My role is to make a few introductory remarks to get the main discussion going. Obviously we all would like this to be a serious working session and not an opportunity for speechmaking.
Let me start by saying how delighted I am to be with you this morning as today’s Public Consultation which marks the final phase of a process that started roughly five years ago. As you would recall the regulation of the insurance sector was transferred from the Office of the Supervisor of Insurance in the Ministry of Finance, to the Central Bank in 2004.