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The Finance Sector Code of Corporate Governance – Assurance Statement

7th March 2012
​ The Finance Sector Code of Corporate Governance (“the Code”), issued in September 2011 with an effective date of 1 January 2012, stated the GFSC will require an assurance statement from companies confirming that the directors have considered the effectiveness of their corporate governance practices and are satisfied with their degree of compliance with the Principles set out in the Code, or the...

Mr Roger Walter Francis Taylor

27th February 2012
​Mr Taylor was the managing director and shareholder of Sartor Resources Limited (“Sartor”), an insurance manager licensed under The Insurance Managers and Insurance Intermediaries (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2002, as amended. Sartor’s licence was revoked by the Commission with effect from 9 July 2010.Mr Taylor was convicted in November 2010 of 9 counts of money laundering and sentenced in...

Changes to the AML/CFT Handbooks

1st February 2012
The Commission has made a number of changes to the Handbook for Financial Services Businesses on Countering Financial Crime and Terrorist Financing and to the Handbook for Legal Professionals, Accountants and Estate Agents on Countering Financial Crime and Terrorist Financing. The principal changes are to the chapters on UN, EU and Other Sanctions. A copy of the Handbook for Financial Services...

Eurozone Risk Management

23rd December 2011
The Commission has written to financial services businesses in connection with Eurozone risk management. The Commission has noted that continuing action by governments in the Eurozone might not achieve the desired effect of improving financial stability. One or more Eurozone members may exit from Euro currency union, and reversion to local currencies is possible. Accordingly, the Commission has...

Mr Justin Krzysztof Josef Nicpon

27th September 2011
Mr Nicpon was a director and shareholder of International Alliance Insurance Limited, which was placed into compulsory liquidation on 4 April 2006 by the Royal Court on application by the Commission. International Alliance Insurance Limited was not licensed under The Insurance Business (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2002 (“the Law”) to undertake insurance business in or from within Guernsey. In 2005...