IUMI Podcast

The implications of the Ukraine crisis on marine insurance

The current crisis in Ukraine has directly impacted shipping in the area as well as the safety and welfare of many seafarers. In this podcast Lars Lange, IUMI Secretary General, discusses the impact of the crisis and international sanctions on global shipping and marine insurance, the current situation for war risk insurers, what challenges underwriters of Russian related risks are experiencing, what IUMI is doing to help its members during this crisis, plus much more. 

Engine room fires

In IUMI’s latest podcast we speak with Svenn Andersen, Senior Surveyor at the Norwegian Hull Club, about the difficulties and challenges with engine room fires. Engine room fires are one of the most common fires onboard ships and dealing with them and preventing them are key to safety at sea. Svenn highlights the causes of these fires, preventative measures that can be taken and industry guidelines to follow to mitigate the risk during this highly informative podcast.  

Piracy in the Gulf of Guinea

In our first podcast of 2022 we are joined by Neil Roberts, Head of Marine Underwriting at the LMA and member of IUMI's Policy Forum, to talk about piracy in the Gulf of Guinea. Neil draws on his years of experience to discuss the current challenges with piracy in the area, the measures to help alleviate the problem and a look to the future.

Review of 2021

As the year draws to a close, IUMI President Richard Turner speaks about the 2021 year for IUMI in the last podcast of the year. Richard discusses the ongoing pandemic, the highlights of the 2021 year, the challenges marine insurers are currently facing and what IUMI will be focusing on in 2022.

Insight into the IUMI online tutorials

In this special podcast we are delighted to speak with two successful candidates from IUMI's online cargo and hull tutorials. We are joined by Kyveli Manta, an Underwriting Administrator at the American Hellenic Hull Insurance Company, and Roshan Kumar, Assistant Manager at The New India Assurance Co Ltd., who completed the hull and cargo tutorials respectively. Both candidates did exceptionally well and passed the final exam with distinction. During this podcast Kyveli and Roshan offer insight into the benefits of the tutorials, the reasons for choosing these courses and how to apply them in their daily work. They also share their views on the challenges they see ahead for the marine insurance industry.

The numbers say it all

In our latest podcast we are joined by IUMI Facts & Figures Committee Chairperson Philip Graham, and Vice-Chairperson Astrid Seltmann, to take a deep dive into the IUMI statistics that were presented at the IUMI annual conference earlier this month. Philip and Astrid discuss the market, the results, trends in the cargo, hull, and offshore energy markets, sustainability issues and much more.

IUMI's 2021 Annual Conference

In our latest IUMI podcast we speak with IUMI Secretary General Lars Lange about the upcoming IUMI annual conference, scheduled to take place on 2-15 September 2021. Lars highlights some of the upcoming presentations that will look at topics such as containership fires, sustainability, digitalisation, COVID-19, to name a few. Lars also discusses the positives and negatives of hosting an online event for the second year due to the ongoing travel restrictions.

Education Forum Update

In the latest instalment of the IUMI podcast, John Miklus, IUMI Education Forum Chairperson and President of the American Institute of Marine Underwriters (AIMU), talks to us about what the Education Forum is all about and its current activities. John also discusses the importance of the Forum for the next generation of marine insurers and what is coming up next in IUMI's education programme.

A look at the Cargo Integrity Group

In our latest podcast Peregrine Storrs-Fox, a Founding Partner of the Cargo Integrity Group (CIG) and Risk Management Director of the TT Club, takes the hot seat to talk to us about cargo integrity and the CIG. Peregrine discusses the work of the group and how the organisation works with other stakeholders, as well as looking at the CTU Code (Code of Practice for Packing of Cargo Transport Units) and its biggest challenges.

Policy Forum Podcast

In our latest podcast join Helle Hammer, IUMI's Policy Forum Chairperson and Managing Director of The Nordic Association of Marine Insurers (Cefor) as she discusses the role of the Policy Forum, the biggest issues currently under review and what new risks are emerging.