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Award for outstanding exam performance

BWCI Group

We are delighted to announce that Amber Buckingham, who completed her final exam to qualify as an actuary last year, has been awarded the Worshipful Company of Actuaries’ Prize for the Pensions and Other Benefits exam.

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A PRIIP in Time

Luke Berry

Packaged Retail and Insurance-based Investment Products, known as “PRIIPs”, can be complex financial structures which may not necessarily be well-understood by potential investors. To try to address this, EU regulations require every potential retail investor to be provided with a Key Information Document “KID” for any PRIIP they are considering.

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Focus on International Plans

Carl Hansen

There has been significant interest from employers in both international pension plans (IPPs) and international savings plans (ISPs) in recent months. However, it is not always clear which type of plan best fits an employer’s particular needs. Both IPPs and ISPs are typically established in international finance centres – such as Guernsey and Jersey – to take advantage of enabling legislation, a favourable tax regime and good support services.

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Test Accuracy of Covid19

BWCI Group

The Bailiwick of Guernsey is now well into Phase 5c of the Exit from Lockdown framework. This means that selfisolation requirements are reduced for travellers coming from any areas with low levels of virus prevalence. The trade-off for reduced periods of self-isolation is an increased focus on testing. This new phase coincides with substantially increased testing capabilities, to a potential capacity of more than 2,000 tests a day. In addition, some of the testing will be on a supervised self-swab basis.

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New Insurance Partner

BWCI Group

We are delighted to announce the promotion of Jonathan Kemp to Partner. Jonathan joined us in 2019 as a Senior Manager in our Insurance Consulting team.

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