Big Reveal will come on Monday as annual statistics reveal premium volumes broken down by class

‘Our members really do like Lloyd’s Open Forms, in the right circumstances. It is the best contract when you have got a short time to rescue the vessel … People can just get on with it,’ says Lloyd’s Market Association legal director

While it is crucial to distinguish between a temporary ‘state’ and a long-term ‘trait’ when assessing seafarers’ mental health for pre-employment medical examinations, identifying mental health-related issues before seafarers board a ship is challenging

Attacks on shipping have been going long enough for owners and charterers to know what they are getting into

Drafters hope to reverse declining use of standard salvage contract

‘The P&I sector itself is very stable. The question we would have now — and maybe the market would have now — is the return of pool claims,’ argues insurance analyst at ratings agency

Owners should budget for double whammy, with big increase likely in GXL levy

New appointee will work alongside predecessor through next renewal round

Big claims catching up after a run of benign years

Moral culpability for this casualty rests with the damn fools crazy enough deliberately to set a suezmax on fire. But television audiences might not have seen things like that

Cyber attacks on the global merchant fleet are rising and shipping companies need better defences and bigger insurance policies

Specialist market posts underwriting profit of £3.1bn in the first six months of the year as combined ratio improves 1.5 points to 83.7%