Ocean Marine Insurance Market 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.

Trends and developments affecting the U.S. ocean marine insurance market will be discussed at the annual meeting of the American Institute of Marine Underwriters (AIMU) on Friday, Nov. 19 in New York City. The meeting will be held in the Ricker Auditorium, 180 Maiden Lane, beginning at 9:30 a.m. Ed Badolato, chairman of the National Cargo Security Council (NCSC), will be the featured speaker. The NCSC is a broad-based organization of government agencies and private industry working together to fight cargo theft. AIMU chairman James A. Zrebiec, chairman of International Marine Underwriters, a member of the CGU Insurance Group, will report on issues in the global marine insurance marketplace. Walter Kramer, AIMU president, will discuss AIMU program initiatives.