The Insurer

Whatever happened in recent weeks at the Georgian port of Poti, it gave everyone in the formerly economically buzzing facility quite a fright. Russian troops swept into the Black Sea town to…

Throughout the insurance market, premium rates are falling. While the scaleback is less than alarming to insurers, and is only moderately comforting to the customers, the trend seems unstoppable for the moment.…

Underwriters and brokers are beginning to express concern about thepotential for rising damage liability claims at ports and terminals, asa result of fundamental problems coming to light in the operation anddesign of…

Few purchases ever get much cheaper, but one which does on a cyclical basis is the price of insurance. Ports and terminals operators can expect reductions in 2008 on their property and…

There has been much speculation on the highly unusual activity of a group of business and academic persons who, under C C Tung as convener, have been charged with making Hong Kong…

It is said that generals have a strong tendency to prepare for the war they last took part in. And marine underwriters are not so different in this respect. The last financially…