Marine Round Up : 18th October 2024

Yesterday, in a flurry of typing, I managed to refer to “Damien Carr” at Ark Syndicates. It is of course “Darren Carr”, as I well know. Apologies to Darren for the error in nomenclature.   A 48-year-old crew member of Indonesian origin died on October 13th after falling ill aboard chemical / oil products tanker…

Ark continues marine liability expansion

Gregory Murray has resigned from his role as Divisional Director (Marine) at Howden Broking (Insurance) and will join the expanding marine liability team at Ark. The broker will join the marine liability team within the new Ken Syndicate 3832. Darren Carr, head of Marine Consortium at Ark Syndicate Management Ltd, said that he was “delighted…

QBE to launch US Inland Marine; announces three key hires

QBE International Markets plans to launch a US Inland Marine service by 2025, across all 50 states. It is expanding its specialty product suite with the hiring of a new team. The team and product will be added to QBE International Market’s Houston, Texas-based Ocean Marine and Energy divisions, led by Kristina Bush. Industry veteran…