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 […]

UK Insurance Trends

Deals: Navigators & General Expands Its Marine Book

Navigators and General (N&G) has reached an agreement with NMU to acquire its ex-GJW commercial marine trade combined book as it further expands its scale in the market. The transaction, for an undisclosed sum, brings a target […]

News

Marine Insurance: North P&I Club Chooses Concirrus

North P&I Club has chosen Concirrus as a digital partner. Concirrus’ world-leading digital platform, Quest Marine P&I with its data suite and predictive modelling capabilities, will contribute to North’s loss prevention and risk assessment capabilities. […]

Opinion

Opinion: Marine Risks in the Gulf & Middle East Region

Simon Dempsey, Marine Claims Executive at Meridian Risk Solutions, gives advice on dealing with War Risk claims and assesses what the current volatile situation in the Gulf region may mean for insurers; Following a period […]

Lloyd's/London Market

Marine: UK P&I Club Makes Key Hire

The UK P&I Club, a leading provider of P&I insurance and other services to the international shipping community, has appointed Tom Starr as a Senior Claims Executive, who will be based in the Thomas Miller London […]

News

Deals: Thomas Miller Buys Lodestar Marine Book

Thomas Miller Specialty, a global insurance provider across a number of sectors including marine, offshore and general aviation, announced recently it has concluded the purchase of Lodestar Marine’s book of business. Vicky Clarke, underwriter at […]

UK Insurance Trends

2020 Predictions: Marine Sector Will Adapt to New IMO Fuel Regulations

Stuart Edmonston, Loss Prevention Director at UK P&I Club, looks at what IMO 2020 and increased automation mean for the maritime sector in 2020: “From a loss prevention perspective, the most obvious discussion point for 2020 is […]