Gibraltar Insurance Domiciliation
Build your UK market access insurance carrier with proven regulatory expertise
Gibraltar offers insurance carriers UK regulatory-aligned frameworks, passporting rights into the UK market, strategic geographic positioning, and robust regulatory oversight through the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission. Resnova provides end-to-end consulting for insurers and MGAs establishing Gibraltar-domiciled operations who require UK market access.
Led by Andy Wright, who served as MD of a Gibraltar-domiciled insurer for three years and former Branch CEO of Tesla Insurance Europe’s UK and German branches, we've successfully built and operated Gibraltar-based carriers and secured multi-jurisdiction regulatory approvals. Our practitioner-led approach combines deep technical knowledge with hands-on CEO-level implementation experience.
WHY GIBRALTAR MATTERS
The Gibraltar Financial Services Commission operates a sophisticated insurance regulatory framework aligned with UK standards while maintaining distinct advantages. Gibraltar domiciliation provides access to UK insurance markets through regulatory equivalence while offering competitive operational costs and regulatory flexibility.
For international insurers entering UK and European markets, automotive OEMs expanding their insurance offerings, or existing carriers seeking jurisdictional optimisation, Gibraltar provides a compelling regulatory environment. The GFSC's depth of expertise in cross-border insurance makes it particularly well-suited for complex multi-market operations.
The regulatory pathway involves capital requirements, governance structures, operational readiness, and ongoing compliance frameworks that require specialist knowledge to navigate efficiently. Andy's three years as CEO of a Gibraltar insurer provide unmatched practical insight into operational reality.
WHO THIS IS FOR
This service is designed for automotive OEMs establishing UK insurance operations, international insurers seeking UK market access, and insurtech companies setting up their own carrier or MGA. We work with organisations ranging from startup insurers through to established carriers executing strategic expansion.
WHY RESNOVA
Andy served as Managing Director of a Gibraltar-domiciled insurance carrier for three years, managing all aspects of regulatory compliance, operational implementation, and authority relationships. This hands-on C-suite experience, combined with his role building insurance operations as the CEO of Tesla Insurance Europe’s UK and German branches, provides practical insights into GFSC processes, regulatory expectations, and operational requirements that consultants without implementation experience cannot provide.
Our approach focuses on substance over process. We build genuine regulatory compliance frameworks rather than checkbox exercises, establishing sustainable operations that withstand GFSC scrutiny and support long-term business success. Andy knows what actually works in Gibraltar because he ran an insurer there.
We operate as regulatory strategists and implementation partners, not traditional consultants. Clients engage us for outcomes, not reports.