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Zurich Ramps Up Marine Insurance Platform

Zurich Insurance Group (Zurich) is accelerating the broader roll-out of a new marine insurance platform for small and medium cargo, following its successful introduction in selected markets around the world. The Zurich Swift Insurance Platform […]

Lloyd's/London Market

P&I Club Transfers Occupational Disease Liability to Randall & Quilter

UK P&I Club has concluded an agreement with subsidiaries of Randall & Quilter Investment Holdings Ltd. (R&Q), an Alternative Investment Market (AIM) listed run-off insurance specialist, to transfer the Club’s occupational disease liabilities. Most occupational […]

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 […]

InsureTech

AI Can Help Repair Lives After Disasters, Tractable Are On The Case

Insurance is all about being the backstop, healing and repairing lives when things go wrong. Claims after a major disaster can often be complex and sometimes customers feel let down if things take too long […]

Global insurance trends

Marine Cover: SAL Heavy Lift Partners With Inatech on Bunker Strategy

German fleet operator SAL Heavy Lift has hired Inatech, a unit of Glencore, to ensure compliance with new low-sulphur emissions rules and optimise bunker strategies. Inatech, a specialist provider of energy trading risk management systems, has […]

Insurance & Reinsurance

TT Club’s New Online Hub Signs Up 1200 Members

TT Club, the UK P&I Club and UK Defence Club, part of Thomas Miller Group, launched a new user-friendly online hub of essential resources for Members, customers and their network partners, called Thomas Miller Connect, […]

Lloyd's/London Market

Charles Taylor Strengthens In-House Medical Expert Team

Dr Firas Alayash, a highly-experienced medical assistance doctor and occupational health physician, has joined Charles Taylor Assistance; boosting the global assistance and travel risk management provider’s considerable in-house medical expertise. Charles Taylor Assistance manages over […]

InsureTech

Tokio Marine Launches Metromile; AI Powered Car Insurance Claims App

AI is going to change everything. We have heard that many times before, but it does seem to be happening in the world of insurance, where bulk risk assessment, pricing of cover, admin of policies […]