ASL Team

ASL can be contacted at any time on: (441) 295 5425  

ASL employs highly qualified Captive and Broking specialists in Bermuda to manage the wide variety of client business.  The principal officers of ASL are:

Colin James B.Sc., A.C.A. (President  & CEO)
e-mail: cjames@asl.bm

Colin has spent 25 years in Bermuda and joined ASL in 1983 as a specialist in the arrangement of offshore financial reinsurance and the development of rent-a-captive concepts.  Since then he has built ASL’s rent-a-captive portfolio to a point where ASL manages 3 of the world’s top 10 rent-a-captive facilities.  Colin has been key in the creation of some of Bermuda’s largest and most innovative captive and rent-a-captive facilities as well as many other alternative risk vehicles.

Colin is also a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, England and Wales, and the Institute of Civil Engineering, England and Wales.

Richard Witkowski C.A (Senior Vice President)
e-mail: rwitkowski@asl.bm

Richard moved to Bermuda in 1983 and joined ASL in 1984 to become responsible for the development of captive management, rent-a-captive and reinsurance operations. With ASL’s continued growth and success Richard has become responsible for overseeing all of the captive and rent-a-captive business that ASL manages and is therefore able to offer highly experienced advice on a broad spectrum of complex situations to both our current and future clients.

Richard is a member of the New Zealand Society of Accountants.

Giles North (Managing Director - Broking)
e-mail: gnorth@asl.bm

Giles joined ASL in 2004 having previously spent 23 years broking in Bermuda for Marsh and then founding Triangle Brokerage Ltd in 1988, which was later bought by JLT where he served as President.

Giles has placed local business for a large percentage of the Fortune 1000 companies over his 25 year of service in the Bermuda market with particular specialty in the Casualty markets.  His market reputation has been built on an ability to analyze, structure and place complex risks into the market with many notable successes.

For many years he was a member of XL’s policy review committee which helped to develop and revise the Bermuda “Liability Forms” and has also been called upon to give advice and recommendations in this regard to other insurers such as Ace and Starr.

Giles has worked with most of the principals and senior underwriters of the Bermuda’s insurers and has been extensively involved with virtually every aspect of the industry.