Norwegian Hull Club to pay back 7.5% Premium to Members
Norwegian Hull Club has recently announced a 7.5% proposed premium return (USD 13.6 million) for the year 2022 will be presented for approval at the Club’s AGM on 13 June 2023. If confirmed, this will be the third consecutive year of sharing profit with its members, which has shown reasonable stability in its financial performance despite the decision of ceasing ...
Continue ReadingTHE JOINT WAR COMMITTEE ISSUES HULL WAR LISTED AREAS, 14 June 2018
Further to our blog in December 2015, the Joint War Committee in London has released the latest War Listed Area – JWLA-023 14 June 2018 – applicable to Hull War, Piracy, Terrorism and Related Perils. The only change has been to delete Jakarta from the Listed Areas, with all other areas remaining the same. Whilst it is customary for underwriters to issue ...
Continue ReadingCyber Risks – Shipping needs a new Policy wording
We were invited to present to the 5th Asia Marine Insurance Conference in Hong Kong during Hong Kong Maritime Week on Cyber Risks in Shipping. Cyber Risks Presentation to Asia Marine Insurance Conference, November 2017 We took the opportunity to invite the audience of insurers to create a marine cyber product, focused on the shipping market. We believe operators need a ...
Continue ReadingFounding Partner Relocating to Singapore
We are pleased to announce that Tom Fulford-Smith will be relocating to our Singapore office with effect from 1st September 2017, subject to regulatory approval. Tom will join Charles D’Alton, growing our team to six staff in Singapore this year. Vanessa Toucas and Andrew Brooker will continue to run our Hong Kong office, with all four Founding Partners managing our ...
Continue ReadingCuban Sanctions – Hull and War Insurance
UPDATE 25 October 2016 Since our original post, the US has continued to roll back the sanctions in place with the latest amendment significantly reducing the ban on vessels calling in to the US for 180 days after a call to Cuba. Essentially, if the cargo being carried to Cuba is on the latest list as an EAR99 cargo, then the ...
Continue ReadingThe “Longchamp” – a judgment with consequences?
General Average is commonly seen in insurance policies and other contracts in shipping industry. English law defines a general average act as any extraordinary sacrifice or expenditure voluntarily and reasonably incurred for the common safety and for the purpose of preserving the property in peril in a common maritime adventure. The York-Antwerp Rules (YAR) lay down the items allowable in a ...
Continue ReadingOil and shipping markets on edge after South China Sea ruling – Our Comments
Full story from Reuters can be found here or at www.reuters.com “Global oil and shipping markets reacted nervously on Tuesday after an international arbitration court ruled against Beijing’s claims across large swathes of the South China Sea, fuelling geopolitical tensions in the vital waterway. A tribunal in The Hague, Netherlands, found China had breached the sovereign rights of the Philippines ...
Continue ReadingClaims Alert – Valuations, Fair Market Values and Disclosure
We are grateful to Waltons & Morse for their recent briefing in respect of a claim made by an Assured for the total loss of a superyacht that was over-valued in a hull policy. The facts are as detailed in the briefing, but we are concentrating on two main aspects: the Assured over-valued the yacht in question; and did not disclose ...
Continue ReadingSingapore Insurance market – recent moves
As we “predicted” in our earlier blog, the ongoing consolidation would give rise to further changes and create opportunities for new leaders to emerge as well as new entrants to the Asian market continuing to focus on Singapore as their base. At the Lloyd’s new office opening party in Singapore recently, there were over 300 underwriters and brokers, many of ...
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