RPC

Corporate Insurance and Financial Services

Jonathan Charwat is a corporate, commercial and regulatory partner in RPC's Corporate Insurance & Financial Services team.

Jonathan's primary focus is in the insurance and financial services market. His commercial experience includes a wide range of insurance distribution arrangements and agreements as well as reinsurance and other commercial agreements.  From a regulatory perspective, Jonathan advises clients on insurance product distribution and governance including intermediary remuneration arrangements, internal governance and regulatory compliance, insurer-intermediary distribution structures, customer facing and product documentation, and developments in insurance regulation. Jonathan has also acted on a number of M&A transactions for both the insurance and corporate market including Lloyd's specific arrangements and a scheme of arrangement.

Jonathan also has a good deal of in-house experience having undertaken secondments at Arch Insurance, Marsh and Swiss Re Life Capital. Prior to joining RPC, he also worked for two years in-house in a corporate governance and commercial contracts role for Volex plc working out of London and China.

Work highlights 

Advising a number of insurers and market participants on their implementation of new Consumer Duty regulations.

Providing support and advice to a global insurer in its expansion into new retail and SME insurance products.

Acting as the third line of defence for a number of insurers when it comes to reviewing and advising on broker remuneration arrangements.