Cargo Committee

The Cargo Committee is made up of cargo insurance professionals in all major markets around the world. The Committee monitors key issues impacting the cargo insurance industry and works to raise awareness and advance thought leadership consistent with IUMI’s vision and mission.

Book Review: Insuring Cargoes - A Practical Guide to the Law and Practice

In this book review Sanjiv Singh, Head, Marine & Specialty lines, General Insurance Council of India and former Chair, IUMI Education Forum shares his thoughts on the 2nd edition of Insuring Cargoes-A practical guide to law and practice” authored by K.S. Vishwanath which was published by Witherbys in March 2023. The book contains a wide array of topics, a tour de force on marine cargo insurance, reflecting the author’s depth and insight into the subject. There is a fine balance between law and practice. Concepts are well illustrated with examples drawn no doubt from the author’s long experience as a practitioner.

Guide to Marine Cargo Insurance

Published December 2017

This guide book published by New India Assurance Company provides an excellent introduction to marine cargo insurance, covering a wide range of relevant information, including the 2009 edition of the Institute Cargo Clauses, the current edition of the Incoterms, claims process and documentation, to name but a few.

Useful websites for the Cargo Insurance Professional

Updated January 2020

Cargo Country reports

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Mike Brews
Chair

Horizon Underwriting Managers (Pty) Ltd
6th Floor Surrey Place
291 Surrey Avenue
Ferndale
Randburg 2194
South Africa

Howard Potter
Vice Chair

Aviva Global Corporate & Specialty
80 Fenchurch Street
London
EC3M 4AE
United Kingdom

Mikaela Dahlman Tamm
Secretary

Insurance Sweden
Karlavägen 108
P.O.Box 24043
104 50 Stockholm
Sweden

Richard Costain

Lancashire Group
UK

Magdalena Cruz

MAPFRE Insurance Company
Carretera de Pozuelo
50 28222 Majadahonda
Madrid
Spain

Eric de Smet
Policy Forum Liaison

Baloise Insurance nv City Link
Posthofbrug 16
2600 Antwerpen
Belgium

Thomas Eßig

R + V Versicherung AG Reinsurance
Abraham-Lincoln-Park 1
Raum C516 65189
Wiesbaden
Germany

Ola Hussein

Allianz Egypt Business Park A
Building A1
Cairo Festival City Ring Road
New Cairo
Egypt

Fumiaki Ichimura

Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co Ltd
1-2-1 Marunouchi Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 100-8050
Japan

Danielle Jackson

Falvey Insurance Group
710 Dorval Drive Unit 517
Oakville
Ontario L6K 3V7
Canada

Andrew Kidd

NTI Limited
Australia

Matthias Kirchner
Executive Committee Liaison

AXA XL
Colonia Allee 10-20
51067
Cologne
German

Max (Zhoujing) Liu
Junior Member

Munich Re
Beijing
China

Sujoy Maitra

ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company Ltd
ICICI Lombard House 414
Veer Savarkar Marg Near Siddhi Vinayak Temple
Prabhadevi
Mumbai- 400 025
India

Nicole Pousson

AIG Europe SA
Tour CBX 1 Passerelle des Reflets
92400
Courbevoie
France

Karla Scott

The Hartford
101 Montgomery Street
Suite 2700
San Francisco
California
USA

Qing (David) Shang

Huatai P&C Insurance Company Ltd.
3rd floor annex
Huatai Financial Building
No. 1101 Bocheng Road
Pudong
Shanghai 200126
China

Tobias Sigurdsson

HDI Global Specialty SE
P.O. Box 3571
103 69 Stockholm
Sweden

Massimo Spinetta

Generali Global Corporate & Commercial Italy
Via Fieschi, 9
16121 Genova
Italy

Mark Watts

Allied World Assurance Company Ltd
60 Anson Road #08-01 (8th Floor)
079914
Singapore

Malmfrid Wirstad
Junior Member

Gjensidige Forsikring ASA
Norway

Chris Wittoeck

Jean Verheyen SA/NV
Grensstraat/rue de la Limite 17
1210 Brussels
Belgium

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