Posts tagged: Asia
Asia Marine Insurance Market – still buoyant in 2012
3 September 2012
Posted in Articles
Tagged: Asia, capacity, Cargo, forecast, Hull and Machinery, hull market
Written by FP Marine Risks and first published in the Asia Insurance Review, September 2012 The past year has seen the world stutter through economic crises in the Eurozone, slowing and downward revisions of growth rates, natural catastrophes and major disasters. According to the World Trade Organisation, there was a sharp deceleration in world trade [...]
Read more »Marine insurance markets – a year on
20 July 2011
Posted in Articles
Tagged: Asia, Cargo, forecast, Hull and Machinery, marine insurance, soft market, tsunami
Written by FP Marine Risks and first published in the Asia Insurance Review, July 2011 Almost a year ago, we wrote about the marine insurance market from an Asian perspective. We said that to focus on “underwriting, underwriting, underwriting” in response to the global economic slowdown, suggested that insurers should seek rate rises, higher deductibles [...]
Read more »Underwriting, underwriting, underwriting – An Asian broker’s perspective
8 September 2010
Posted in Articles
Tagged: Asia, capacity, claims, economy, insurers, IUMI, premiums, recession, trade, underwriting
First published in the September 2010 issue of the Asia Insurance Review On the face of it, the global economic slump created conditions that should have left marine insurance clients bearing the brunt of a hardening market and spiralling premiums. But according to Mr Philip Bilney, Group Executive Director, FP Marine Risks, not only did [...]
Read more »London leads liability, Asia yet to respond
22 February 2010
Posted in Blog
Tagged: Asia, liabilities, Lloyd's, London, underwriting
There is no doubt that Asia is a highly competitive market for traditional marine hull insurance. We have mentioned in previous blogs how shipowners are in a good position to secure well-rated insurance from competitive Asian insurers as a way to offset the rises being sought in London. However, in terms of marine liability programmes [...]
Read more »Asian capacity allows shipowners to fight London rises
1 February 2010
Posted in Blog
Tagged: Asia, capacity, London, premiums, shipowner
The recent renewal season highlighted how international insurance markets and shipowners were handling the changing economic conditions, with the London market seeking rises, whilst shipowners pressed for lower premiums, providing opportunities for other markets, such as Asia. The global downturn’s effect on trade has meant shipowners are facing further pressures to reduce costs, including reducing [...]
Read more »More shipowners enjoying benefits of Asian placement in these difficult times
30 June 2009
Posted in Blog
Tagged: Asia, capacity, insurers, shipowner, shipping, underwriting
Shipowners with smaller fleets, smaller vessels or lower values can still benefit from an Asian insurance placement as world markets become more competitive. Some believe that Asian-based underwriters are dedicated to the Asian-based shipowning market (putting aside Japan and Korea’s involvement in the large fleets) to the exclusion of non-Asian tonnage. Whilst this may have [...]
Read more »Insurance as a risk management tool in supply chain management
1 July 2007
Posted in Articles
Tagged: Asia, business interruption, Emma Maersk, Hyundai Fortune, insurers, liabilities, Lloyd's, losses, MSC Napoli, piracy, ports and terminals, premiums, regulation, risk, supply chain, trade, vessel
This article appears in the Standard Chartered Bank World of Supply Chain Management 2007/2008 With growing trade volumes, vessel sizes and government legislation, supply chain managers face increasing risks and liabilities in their industry. Insurance is an important risk management tool, but one that has yet to be fully utilised in Asia. For an effective [...]
Read more »Zooming In
26 July 2006
Posted in Articles
Tagged: Asia, Cargo, insurers, risk, specialist, trade, trade credit, underwriting
Originally published by Trade Finance Magazine, July/August 2006 The challenge for credit and political risk insurers is considering the numerous factors that affect the markets in which they operate. Global trends affect the demand for business and local issues determine how they structure cover for their clients. Oliver O’Connell looks at a snapshot of the [...]
Read more »Q&A with Lloyd’s
2 July 2006
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Tagged: Asia, Lloyd's, specialist, underwriting
This was published by Lloyd’s Asia Pacific, July 2006 Philip Bilney is an Executive Director at FP Marine Risks, the first Asian broker to receive full Lloyd’s accreditation in its own right. He heads up FP Marine Risks’ Hong Kong Office. Q1: Why and when was FP Marine Risks set up? A1: The company was [...]
Read more »Broking with tradition in Asia
1 July 2006
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Tagged: Asia, broker, capacity, Lloyd's, specialist
This article was published by Lloyd’s, July 2006 Brokers are becoming an “essential part of the insurance buying process” in Asia, according to Lloyd’s first accredited broker in the region. Philip Bilney, executive director of FP Marine Risks, says that although there is a well-established market in Asia already, there is still a lot of [...]
Read more »Recent articles
14 July 2011
We recommend ways for freight forwarders to ensure the liability insurance they purchase will protect them when they need it most.
18 February 2011
In light of continued disease outbreaks in fish farms around the world, Aquaculture Insurance must play a vital part of any risk management strategy.
Blog
6 December 2012
In recent months, three insurers have pulled out of the Hull and Machinery market as competitive pressures and a year of substantial claims take their toll.
28 November 2012
At the recent Meeting of the Association’s board of Directors, the general increase to be applied to the advance call rates for the 2013 policy year was set at 5%.
Press releases
16 April 2013
INTTRA, the world’s largest multi-carrier shipping network for ocean freight, has launched a new member service that enables shippers to purchase cargo insurance from marine insurance specialist, FP Marine Risks.
4 February 2013
Hyperion Insurance Group Limited, the international insurance intermediary group, and FP Group Limited (FP), the Hong Kong-headquartered specialist marine broking group, are pleased to announce their partnership today, with Hyperion taking a 55% stake in FP Group Limited.
Opinions
26 March 2009
26 November 2008