In November, IUMI partnered with Slipcase to provide an additional distribution tool for IUMI news, views and analysis. We invite all IUMI members to sign up to Slipcase free of charge and build their own personalised feed of insurance-related content.

The past six weeks have been nothing short of eventful in the marine market—evolving from vessel fires to conflict in the Middle East. Throughout this period, Slipcase has been providing insight to marine insurers on the industry's key concerns, notably around cross-border tensions, which has driven a remarkable surge in engagement for related articles among marine professionals.

Through Slipcase, users are able to pick and choose the sectors of marine they are interested in, curating content from leading insurance publications as well as marine-specific sources such as Tradewinds, gCaptain, MarineLink, and more. Geopolitics have undeniably shaped the most impactful narratives. Out of over 100 marine-specific articles, it was Insurance Insider’s piece "China-Taiwan: Insurers limit appetite as geopolitical instability fears grow" that generated the most engagement amongst marine professionals.

Examining the cargo, hull, and liability subsectors, cargo-centric content has commanded slightly higher engagement levels when compared with hull and liability lines, likely due to this covering current geopolitical issues as well as non-geopolitical issues such as recent vessel fires and container losses.