equates to 22.4% of...

Solvency II Position Statement

25th January 2011
​The Commission and the States of Guernsey Commerce and Employment Department have jointly issued the following statement. Solvency II Position Statement 1. The authorities in Guernsey have no plans to seek equivalence under Solvency II. 2. Guernsey remains committed to meeting internationally accepted regulatory standards as set by the IAIS and endorsed by the G20. In 2011 the IAIS standards will...

IMF Publishes Positive Reports on Guernsey

14th January 2011
​ The IMF has today published six reports arising from its evaluations in March and May 2010 of the Bailiwick’s financial supervision and criminal justice frameworks. The reports commend Guernsey as having financial sector regulation and supervision of a high standard across all sectors, and a legal framework which provides a sound basis for an effective AML/CFT regime, with preventive measures...

IMF Assessment of the Supervision and Regulation of the Financial Sector

14th January 2011
The IMF has today published six reports arising from its evaluations in March and May 2010 of the Bailiwick’s financial supervision and criminal justice frameworks. The reports commend Guernsey as having financial sector regulation and supervision of a high standard across all sectors, and a legal framework which provides a sound basis for an effective AML/CFT regime, with preventive measures...

Equitable Life Assurance Society - Update December 2010

17th December 2010
​ The Independent Commission on Equitable Life Payments (“ICELP”) The ICELP has been set up by the Government to recommend how best to fairly allocate funds provided for the Equitable Life Payments Scheme as part of the Autumn 2010 Spending Review to those persons found to have suffered relative losses as a result of accepted Government maladministration and advise on any groups or classes of...