All the headlines from our Ocean Marine Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 2 2008 // Mike Keely has been named vice president and head of the Markel Essex ‘s Ocean Marine Division.Previously, Keely served as assistant vice president Ocean Marine, charged with product and personnel development. Keely...
Nov 29 2007 // NYMAGIC, Inc. said it is terminating its program management agreement with Southern Marine & Aviation (SM&A) on Jan. 1, 2008. Under the program management agreement, which commenced in August, 2003, SM&A...
Nov 27 2007 // OneBeacon Insurance Group announced an agreement with Houston-based Southern Marine & Aviation Inc. to represent OneBeacon’s International Marine Underwriters (IMU) division.Under the agreement, IMU will assume...
Nov 12 2007 // A cargo ship sideswiped a support on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge last Wednesday, leaving a gash nearly 100 feet long on the side of the 926-foot vessel, and spilling fuel into the bay.The crash ruptured two fuel...
Oct 15 2007 // Houston-based Markel Global Marine & Energy Inc. has opened a department to handle ocean marine, its newest line of business, the company reported.R. Matt Sternenberg was appointed director of Marine Underwriting and...
Jan 29 2007 // Agents should know that coverage is often overlooked because most general policies exclude vessels and boatsHow big is the United States ocean marine marketplace? The U.S. ocean marine market is quite large and diverse;...
Jan 29 2007 // The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. has launched the Marine Underwriting Advantage Team, a team of specialists promising marine solutions for agents who place small volumes of inland marine business and would not normally...
Jan 17 2007 // OneBeacon Insurance has signed an agreement with Trident Marine Managers, Inc. to represent its ocean marine division in the commercial hull and casualty marine markets. A marine-specialty Managing General Agent (MGA) with...
Dec 25 2006 // E&O, Professional/Management Liability New P/C Insurance Agents’ E&O Rockwood Programs partnered with certain underwriters at Lloyd’s of London to offer professional liability coverage specifically...
Dec 24 2006 // E&O, Professional/Management LiabilityNew P/C Insurance Agents’ E&O Rockwood Programs partnered with certain underwriters at Lloyd’s of London to offer professional liability coverage specifically for...
Dec 10 2006 // PeopleThe van Aartrijk Group LLC, a Washington, D.C.-area marketing and communications firm, is augmenting its branding and public affairs capabilities with the promotion of one executive and addition of another, according...
Dec 10 2006 // PeopleThe Texas Surplus Lines Association Inc. announced the election of the following officers and directors: President Len Kaplan, executive vice president and CFO, Delta General Agency, Houston; Vice President Lana...
Nov 16 2006 // American Institute of Marine Underwriters (AIMU) elected Richard J. Decker, president of AIG Global Marine, as chairman.He succeeds Robert V. Huffert, senior vice president and manager of the ocean marine department and a...
Oct 4 2006 // AIG Global Marine, a division of the property and casualty insurance subsidiaries of American International Group, has purchased the U.S. Ocean Marine business from Arch Insurance Company. Under the terms of the agreement,...
Aug 25 2006 // Continental Marine Insurance Services, a subsidiary of Continental Risk, is offering a new ocean marine facility. The program will consider ocean cargo, including general and bulk liquid and dry commodities, marine...
Aug 9 2006 // Columbus, Ohio-based Century Surety Co., a subsidiary of ProCentury Corp., announced today that it is adding a new line of business to serve the needs of the ocean marine market. According to their written statement, this...
Apr 27 2006 // A.M. Best Co. announced that it has affirmed the financial strength rating of “B++” (Very Good) and the issuer credit rating (ICR) of “bbb” of the Isle of Man-based Western Isles Insurance Company...
Mar 24 2006 // Carrollton, Ga.-based Britt Paulk Insurance Agency Inc. has teamed up with Beazley USA, an admitted “A-” rated company, to provide Ocean Marine Cargo coverage focused on writing risk for small and mid-sized...
Mar 2 2006 // The Boston-based OneBeacon Insurance Group announced that its ocean marine division — International Marine Underwriters (IMU) — has launched a new Web-based cargo insurance service platform:...
Feb 8 2006 // Automatic all risk coverage with comprehensive extensions for international shipments is now available through Cargo Elite, a new Ocean Cargo policy introduced by St. Paul Travelers, a U.S. provider of Ocean Marine...