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The UK P&I Club is a marine mutual liability insurer in the United Kingdom providing P&I insurance for the global shipping industry. [1] [2] [3] The UK P&I Club is one of the 12 members of the International Group of P&I Clubs. [4] The club is one of the largest of the global P&I Clubs and in 2002 covered more than 100 million tons across 6,000 ...
Protection and indemnity insurance, more commonly known as P&I insurance, is a form of mutual maritime insurance provided by a P&I club. [1] Whereas a marine insurance company provides "hull and machinery" cover for shipowners, and cargo cover for cargo owners, a P&I club provides cover for open-ended risks that traditional insurers are reluctant to insure.
The London P&I Club abbreviated also London Club, and The London Steam-Ship Owners’ Mutual Insurance Association Limited is a group of protection and indemnity insurance (P&I) companies for mutual maritime insurance representing global ship-owners, founded and registered in England 1866, incorporated in 1875.
In 1885 North P&I Club added cargo indemnity cover by merging with the local Steam Ship Owners’ Mutual and, by 1914, had become the leading P&I club in Britain. North P&I Club lost business after World War II with the decline of the British merchant navy. A gradual revival began in the 1960s with the appointment of managers Alec Murray and ...
c. 41) is a UK act of Parliament regulating marine insurance. The act applies both to "ship & cargo" marine insurance, and to P&I cover. The act was drafted by Sir Mackenzie Dalzell Chalmers, who had earlier drafted the Sale of Goods Act 1893. The act is a codifying act, that is to say, it attempts to collate existing common law and present it ...
The reinsurance programme is the largest in the world. The arrangement, due to its size and structure, enables the clubs to significantly reduce their need for risk capital in a cost-effective way. The aim is for these cost savings to be reflected in the premium levels shipowners pay for their P&I cover over time. [3]
In the 19th century, shipowners banded together in mutual underwriting clubs known as Protection and Indemnity Clubs (P&I), to insure the remaining one-quarter liability amongst themselves. These Clubs are still in existence today and have become the model for other specialized and noncommercial marine and non-marine mutuals, for example in ...
UK P&I Club, board member (2006–Present) American Bureau of Shipping(ABS), council member (2004 – Present) Union of Greek Shipowners (UGS), board member (2003–Present) Hellenic Marine Environment Protection Association , ex-Chairman. (2002 - 2006) Greek Committee of Det Norske Veritas (DNV), council member (1999–Present)