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Garry Booth

Marine business – steady as she goes in London?

Posted by Garry Booth on Wednesday, September 16th, 2009 at 10:39 am

Marine insurers meeting in Bruges this week for the International Union of Marine Insurance annual convention will have plenty to discuss over their moules frites.
 
OK, pirates are making the headlines but the sector’s main worry, according to IUMI president Deirdre Littlefield, is the global economy and how conditions in their clients’ business will affect marine [...]

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Garry Booth

And now the shipping forecast

Posted by Garry Booth on Wednesday, February 4th, 2009 at 5:10 pm

Deirdre Littlefield, President of the International Union of Marine Insurance, is forecasting a challenging time for marine insurers and their customers (see IUMI’s press release,  Tough times ahead for marine insurers, pdf, or go to IUMI press release page).
She says that shipowners, cargo interests and offshore energy operators have been buoyed by insurance protection at bargain [...]

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