Latest ruling in 20-year legal battle over environmental disaster goes against the insurer A European Union court has upheld a Spanish court ruling that the London P&I Club must meet $1bn in claims related to…
During the Annual General Meeting held on 27th May 2022, the Club’s Directors approved North’s financial statements for the financial year that ended on 20th February 2022. The club remains financially strong and has reported…
Small craft P&I insurer, Carina, acquired by MECO at the end of 2018, is being rebranded to Aurora, effective July 1st 2022. At this time Munich Re Group will become the underwriters of Aurora, with…
The scourge of piracy in the Gulf of Guinea (GoG) and along the West African coastline is well known. Until last week, pirates who kidnapped vessels and crew for ransom would likely have been charged…
A return of state insurance in Russia looks likely as a result of new EU rules on the insurance of Russian oil cargoes. Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of the Russian security council, said on June…
Shippers of Russian crude have been resorting to unusual methods to move cargoes over longer distances to new customers, reports Bloomberg. The most recent example was a ship-to-ship transfer in the middle of the Atlantic…
The likely insurance ban that both the UK and the European Union are looking to put on any tankers carrying Russian oil anywhere in the world is expected to create a huge further shake-up in…
The tanker market is bound to face another round of shifts in trade flows, with EU’s seaborne imports of Russian oil, effectively banned henceforth. The increased ton-mile demand though, could prove to be beneficial for…
A Code of Practice between the International Group of P&I Clubs and IUMI has recently been agreed in relation to future casualty situations that may give rise to the need for third party salvage services…
With reference to the UK Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations, the UK Government published a General Trade Licence on 17 March 2022 to clarify whether insurers and reinsurers domiciled or operating from the United Kingdom…
