The company's purpose is to provide services in the fields of risk management and insurance and reinsurance brokerage, as well as all related or similar fields. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, and conduct all business directly or indirectly related to its purpose. The company may acquire, encumber, sell, and manage real estate in Switzerland and abroad. It may also provide financing for its own account or for the account of third parties, as well as provide guarantees and sureties for its subsidiaries and third parties. The company may grant loans to its direct or indirect shareholders or to other companies within the Lockton Re group and provide security of any kind for their liabilities to third parties, including by way of pledge or security assignment of its own assets or guarantees of any kind, even if such loans or securities are granted in the exclusive interest of its direct or indirect shareholders or other group companies and are provided free of charge.