Insurance Space News

Though water covers more than 70 percent of the Earth’s surface, businesses engaged in marine shipping operations and logistics, and other businesses that manufacture and ship product still have a lot of ground to cover getting their various goods to their final destinations. The ocean marine insurance market, the oldest insurance market in the world, was initially developed to protect these goods while crossing the ocean’s open waters, later to morph into a product to protect all international transportation regardless of mode.

A New York State Supreme Court Judge has ruled against WQIS in a dispute involving the marine pollution insurance arena. According to Safe Harbor, this is the second ruling against WQIS in its attempt to prevent start-up Safe Harbor Pollution Insurance from entering the insurance space where WQIS has been the dominant market for the past 40 years. In a prepared statement, Safe Harbor President Michael Falvey stated, "We are pleased with the decision, and that the Court saw WQIS's 'evidence' for what it was—insufficient." Russell Brown, Principal of Safe Harbor, also in a prepared stattement, added that he was pleased with the Court's ruling and is looking forward to building the finest marine pollution insurance company without the threat of continual legal issues.