Lloyd’s is proposing to transfer certain EEA insurance policies to Lloyd’s Brussels. The proposed transfer will not change terms and conditions of any policy, except that Lloyd’s Brussels will become the insurer and Data Controller in respect of the transferred policies. Further information about the proposal (including whether it could affect your pre-transfer position), which […]
Global Reach
Our offices in London, Paris, New York, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Geneva provide us with access to all major international insurance markets and enable us to service our clients’ global needs, wherever they do business.
Sian Aspinall
Managing Director
Sian is well-placed to advise clients on the full spectrum of issues which can arise with cross-border insurance placements.
Our offices
BPL Global’s headquarters are in London, where the company was founded in 1983. In London, we have the largest broking team in the CPRI market and count amongst our clients many of the world’s leading financial institutions, exporters, commodity traders and corporate investors.
Our Paris office was established in 2001 and is led by Paul Torrington, who has over 35 years’ experience in the CPRI market and has worked with clients throughout Europe, particularly in France, Germany and Italy.
In 2011, we opened a branch office in Hong Kong in response to the growing demand for CPRI in the Asia Pacific region. The following year we established a subsidiary company in Singapore. Harry McIndoe is Chief Executive of BPL Global Singapore and oversees our business across Asia Pacific, where our client base includes the region’s major financial institutions, exporters and commodity traders, as well as the subsidiaries of our multinational clients.
2018 marked the opening of our office in New York which was established to provide financial institutions and multinational corporations with a seamless service across the Americas. The office is headed up by John Lavelle.
We also opened our Geneva office in 2018, established to provide local support for our Swiss-based clients and develop new relationships in this globally renowned trading hub. The office is led by Philippine de Villèle, who works closely with commodity traders, banks and exporters.
BPL Global is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority in the UK, by ORIAS in France, by the State Department of Financial Services in New York, by the Confederation of Insurance Brokers in Hong Kong, by the Monetary Authority of Singapore in Singapore, and by FINMA in Switzerland.
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Our compliance department is solely focused on CPRI and can provide clients with bespoke guidance on regulatory and licensing issues that can arise from conducting cross-border business around the world.
Serving clients globally
We can service clients’ global needs wherever they are located.
Our office network and worldwide contacts give us broad geographical reach to service clients across multiple jurisdictions. In addition, we also have in-depth knowledge of the regulatory environment which applies to global, cross-border insurance placements. Unlike other brokers, our compliance department is solely focused on CPRI and so can provide clients with bespoke guidance on regulatory and licensing considerations that can arise with such insurance business.
In many instances, we are able to place business directly for clients in jurisdictions where we do not have a physical presence, such as Canada and South Africa, and certain countries in the Asia Pacific region, including Malaysia and Australia.
In other instances, we can advise on fronting arrangements whereby a local insurer issues the insurance policy and we source corresponding reinsurance coverage from overseas insurers. Jurisdictions where we have supported clients in this way range from Mexico, Chile and Argentina through to China and Japan as well as countries throughout the Middle East.
Find out what sets us apart:
In the news
Now that just over two months have passed since the World Health Organization declared Covid-19 a global pandemic, we have produced an analysis of how the crisis is affecting credit and political risk insurance (CPRI) and the response of our market thus far. Read it here.
The human consequences of the coronavirus pandemic are all too clear. The full economic impact of the various government lockdowns in place around the world are yet to emerge. However, even at this stage it is certain that the impact on the global economy will be massive: probably beyond any of our experiences. The impact […]
BPL Global has today published its annual Market Insight report revealing that the oil, mining, metals and extractive industries continue to make up the largest proportion of demand for CPRI coverage. Around a third of all BPL Global’s 2019 enquiries related to these sectors – of which around half were bank-financed deals. Commenting on the […]
BPL Global has today announced the appointment of Anna Morgan as its new Legal Director to support and advise on legal matters across all product lines and client bases. Anna will work closely with the claims department, as well as advising on regulatory matters and policy wordings. A qualified lawyer, with a background in finance […]
