Atlas Insurance has become the first protected cell company (PCC) in Malta.

The Maltese Financial Services Authority has authorised Atlas' conversion into a PCC, with effect from 1 November.

Michael Gatt, Atlas' managing director, was confident that the PCC structure would allow the company to service more effectively small-to-medium firms that choose to set up their own captive.

PCCs have already been established in other offshore centres, such as Guernsey, the Isle of Man and Gibraltar.

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