All Insurance articles – Page 11

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    BHSI makes marine move down under

    2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

    August 4 - Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Company (BHSI) has begun underwriting marine insurance in Australia and New Zealand.

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    Good start for Atlas Air

    2015-08-03T00:00:00Z

    August 3 - Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings has posted an adjusted net income of USD29.4 million for the second quarter of 2015, compared with an adjusted net income of USD15.9 million for the same period in 2014.

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    Roll up at Skuld

    2015-07-10T00:00:00Z

    July 10 - Marine insurance provider Skuld has appointed Ove Kristian Roll to head up its office in Bergen, Norway.

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    Congress allows Ex-Im Bank to expire

    2015-07-02T00:00:00Z

    July 2 - The US Export-Import Bank's (Ex-Im Bank) charter has expired, after members of Congress failed to reauthorise the 81-year-old bank by July 1.

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    Atlas Air adds to fleet

    2015-06-29T00:00:00Z

    June 29 - Atlas Air Worldwide is making various fleet update initiatives in response to market demand and customer requirements.

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    AKD adds two shipping specialists

    2015-06-16T00:00:00Z

    June 16 - Rotterdam based law firm AKD has strengthened its position in the shipping and offshore sector with the addition of Pieter den Haan and Vivian van der Kuil to its transport and energy team.

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    Blue Water gets a second wind

    2015-06-15T00:00:00Z

    June 15 - Blue Water Shipping has transported 14 large wind turbines from China to France for turbine manufacturer Goldwind International Holdings.

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    ACE promotes Williamson

    2015-06-05T00:00:00Z

    June 5 - International insurance company ACE Group has appointed Andrew Williamson as its new executive vice president, global marine for ACE Overseas General (AOG), effective July 1.

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    TT Club notes Russian liability risks

    2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

    May 12 - TT Club believes that there is an urgent need for international freight forwarders, logistics companies and other transport operators doing regular business in Russia to fully understand the extent and nature of the liabilities that they bear whe

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    ICHCA publishes safety guide

    2015-05-06T00:00:00Z

    May 6 - ICHCA International, the NGO association for the global cargo handling industry, has just released a major new addition to its Briefing Pamphlet series - BP41

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    The Wednesday Wire - May 6, 2015

    2015-05-06T00:00:00Z

    Your midweek delivery of news from the world of heavy lift and project forwarding.

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    TT Club sees strong 2014

    2015-05-06T00:00:00Z

    May 6 - The TT Club has posted strong financial results for the year ending December 31, 2014, while maintaining it's A- (Excellent) rating from ratings agency AM Best.

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    The Friday Flyer - May 1st 2015

    2015-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Here's the latest round up of news concerning the lift, transport and installation of heavy and over-dimensional project cargoes, prepared for you by HLPFI.

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    NBIS develops new escort/pilot agreement

    2015-03-27T00:00:00Z

    March 27 - Robert Moore, NBIS chief legal officer, says it is imperative that specialised haulage companies have an agreement with the pilot/escort outlining the roles, responsibilities and assumption of risks in escorting the oversize/overweight load.

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    LOC Group names two

    2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

    March 25 - Marine engineering consultancy, LOC Group (London Offshore Consultants), has named John Quarrington as group marine warranty surveying manager, based in London, and Mark McGurran as Asia regional hull & machinery co-ordinator, based in Singapor

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    Videotel launches project cargo programme

    2015-02-26T00:00:00Z

    February 26 - Videotel has produced a new training programme - Heavy Lifts and Project Cargoes - which focuses on the complex handling issues involved in the loading and unloading of project and heavy lift cargoes.

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    AsstrA takes long road trip

    2015-02-13T00:00:00Z

    February 13 - AsstrA's heavy lift division has handled the transportation of a 13-tonne vacuum chamber from Xiamen, China to Moscow.

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    The Friday Flyer - February 6th 2015

    2015-02-06T00:00:00Z

    This week's round up of news from the world of heavy lift and project forwarding.

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    O'Regan joins Birketts

    2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

    February 5 - Terry O'Regan has been appointed legal director of the specialist shipping, logistics and international services team at UK-based law firm Birketts.

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    Seacurus adds South East Asian petro-piracy cover

    2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

    February 5 - Specialist marine insurance intermediary Seacurus has developed a petro-piracy endorsement which can be added to existing Kidnap & Ransom (KR) insurance cover in response to the evolving threats to ships, their cargoes and crews when transiti