Latest Ocean Marine Headlines
All the headlines from our Ocean Marine Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Shrimpton Named as Catlin’s Senior Marine Hull Underwriter
Jun 8 2009 // Bermuda’s Catlin Group Limited has promoted Simon Shrimpton to senior marine hull underwriter in its London office. He will head Catlin’s six-person team, underwriting hull business on behalf of the Catlin...
Marine Cargo Insurance for Small to Mid-Size Businesses Doesn’t Have to Sink the Ship
Apr 20 2009 // Importers and exporters that ship only a modest volume of goods do not have to settle for the often pricey or inadequate marine cargo insurance that is available from freight forwarders — the usual source of this...
Venbrook Acquires Ocean Marine Book of Business
Dec 11 2008 // Woodland Hills, Calif.-based Venbrook Group announced it has acquired an ocean marine book of business from Brown & Brown by its retail brokerage company, Venbrook Insurance Services (VIS). The business will be...
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Nov 30 2008 // Willis Group Holdings appointed Phillip Ellis leader of a new division focused on growing the company’s Enterprise Risk Management business for Willis’ Global Retail and Specialty teams. He was most recently...
Aloha Insurance Services Names Ocean Marine Department Manager
Oct 13 2008 // Aloha Insurance Services, a full service agency with offices in Kailua-Kona and Kailua, Oahu, recently named Peter Preston manager of the new Ocean Marine Department, with emphasis on charter vessels. Preston has been in...
Trouble on the High Seas?
Sep 22 2008 // Understanding and Planning for Exporters’ Risks While Cargo Is In Transit In the world of foreign trade, making the sale is only half the battle. Once the sale is completed, the arduous process of getting the...
Somali Pirates Hijack Thai Cargo Ship with 28 Crew
Aug 20 2008 // Somali pirates hijacked a Thai cargo ship with 28 crew members onboard, the International Maritime Bureau said Friday. Pirates attacked the Thor Star on Tuesday, senior analyst Cyrus Mody said, in the latest of a string of...
Keely Named VP of Markel Essex Ocean Marine Unit
Jul 2 2008 // Mike Keely has been named vice president and head of the Markel Essex ‘s Ocean Marine Division. Previously, Keely served as assistant vice president Ocean Marine, charged with product and personnel development. Keely...
NYMAGIC Ends Program Management Pact with Southern Marine & Aviation
Nov 29 2007 // NYMAGIC, Inc. said it is terminating its program management agreement with Southern Marine & Aviation (SM&A) on Jan. 1, 2008. Under the program management agreement, which commenced in August, 2003, SM&A...
Houston Group to Handle Marine Cargo Business for OneBeacon Sub
Nov 27 2007 // OneBeacon Insurance Group announced an agreement with Houston-based Southern Marine & Aviation Inc. to represent OneBeacon’s International Marine Underwriters (IMU) division. Under the agreement, IMU will assume...
Cargo Ship Crashes into San Francisco Bay Bridge, Causes Oil Spill
Nov 12 2007 // A cargo ship sideswiped a support on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge last Wednesday, leaving a gash nearly 100 feet long on the side of the 926-foot vessel, and spilling fuel into the bay. The crash ruptured two fuel...
Markel Global Marine & Energy Opens Ocean Marine Unit
Oct 15 2007 // Houston-based Markel Global Marine & Energy Inc. has opened a department to handle ocean marine, its newest line of business, the company reported. R. Matt Sternenberg was appointed director of Marine Underwriting and...
Sea of opportunity in the ocean marine market
Jan 29 2007 // Agents should know that coverage is often overlooked because most general policies exclude vessels and boats How big is the United States ocean marine marketplace? The U.S. ocean marine market is quite large and diverse;...
The Hanover Provides Agents with Inland Marine Specialists Team
Jan 29 2007 // The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. has launched the Marine Underwriting Advantage Team, a team of specialists promising marine solutions for agents who place small volumes of inland marine business and would not normally...
OneBeacon Signs Trident Managers for Ocean Marine
Jan 17 2007 // OneBeacon Insurance has signed an agreement with Trident Marine Managers, Inc. to represent its ocean marine division in the commercial hull and casualty marine markets. A marine-specialty Managing General Agent (MGA) with...
2006: Soft market offers up many new insurance products
Dec 25 2006 // E&O, Professional/Management Liability New P/C Insurance Agents’ E&O Rockwood Programs partnered with certain underwriters at Lloyd’s of London to offer professional liability coverage specifically...
2006 New Markets Report
Dec 24 2006 // E&O, Professional/Management Liability New P/C Insurance Agents’ E&O Rockwood Programs partnered with certain underwriters at Lloyd’s of London to offer professional liability coverage specifically...
Dec 10 2006 // People The van Aartrijk Group LLC, a Washington, D.C.-area marketing and communications firm, is augmenting its branding and public affairs capabilities with the promotion of one executive and addition of another,...
Dec 10 2006 // People The Texas Surplus Lines Association Inc. announced the election of the following officers and directors: President Len Kaplan, executive vice president and CFO, Delta General Agency, Houston; Vice President Lana...
AIG’s Decker Named Chairman of Marine Association
Nov 16 2006 // American Institute of Marine Underwriters (AIMU) elected Richard J. Decker, president of AIG Global Marine, as chairman. He succeeds Robert V. Huffert, senior vice president and manager of the ocean marine department and a...
