IUMI Podcast

Container losses at sea

In this month's podcast IUMI Secretary General Lars Lange comes to the recording studio to talk about the increasingly concerning issue of container losses at sea. Lars discusses the issues and root causes behind containers being lost at sea, as well as examining the impact of these losses on marine insurance.

Crew change crisis

Don’t miss our new podcast on the highly topical and relevant ongoing crew change crisis. This month we were joined by three guest speakers from P&I and H&M insurer Gard - Alice Jackson Amundsen, Vice President, Head of People Claims; Kunal Pathak, Loss Prevention Manager Asia; and Malene Wang, a lawyer in Gard’s Asian charterers and traders defence team. All three speakers debated the current situation and identified the challenges and the long-term effects of the crisis on seafarers and shipping more generally. They went on to discuss how the industry was responding and touched on a range of other related issues.  
 

ESG factors - vital for the future

In IUMI's latest podcast IUMI President Richard Turner, IUMI Executive Committee Vice-Chairperson Anneke Kooiman and IUMI Policy Director Hendrike Kühl come together to talk about the growing importance of environmental, social and governance factors for marine insurance. The team discusses the positive contribution ESG factors offer companies and highlight specific areas of interest and IUMI's role.

Delving into digitalization

In our latest podcast we talk with IUMI's Data & Digitalization Forum Chairperson Patrizia Kern, IPP Concirrus Technical Consultant Matthew Madahar and fellow IPP Windward's Commercial Director Ross Davis. Patrizia, Matthew and Ross discuss the acceleration of digitalization, how emerging digital technologies are creating new opportunities and how these should be embraced. We hope you enjoy it.

2019 Stats Review

In the next edition of the IUMI podcast series Facts & Figures Committee Chairperson Philip Graham and Vice-Chairperson Astrid Seltmann take the microphone to discuss the main trends from the 2019 IUMI statistics review. Philip and Astrid also chat about the impact the pandemic is currently having on marine insurance and how they see the market developing over the coming year. 

A look at the upcoming IUMI annual conference

In the second of the IUMI podcast series, listen to IUMI Secretary General Lars Lange discuss the upcoming IUMI annual conference. Due to the current coronavirus environment, IUMI is  - for the first time - taking its highly anticipated event online and Lars chats about how IUMI came to this decision and what you can expect from the new format.

The impact of Covid-19 on marine insurance

In the first of a new series of IUMI Podcasts, President Richard Turner discusses the impact of the recent and unprecedented pandemic on the marine insurance market. He discussed specific lines of business as well as the industry as a whole. Richard Turner, a marine insurance expert with over 30 years’ experience, delves into the challenges facing world trade, the ramifications Covid-19 may have on premiums, the delays in projects due to reduced investment and other related issues.