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
UK Club beefs up loss prevention work
The move will see safety and risk management, claims and underwriting teams work more closely together to adapt cover offered by marine mutual
India allows three more Russian entities to provide marine insurance
Move will facilitate imports of crude in face of Western price cap
Tankers clock up steepest rise in marine insurance costs
Data from Baltic Investor Indices points to broadly steady market for past four quarters, but limited increases for some vessel types
Tankers clock up steepest rise in marine insurance costs
Data from Baltic Investor Indices points to broadly steady market for past four quarters, but limited increases for some vessel types
Shipowners’ Club holds steady at 2024 renewal
Breakeven underwriting result and ‘excellent’ investment return means marine mutual is in ‘very good health’, insists chief executive, Simon Peacock
Shipowners’ Club holds steady at 2024 renewal
Break-even underwriting result and ‘excellent’ investment return means marine mutual is in ‘very good health’, insists chief executive Peacock