North of England P&I Club announces nil General Increase for 2018/9
The North of England P&I Club has announced they will be seeking a nil general increase at the 2017/8 renewal. The Club will also be increasing all deductibles below USD25,000 by a minimum of USD1000 per deductible. Release Calls for both P&I and FD&D have been updated as follows: 2015/6 – 0% 2016/7 – 5% 2017/8 – 15% 2018/9 – ...
Continue ReadingLondon P&I Club will not seek any General Increase for 2018 renewal
The London P&I Club, managed by A. Bilbrough & Co, has announced they will be seeking a nil General Increase for the 2018/9 policy year in both P&I and FD&D classes. There will be an increase in deductibles of USD2000 for crew/people claims and USD1000 for all other deductibles. The Release Calls for open years have been amended to the ...
Continue ReadingUK P&I Club will not seek any General Increase for 2018
Following on from their recent meeting, the UK P&I Club’s Board has decided that for 2018 policy year: no General Increase will be sought from their Members standard deductible level will remain unchanged the release call will be set at 10% of mutual premium As per previous years, the cost of the GXL programme will be passed on to Members ...
Continue ReadingSteamship Mutual announces nil General Increase for 2018 and return 10%
Following the Club’s Board meeting on 24 October, Steamship Mutual have announced there will be no General Increase for the 2018/9 policy year. The Club are also not seeking an increase to the minimum deductibles. In addition, the Club will return 10% of premium paid on P&I Mutual entries in 2015 policy year to Members, to be credited immediately in November ...
Continue ReadingBritannia returns USD10m to Members, and announces Nil General Increase for 2018
Further to Britannia Board meeting on 17 October, the Club has announced that they will not apply any General Increase on P&I and FD&D advance call at 2018 renewal. In addition, the Club will return a further USD10m to mutual Members, based on premium for ships on risk at midnight BST 17 October 2017. The Club has already redistributed USD20 ...
Continue ReadingStandard Club advises no General Increase for 2018 and return 5% for 2017
The Standard P&I Club held their board meeting in Hong Kong last week, and have now advised that they will not seek General Increase on the P&I and FD&D Estimated Total Premiums for 2018 policy year. In addition, in view of the satisfactory financial results and the increase in the reserves, the Club will return 5% of mutual call for ...
Continue ReadingWest of England announces nil General Increase for 2018
The West of England has announced they will be seeking a nil General Increase (referred to as a standard surcharge) for P&I and FD&D renewals in 2018. Group Reinsurance costs will be charged as fixed costs per GT as per existing practice. P&I deductibles will be increased by USD1000 to a minimum USD12,000 and individual entries that carry deductibles below that ...
Continue ReadingInternational Group Reinsurance (GXL) Renewal 2017
The IG Clubs have completed the negotiations for the GXL renewal for the 2017 policy with a favourable result for owners. The IG Clubs pass on savings (and increases) to their Members at cost, so any reduction will translate directly to owner Members in their 2017 renewals. The Clubs increased their retention to USD10m at 20 February 2016 which remains ...
Continue ReadingSwedish Club announces nil General Increase for 2017
The Swedish Club has announced they will be seeking a nil General Increase for the 2017 renewals. The Club will not increase deductibles or make other changes to the cover, aside from increasing the FD&D limit to USD10m (up from USD5m). No further information was provided, but the full Circular can be found here.
Continue ReadingPress Release: Latitude Brokers launches PILOT
Latitude Brokers launches Hong Kong, 29 November 2016 – Latitude Brokers, the Asia based marine insurance specialist, have launched PILOT – the first online P&I Club comparison tool. In time for the 2017 P&I renewal season, PILOT distils critical information for each IG Club in to an efficient, live and interactive format allowing owners to easily compare their Club’s performance, ...
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