WHAT WE DO / INSURANCE & REINSURANCE / CORPORATE AND REGULATORY

Ince & Co’s corporate and regulatory insurance practice offers a full service to (re)insurers and intermediaries worldwide. Our many years’ experience of advising the (re)insurance industry enables our non-contentious lawyers to understand our clients’ needs and commercial objectives. In particular, we are well-placed to provide specialist advice in an ever-changing regulatory environment.

Our capabilities include:

Corporate:

  • company/branch set-up
  • acquisitions, including Part VIItransfers
  • joint venture arrangements
  • reorganisations
  • schemes of arrangement

Regulatory:

  • FSA authorisation and permission
  • Insurance mediation regime –distribution of insurance products
  • EU passporting – freedom ofestablishment, freedom of services
  • regulatory capital requirements, including Solvency II preparation
  • appointed representatives
  • client asset rules
  • Approved Persons and Controlled Functions
  • general FSA compliance – both prudential and conduct-of-business
  • Lloyd’s – Byelaw compliance, Chain of Security matters

Commercial:

  • policy wordings
  • underwriting authorities
  • fronting agreements
  • white labelling and other distribution arrangements
  • reinsurance – treaty/facultative, proportional/non-proportional
  • run-offs
  • Lloyd’s – syndicate, managing agent, coverholder arrangements