London 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 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 ReadingPress Release: Latitude Brokers opens Latitude Korea Ltd
Hong Kong, 3 July 2017– Latitude Brokers, the Asia based marine insurance specialist, has opened a liaison office in Seoul, Korea. Latitude’s office in Seoul will be their third in Asia, having opened in Hong Kong and Singapore in 2014 and 2016 respectively. Latitude Korea Ltd is wholly owned by Latitude Brokers Ltd and will be run by Mr SW ...
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 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 ReadingTradewinds Article 2 December 2016
We were recently featured in Tradewinds after the launch of
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