directly or indirectly, both in Switzerland and abroad, the execution of insurance and reinsurance brokerage operations of all kinds and related activities in the field of insurance and reinsurance and similar products, as well as in the areas of financial products and capitalization. The Company may: either on its own account or on behalf of third parties, carry out all financial, commercial, industrial, movable and immovable transactions in Switzerland and abroad, directly or indirectly related to the main purpose; create branches or subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad; participate in all companies having a direct or indirect relationship with its purpose; grant loans or any other form of financing to, and provide guarantees of all kinds, for the direct or indirect benefit of its associates, companies of the same group or third parties, in particular in the form of guarantees, pledges or securities on the Company's assets.