News & Events

09/07/2013

Event: Insight Course 2013: An insight into transport law and insurance

The 2013 Insight into Transport Law and Insurance course is taking place from Tuesday 1st – Friday 4th October at the London offices of Thomas Miller. The four day course is aimed at executives and managerial staff either in the early stages of their careers or without specialist insurance and claims experience.

29/05/2013

New ITIC fact sheets released

Five new fact sheets are now available from ITIC. These fact sheets are designed to give a brief overview on the features and policy highlights as well as identifying some of the key personnel and issues that ITIC's policies specifically cover.

20/05/2013

The Wire: May 2013 - Australian special

Read this special edition of The Wire which is focused on Australia.

15/05/2013

Press Release: May 2013 - Invoicing error sees shipbroker saddled with bill for bunker supply

ITIC has revealed how an invoicing error led to a shipbroker being asked to foot the bill for a bunker supply amounting to more than three-quarters of a million dollars.

08/05/2013

Event: Contracting out of problems - An ITIC workshop discussion on using contracts - Thursday 6th June 2013

ITIC is hosting another complimentary Contract Management Workshop for Members on Thursday 6th June 2013.

18/04/2013

Press Release: April 2013 - ITIC highlights value of diligent debt collection

ITIC has highlighted the value of diligently pursuing the collection of shipping industry debts in today’s difficult economic climate. In its latest Claims Review, ITIC notes that a shipbroker acting for charterers was owed...

17/04/2013

Podcast: April 2013 - Ship Agency and Shipbroking Loss Prevention seminar, Taipei, Taiwan - November 2012

In November 2012 Roger Lewis, Underwriting Director, and Andrew Jamieson, Claims Director, presented a loss prevention seminar to 70 ship agents and shipbrokers from the Taipei maritime community. This podcast is a recording of the seminar which covers loss prevention advice, claims examples and warnings for ship agents and shipbrokers. The podcast also features Roger explaining what professional indemnity insurance is, who ITIC insures and the debt collection services offered by ITIC.

17/04/2013

Claims Review 28 - Getting more from ITIC. Read the latest edition of the Claims Review here...

Read this special edition of the ITIC Claims Review, which is focused on 'getting more from ITIC.'

11/04/2013

Article: 11/04/13 - A review of ITIC's Board meeting in Tokyo, Japan, 21st March 2013

The Board of ITIC meets three times a year, in March, July and September. The meeting in July is always held in London as the main item is the signing off of the accounts as the financial year of ITIC ends on 31 May. Of the other...

03/04/2013

ITIC IN THE NEWS: Laws that haven’t gone away - article by Andrew Jamieson in latest edition of The Baltic magazine

ITIC IN THE NEWS: The following article, written by ITIC Claims Director, Andrew Jamieson, appeared in the Spring 2013 edition of The Baltic magazine. Andrew has a regular column in the magazine.

27/03/2013

How to avoid pitfalls for ship managers - seminar and drinks reception to be held in Cyprus, Thursday 18th April

ITIC, in association with Marsh Cyprus, are hosting a seminar and drinks reception in Limassol on Thursday 18th April.

25/03/2013

Press Release: March 2013 - ITIC warns on costs of US documentary disclosure

ITIC has warned that onerous documentary disclosure rules in the US courts can drastically increase the cost to shipping interests of defending even without-merit claims.