Since its 1981 inception as a traditional London market reinsurance magazine, Reactions has evolved to meet the fast changing information needs of the global insurance and reinsurance market.
Launched amongst much fanfare in May 2018, Insurwave was a blockchain platform especially designed for marine insurance. Its purpose: to give shipowners and insurers more insight...
China’s shipping industry has received significant government investment in recent years as the country seeks to become the pre-eminent nation in the global marine market...
Technological advances mean large shipping losses have declined 38% over the past decade with this downward trend continuing in 2017...
Lloyd’s is working in partnership with several marine insurers to test the business impact of implementing a new smart data analytics platform for managing an insured vessel fleet...
The mutual protection and indemnity insurer, part of the International Group, has handed Andrew Hearne the position of deputy director (underwriting)...
A hijacking at sea on March 13 has rekindled the threat of Somali piracy to the maritime sector. The hijacked ship, the Aris 13, is relatively small and unimportant...
Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia have agreed to launch joint anti-piracy patrols from May to combat maritime crime in the Sulu Sea. The Sulu Sea has become...
The marine insurers’ industry body said industry cooperation is needed to tackle the risk of containership fires, after several recent blazes. Fires aboard container vessels are the subject of a note from the International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI)...
The focus of the marine kidnap and ransom (K&R) market is in flux. Events out at sea mean that the underlying risks are shifting for the insurers of this niche specialty market. Somali piracy – famous from movies such as A Hijacking and Captain Phillips...
Norwegian marine insurer Skuld has made a senior hire in an effort to boost its protection and indemnity business. Marine insurer Skuld continues its recent expansion with the hire of John Howe as senior vice president of business development...
