Guernsey Champagne Reception

Hotel Hermitage Monte-Carlo
9 September 2025
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Guernsey Champagne Reception

Hotel Hermitage Monte-Carlo
9 September 2025
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Save the date for our annual Champagne reception in Monte Carlo, a core event in the Les Rendez-Vous de Septembre line up. 

Representatives from Guernsey's specialist insurance industry are looking forward to updating you on developments within the sector. 

Guernsey’s insurance sector is pioneering and innovative, with the jurisdiction boasting a position of leadership in the structuring and execution of alternative risk transfer. 

The reception takes place in the same week as the 67th Les Rendez-Vous de Septembre (6 - 10 September), when representatives from the global reinsurance market meet to hold bilateral discussions ahead of the renewal of insurance treaties. 

More information about the speakers for this event will be available soon.  

If you have any queries on this event, please contact Leanne Cuttill

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Event Programme - Tuesday 9 September 2025
16:00
Registration
16:30
Welcome Address
Paul Sykes Photo
Paul Sykes
Chair
Guernsey International Business Association (GIBA)
16:45
Networking Drinks
18:00
Keynote Address
Paul Brand Photo
Paul Brand
CEO
Convex Group
18:10
Networking Drinks
19:00
Event Close
Speaker
Welcome Address

Paul Sykes

Chair Guernsey Finance
Paul is responsible for Aon Insurance Managers in Guernsey – Europe’s largest (re)insurance management company – which also includes the White Rock PCC and ICC companies. He has been instrumental in the development of Guernsey’s insurance industry spanning captive solutions, Insurance Linked Securities and Guernsey’s emerging reinsurance sector. He originally trained with Royal Insurance (RSA), before setting up Aon’s operations in Malta and Gibraltar. Paul has chaired most of the insurance trade association and professional bodies in Guernsey and is currently the Deputy Chairman of the Guernsey International Business Association (GIBA). He holds a master’s degree in Corporate Governance, is a Chartered Insurer and a Fellow of the Chartered Insurance Institute. Most recently he also became a Chartered Director with the Institute of Directors.
Speaker
Keynote Address

Paul Brand

CEO Convex Group

Paul Brand is the CEO of Convex Group and has more than 35 years of insurance industry experience, including 31 years at Catline and XL Catlin. He joined Catline in 1987 becoming chief underwriting officer between 2003 and 2015. Following the merger between XL Group and Catlin, Brand became chief underwriting officer of the insurance division of XL Group between 2015 and 2017. He was also chairman of Accelerate, XL Catlin’s in-house innovation team between 2016 and 2018. Brand founded Convex with Stephen Catlin in 2019, with $1.7bn of initial committed capital to underwrite insurance and reinsurance for complex specialty risks.