protectedcellcompanies

The MFSA issued a Circular on the 22nd of December 2022 in which it proposed amendments to the Companies Act (Cell Companies carrying on business of Insurance) Regulations, Subsidiary Legislation 386.10 (“the PCC Regulations”). The PCC Regulations provide for the creation and regulation of cell companies. Currently, regulation 15 of the PCC Regulations provides that where a cell exclusively carries on business of affiliated re/insurance, the cell company may, by written agreement, provide that only the cellular assets of that cell may be utilized to satisfy the cellular liability of that cell. Hence, regulation 15 allows for the limitation of…