Articles from April 2010:
FP Marine Risks announces acquisition of EDI Cargo Cover
29 April 2010
Posted in Press Releases
Tagged: acquisition, Australia, Cargo, EDI Cargo Cover
QUEENSLAND and HONG KONG, 1 May 2010: FP Marine Risks, a Lloyd’s broker, today announced the acquisition of EDI Cargo Cover, a specialist cargo insurance agency based in Queensland, Australia. Last year, FP Marine Risks was granted an Australian Financial Services Licence, enabling it to conduct direct business in Australia. The acquisition of EDI Cargo [...]
Read more »Underwriters buoyant despite recession
26 April 2010
Posted in Blog
Tagged: insurers, losses, recession, soft market, underwriting
Despite some dire predictions from certain quarters of the market over the last year or so, marine insurers have yet again celebrated a good year with reports of healthy profits coming in from many underwriters. Whilst the harsh realities of the global economic downturn have struck the shipping and trading industries, the predicted knock-on effects [...]
Read more »Uninsured cargo lost in fire
15 April 2010
Posted in Blog
Tagged: accumulation, Cargo, losses, uninsured
As reported in this week’s Asia Insurance Review, a large fire broke out last Saturday at the Inland Container Depot in South Delhi with estimated losses in the region of USD22 million to USD44 million after approximately 600 containers were damaged by fire, water and the collapse of burnt warehouses. It is believed that the [...]
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