Pollution claims soar, 40 years after Torrey Canyon

Jon Guy - Wednesday 12 September 2007

SHIPOWNERS and their liability insurers are coming under increasing pressure from politicians, as well as from rising claimant expectations, about the levels of compensation paid in cases of pollutionat sea.

Skuld Club senior vice-president Jonathan Hare told the legal and liability committee session at the IUMI conference that liability insurers ...