David Osler
Insurance Editor
David specialises in the white collar shipping services scene, including law firms, banks, insurers, and trade associations, and also turns his hand to piracy, sanctions and industrial relations stories as necessary.
A London-born British and Swiss dual national, he was educated at the London School of Economics and Birkbeck College, and has academic qualification in politics, sociology, economics and international relations.
Three times voted Seahorse Club shipping news journalist of the year, he has also twice been longlisted for the Orwell Prize, Britain’s premier non-fiction literary award, and twice shortlisted as Periodical Publishers’ Association business journalist of the year, the highest honour in trade press journalism.
He has worked for Lloyd’s List since 1996, making him the longest-serving member of staff, although he doesn’t like to mention that more than three or four times a week at most. Unless it’s strictly necessary.
He has also written for many other newspapers and magazines, including The Guardian, Observer, Independent, Daily Telegraph, Daily Express and New Statesman, and has appeared on all of Britain’s main television and radio news programmes.
He is a member of the Labour Party, Amnesty International and National Council for Civil Liberties, and supports the charitable work of the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture and the Trussell Trust network of foodbanks.
Latest From David Osler
Vessel calls resume at Hodeidah after Israeli air strike
ITF demands repatriation of abandoned seafarers who witnessed bombing, while Galaxy Leader crew still held hostage
Rate hikes and supplementary calls boost Japan Club financial statements
Marine mutual highlights challenges facing insurers in wake of pandemic, including Ukraine invasion and Houthi assault on merchant vessels
Public can have confidence in FuelEU verification, argues Verifavia
‘We can have reasonable reassurance that there are no material misstatements in the data, no big mistake in those numbers, so they can be trusted for compensation purposes,’ says Duchêne
Over-reliance on war risk a ‘slippery slope’ for marine hull insurers
Allianz Commercial marine head counsels caution on using hundreds of millions of dollars in extra income from Black Sea and Red Sea crises to win increased share of H&M market
Over-reliance on war risk is ‘slippery slope’ for hull insurers, Allianz Commercial marine head warns
AI will help to make underwriting more enjoyable, with less time spent typing data into a spreadsheet and more time spent doing the job, argues Rich Soja
Nautical Institute remains voice of the practical mariner, says Bailey
‘Seagoing as a career is not defined by the term seagoing. To me, it’s defined by the term nautical; it’s the maritime industry,’ insists veteran master