Hanseatic P&I to open in Shanghai
Hanseatic P&I, the Hamburg and London based specialist fixed premium P&I provider has been granted a licence to open an office in Shanghai. The office will concentrate on claims and business development with the office having opened this month. This marks a further commitment to the Asia region, with Hanseatic staff speaking Mandarin and English to serve the local Chinese ...
Continue ReadingAmerican P&I Club 2015 General Increase announced
The American Club has announced a 4.5% General Increase will apply to all mutual premium P&I entries in 2015. This shall be placed against the Estimated Total Premium. The following classes will also be subject to a 4.5% General Increase: Mutual and Fixed premium FD&D Fixed premium P&I Damage to Hull (DTH) for charterers cover In addition, all deductibles will ...
Continue ReadingStandard P&I Club announces 2015 General Increase
The Standard Club has announced a 5% general increase will be applied to all mutual P&I premiums at the 2015 renewal. All deductibles will increase by 10% and, importantly, the Club will now apply deductibles to correspondent’s, survey and legal fees. A change to the Club Rules will be made to reflect this. Steel pre-loading surveys will only be paid ...
Continue ReadingNHC increase Charterer’s Liability limits to USD500m from 1st January 2015
The Norwegian Hull Club’s specialist Charterer’s Liability underwriting arm will, from 1st January 2015, be able to offer up to a USD500m limit of liability. Whilst not every charterer (or more frequently, owner) demands USD500m of cover, other markets in the form of many of the International Group (IG) Clubs, The Charterers Club and Raetsmarine, already write to USD500m. Charterama BV ...
Continue ReadingWest of England 2015 General Increase announced
For Mutual entries, the Board have agreed on a 2.5% General Increase on P&I Advance Calls and nil General Increase on FD&D Advance Calls. The forecast additional calls for both classes are set as the same level as the past 2 years, ie 35% of Advance calls, payable in August 2016. This effectively means that the General Increase on the ...
Continue ReadingSteamship Mutual P&I 2015 General Increase announced
The Steamship Mutual P&I Club has decided not to seek a general increase on any class of business in 2015/16. The club’s decision seems largely influenced by its improving financial position amid continued downwards pressure on its members’ earnings. The strengthening of the club’s finances is related to an improvement in back year claims together with a moderate claims experience in ...
Continue ReadingUK P&I Club 2015 General Increase announced
At their recent meeting the Directors of the UK P&I Club have agreed on a general increase of 6.5% on P&I premium for at 2015 renewal. In addition, as per previous year, any change in the International Group reinsurance premium will be charged at cost to Members. As part of the effort to maintain underwriting balance, the Club is increasing ...
Continue ReadingGard General Increase 2015 announced
Further to the Board of Directors held this week, Gard has published their mid-year financial results with combined loss ratio of 78% and contingency reserves at USD1,047 million. Following those strong results, the Board has decided that the 2015 General increases for mutual entries will be 2.5% on Advance calls for P&I and 10% for Defence Class. The Deferred Call ...
Continue ReadingEbola Update
The Ebola outbreak in West Africa has caused significant concern and has been shown not to be a local problem for this terrible disease. The worst-hit countries of Liberia, Sierra Leone and Nigeria all have substantial ports with shipping being the main method of import/export of goods. As such, just as with the civil aviation industry, the marine industry has ...
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