The Insurer

The earth is certainly moving under the insurance market, as a result of the natural catastrophes of the past year and a half, and the port industry will suffer as a result.

As one of the fastest growing economies, Brazil is doing its best to improve its ports and road infrastructure to cope with huge shipment volumes. Insurance carriers regionally and globally meanwhile have…

‘Claims’ is very much the name of the insurance game right now. With record insured losses in 2011, underwriting companies are upgrading the sometimes elderly software that is supposed to aid sound…

The January 2012 renewals have shown that once again, liability cover remains the main battlefield for the insurance custom of ports and terminals, but a Costa Concordia cloud hangs over future renewals.

Heightened activity in the Russian insurance market is set to have repercussions for the international ports and terminals sector.

Any senior manager who feels satisfied with the risk management system in his or her port almost certainly needs to think again - big is on the agenda and ports need to…

Signs of repositioning are emerging in the insurance market after a largely uneventful spell.

With a torrent of claims hitting the insurance market after natural disasters in the first quarter of 2011 – the Christchurch earthquake, floods and cyclone in Queensland, and Japan’s tragedies – it…

Shipowners, traders and technologists have taken the lead in catapulting that centuries-old document, the bill of lading, into the electronic age.