Gibraltar Types of Entities


Gibraltar Non-Resident Company
Private Company Limited by Shares
Company Limited by Guarantee
The Gibraltar Tax Exempt Company
The Gibraltar 1992 Company
Public Company Limited by Shares
Branch of Overseas Company
The Qualifying Company
Protected Cell Company
Insurance companies
General Partnership
Limited Partnership
Investment Funds
Foundations


SETTING UP A GIBRALTAR CAPTIVE
Applicable legislation - The Insurance Companies Ordinance 1987, as amended, and supporting regulations, in accordance with relevant EU directives.
Government Incorporation and filing fees - Incorporation fee: £50; annual filing fee: £30; filing of accounts: £10; filing of particulars of directors or secretaries: £5.
Government Licence application fee - £1,000 (captives, protected cell companies and reinsurance only); £3,000 (general business); £4,000 (life business); additional £750 for each cell within a PCC.
Government Annual licence fee - £2,500 (captives); £10,000 (direct general writers); £3,000 (general business restricted to reinsurance only); £12,000 (life companies); £2,500 + £750 per cell (PCCs).
Investment restrictions - As per the Insurance Companies (Valuation of Assets and Liabilities) Regulations 1996.
Minimum Guarantee Fund (MGF) - 3m for life insurers and companies writing liability business; 2m for all other insurers.
Capitalisation Requirements - Depends on the level of business to be written subject to being no less than the MGF or the calculated minimum solvency margin (whichever is the higher).
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