B Americas P&I adds to team
The Britannia P&I club reports that Marcela Pizzaro has joined the staff of its exclusive correspondent in the U.S., B Americas P&I. Led by director Mike Unger, B Americas is based in
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American Club manager makes key New York appointments
Shipowners Claims Bureau, Inc. (SCB), the manager of the American P&I Club, has made senior appointments to its management team in New York. Dorothea Ioannou takes on the role of Deputy Chief
P&I club endorses call for third party warranty surveyors
MARCH 20, 2017 — In light of a recent increase in the incidence of deck cargoes shifting in heavy weather, the London P&I Club is supporting a recommendation that a warranty surveyor
A.M. Best: P&I rates under pressure
MARCH 3, 2017 — Insurance rating agency A. M. Best says that underwriters in the marine protection and indemnity (P&I) sector have needed to exercise underwriting discipline for the February 2017 renewal
UK P&I Club reports “another good year”
MAY 11, 2015 — The UK P&I Club reported financial results for the year ended February 20, 2016 that saw its free reserves remain stable at $547 million and its capital position
American Club sets up Cyprus based hull insurer
The American Club says the investment will allow further expansion into the global hull & machinery segment, enabling it to offer high quality insurance services and innovative customer solutions.
American Hellenic will be a Cyprus-based and licensed, Solvency II compliant, wholly-owned American Club subsidiary. It will be managed from Piraeus, Cyprus and New York, utilizing the expertise of long-standing professionals in the marine insurance market and will be serviced through specialists in offices located in seven global shipping hubs with the ability to provide local market know-how and service to its customers, and to communicate in eleven languages.
The American Club will now be able to continue offering first class marine protection and indemnity cover while also, through American Hellenic, offering an expanded product line of marine insurance including hull & machinery, war risk, and mortgagee interest insurance.
The American Club’s Board voted unanimously for the initiative, which Chairman of the Board, Arnold Witte, called “an historic moment in the club’s long history.”
He noted that it was “sparked by the idea of Board member Angelos Kostakos” and was a unique opportunity to prudently expand the club’s market footprint.”
“American Hellenic is an investment in the American Club’s future and is yet a further step in expanding and diversifying the club’s product line,” said Vincent Solarino, President and COO of Shipowners Claims Bureau, Inc., managers of the American Club. “It is part of the club’s overarching plan to significantly increase its revenue across a growing range of product lines, its tonnage across all lines, andexpand its market presence, while increasing its S&P rating.”
Joe Hughes, Chairman and CEO of the American Club’s Managers, said: “This is one of the most significant developments in the American Club’s recent history. The transaction proceeded with the close and active cooperation of the Board of Directors of the American Club. I am certain that American Hellenic will prove to be a powerful force of growing energy within the international marine insurance industry.”
UK Club medical program marks a milestone
APRIL 10, 2014 — The UK P&I Club’s Pre-Employment Medical Examination Program for assessing the fitness of prospective seafarers, has just completed its 300,000th examination. At the beginning of April, Edward Nefuda,
Standard & Poor’s upgrades UK Club outlook
NOVEMBER 20, 2012 — The UK P&I Club (the UK Club), one of the oldest shipping protection and indemnity insurance mutuals, has welcomed an announcement by the ratings agency Standard and Poor’s