Lloyd's/London Market

Risk Of Shipping Fire Is On The Rise

Although shipping losses have halved over the past decade, fires on board vessels remain among the biggest safety issues for the maritime industry, as demonstrated by incidents this week involving the Felicity Ace cargo/RoRo ship, which caught […]

Lloyd's/London Market

Marine: Swedish Club Offers Training on Loss Prevention

The Swedish Club has launched a new online training programme, aimed at delivering proactive loss prevention services directly to its members and their crews wherever they are in the world. Loss Prevention Training – Online […]

Legal

Supply Chain Problems: Industry Reaction & Comment

Jonathan Moss, Head of Marine and Trade, at DWF.law, comments on the shipping container crisis and how it is affecting businesses, consumers and insurers. He said: “The supply chain has faced major disruption globally due […]

Insurance Brokers

North P&I Integrates Sunderland Marine Biz into Parent Company

North P&I Club completes integration of the Sunderland Marine Insurance Company Limited business into parent company The North of England Protecting and Indemnity Association Limited.    The formal transfer of business, which takes effect today […]

Lloyd's/London Market

North P&I Offers New Marine Insurance Product

The new offering from North is designed for larger ocean-going vessels and will complement the H&M insurance already available from Sunderland Marine for fishing vessels and other small craft.   We expect that the new […]

Insurance claims

Marine: UK P&I Offers Useful Safety Advice on Ship Repairs

Stuart Edmonston, Loss Prevention Director at UK P&I Club, discusses an eye injury to a fitter and the lessons that can be learnt from this: “An engine room fitter was instructed to fabricate a steel locking pin […]