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 […]

Insurance Regulation

LIIBA Launches Broker Placing Committee

The traditional way of selling insurance in the City of London is rapidly changing, and to reflect this transformation LIIBA is setting up a new team to help everyone deal with the ever-fluid digital landscape. […]

Lloyd's/London Market

Marine Case Study: How Bunkering Can Go Pear Shaped & What to Do Next

OK, this one is a bit niche, but it may be of interest to Guy Martin, Dame Helen MacArthur or anyone keen on improvising a solution when things go wrong at sea. It’s a series […]