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Insurance impact of South China Sea ruling

This article can be found here and originally appeared in Insurance Business on 14 July 2016 The decision by an international tribunal to rule against Chinese claims to rights in the South China Sea should have a limited impact on the insurance market, a marine specialist has said. The Permanent Court of Arbitration, based in The Hague, ruled that there ...

Oil 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 ...

Latitude launches in Singapore

We are delighted to announce the opening of Latitude Brokers Pte Ltd in Singapore. We are very pleased to have received approval from the MAS and are excited to be at the centre of Singapore’s vibrant shipping and insurance market. The new operation will be focusing on the operators, traders and offshore contractors within Singapore and, in conjunction with Latitude’s ...

Latitude completes Sailors’ Society 32 kms trek in gruesome weather conditions

Saturday 5th December: It was a blustery day when the Latitude team assembled at dawn with 34 other teams, for a 32 kms journey along the Hong Kong trail to raise money to support the Sailors’ Society. After 3 months of training in the heat, and under blue skies, the conditions were a shocker ! But Latitude support team had been ...