Posts tagged: Asia
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
Posted in Articles
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
30 January 2012
As of 30 January 2012, the US has issued some important sanctions against a few major corporations and the EU has escalated its regulations on Iranian trade.
12 December 2011
On the 8 December, the Joint War Committee added Syria to its listed areas and removed three areas.
Press releases
11 May 2011
FP Marine Risks and Oceanic partnership announced, creating an expert network of marine specialists serving the Australasian retail and wholesale markets.
29 April 2010
FP Marine Risks builds direct retail business in Australasia through acquisition of specialist cargo insurance agency
Opinions
26 March 2009
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