George Town, Grand Cayman, September 8, 2014: Guardian General Insurance Limited (GGIL) which trades as NEMWIL will be rebranded to Guardian Group at an Official Launch Event “Gearing for the future: Re-Branding and learning from Ivan” on Friday September 12, 2014. Members of the media are invited to cover this event at The Dart Auditorium, The National Gallery of the Cayman Islands, Esterley Tibbetts Highway Grand Cayman from 5:00pm.

Guardian Group is the new single brand of the Guardian Holdings Limited group of companies, which has been serving the English and Dutch speaking Caribbean for over 165 years under such market leaders as Guardian Life of the Caribbean Limited and Guardian General Insurance Limited. Guardian Group is the new brand that represents Guardian General Insurance (GGIL) which trades as NEMWIL, a major player in the general insurance market in the Cayman Islands underwriting the following classes of insurance business; Property, Motor, Liability, Accident, and Marine.

In the past year Guardian Group embarked on a major strategic initiative and rebranded all its subsidiaries across the English and Dutch Caribbean. Guardian Group is the leading financial services and insurance group in the Caribbean, with a product suite that includes Life and Health insurance and Pension products, all classes of General Insurance and Asset Management. As Guardian Group, we focus our attention on our core business in our core markets as one team under a unified brand. We have re-enforced our customer focus through a new mission to operate as “one integrated, customer-centric company – a company which sees the world through its customers’ eyes and delivers its brand promise consistently at every customer touch point”. It is our mission to be “the customer’s preferred choice in financial planning and insurance”.

Guardian has a long legacy in the Cayman Islands; first under the NEMWIL brand and then as Guardian General Insurance Limited trading as NEMWIL. In 2004, the Cayman Islands suffered the devastating effects of Hurricane Ivan and our guest speaker, Mr. David I. Jamison, Executive Director, Axis International/York Risk Services Group will share a unique perspective, leveraging learnings from the Ivan experience on how the insurance industry manages claims in catastrophic events such as Ivan. Mr. Jamison has established and managed teams of adjusters handling claims for local Insurers and Lloyds/Reinsurers for numerous catastrophes including Hurricanes Gilbert, Andrew, Luis, Marilyn, Georges and Ivan. Guardian General Insurance Limited under its predecessor NEMWIL weathered Hurricane Ivan with its clients, honoured all claims and today remains one of the leading insurers in the market.

ABOUT GUARDIAN GROUP

Guardian Group is the new single brand of the largest indigenous financial services and insurance group in the English and Dutch Caribbean. Guardian Group operates across the Region including the Eastern and Northern Caribbean, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Jamaica and the Dutch Caribbean. The Group includes the parent company, Guardian Holdings Limited, Guardian Asset Management in Trinidad and Tobago; Guardian Life of the Caribbean and Guardian General Insurance Ltd. in Trinidad and Tobago and Barbados; Guardian Life Limited and Guardian General Insurance Jamaica Ltd., in Jamaica; Fatum Holdings N.V. and all of its subsidiaries in Curacao and Aruba and across the Dutch Caribbean. While the companies within the group remain separate legal entities, they all now carry a single brand name, logo and tagline, solidifying Guardian Group as the single largest brand in the insurance and financial services sector in the English and Dutch Caribbean with a rich legacy of over 165 years.