The annual IUMI winter meeting is an opportunity for the Executive Committee and the Chairs of the Technical Committees and Forums to gather for formal joint discussions. This year (5 & 6 February), our host was the International Underwriting Association in London who kindly lent us their excellent meeting facilities. Members of the Executive Committee met on the first day and were then joined by the Committee Chairs on the following day. A range of topics were covered including a review of IUMI 2030 (IUMI’s future strategy), finances, reports from the Technical Committees, sustainability, modifications to the conference format, and additions to our membership. This is an important set of meetings that allow full input from the IUMI office holders to set longer term strategy as well as a focus on more immediate issues.

As in previous years, the meeting concluded with a press conference which, this year, attracted almost 20 journalists representing maritime, shipping and insurance publications. The press conference covered three main topical issues which were Ukraine/Black Sea, Red Sea transits and the current restrictions in the Panama Canal. Our comments were widely reported across the media.

The press release issued following the press conference can be seen here and a short video clip of the winter meeting can be seen on our LinkedIn feed.