A Baltimore small business has filed a class action against the owner and operator of the cargo ship Dali that crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge last month. The suit, filed Thursday by the Karen Austin, the founder of …
A Paris court rejected a compensation claim Friday related to the 1994 sinking of an Estonian ferry, which remains one of Europe’s deadliest maritime disasters. The court ruled on the claim from more than 1,000 survivors and relatives of victims …
An environmental disaster is unfolding in the Pacific after a large ship ran aground and began leaking oil next to a UNESCO World Heritage site in the Solomon Islands, Australian officials said Friday [March 1]. Footage taken this week shows …
Globe Underwriting, the UK-based managing general agent, has announced the launch of its marine division. The five-strong team is led by Peter Rogers, head of marine, and David Dymond, head of underwriting. They will report to Gary Corke, CEO, Globe …
Markel International Singapore, the specialist insurer, has appointed Colin Fordham as a senior marine liability underwriter based in Singapore. Fordham joins from the Munich Re syndicate on the Lloyd’s Asia Platform, where he held the same position, and brings with …
W.R. Berkley has put under review and is suspending underwriting for its London marine book until it can determine the direction of this business going forward, Insurance Journal can reveal. W/R/B Underwriting, the company’s Lloyd’s managing agent, is suspending its …
Hamilton Underwriting Ltd., the Lloyd’s platform of Bermuda-based Hamilton Insurance Group, announced that the managing agency has received approval from Lloyd’s to increase its gross written premium for Syndicate 3334 in 2017 to £122.5 million ($152.9 million). Gross written premium …
Beazley, a provider of specialist marine insurance, is expanding its marine offerings with the acquisition of London-based subsea specialist The Leviathan Facility. Beazley will acquire the majority of their existing book and renewal rights. In addition, principal Leviathan underwriters, Simon …
A passenger from a cruise ship that was battered by a major storm in the Atlantic Ocean filed a proposed class-action lawsuit against Royal Caribbean in Miami federal court, his lawyer said Thursday. The lawsuit filed by attorney Michael Winkleman …
A federal judge has set a deadline for damage claims filed by relatives of crewmembers who were lost aboard a cargo ship that sank last month in Hurricane Joaquin. U.S. District Court Judge Harvey Schlesinger set Dec. 21 as the …
