Marine Insurance – Offshore Energy
- Tepco, Shell, RWE back floating wind turbines February 12, 2021Japan-based electric utility Tepco has taken a 30% stake in the TetraSpar floating wind turbine project. Royal Dutch Shell and German utility RWE are already investors in the ....
- South Korea plans world’s largest offshore wind farm February 10, 2021South Korea has unveiled a KRW48.5trn ($43.2bn) plan to build the world’s largest wind power plant, within a decade. The project is a major component of President Moon Jae-in’s Green New Deal ....
- Dedicated renewables webinar from Energy Insurance London February 5, 2021Renewable Energy will play a large part in The Marine Insurer's flagship Energy Insurance London conference in October 2021. With this in mind, we are pleased to invite you to attend our first .....
- Offshore drilling rigs move from marine cover to space? February 4, 2021Two offshore drilling rigs that previously had been used for oil and gas exploration could soon help with space exploration. A company linked to SpaceX head Elon Musk reportedly has bought two ....
- Rob Johnston named head of marine and energy liability at Apollo January 29, 2021Specialist re/insurer and Lloyd’s syndicate Apollo has named Rob Johnston as head of marine and energy liability at Apollo Syndicate 1969. He will join Apollo in April and will report ....
- Ex-StarStone CUO Message joins marine and energy team at ERS January 20, 2021Former StarStone International CUO David Message has joined the marine and energy team at syndicate ERS, according to Insurance Insider. ERS had previously focused on motor business ....
- BP rejects out-of-hand report that it was “behind” Wakashio oil spill January 19, 2021Energy company BP has rejected out of hand some media reports which claimed that the company was involved in the grounding of the bulk carrier Wakashio off Mauritius in July ....
- Two die after FPSO leak January 18, 2021BW Offshore, a provider of floating production services to the oil and gas industry, has said that two workers had died in a gas accident aboard one of the company’s FPSOs, the ....
- Liberty Specialty Markets names Lesley Harding as Global Head Of Energy January 14, 2021Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM), part of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, has appointed Lesley Harding to the role of Global Head of Energy. Harding will report to Michael Gosselin ....
- UK gives go-ahead to 2.4GW Hornsea-III offshore wind farm January 13, 2021The UK has granted development consent to Danish company Ørsted for the Hornsea-III offshore wind farm, which will have a capacity of 2.4 Gigawatts, generating energy for two ....