IUMI Podcast

In most countries, there are strict laws against discrimination but it is fair to say that embracing Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB) in its fullest sense is still largely voluntary. A raft of studies have shown how adopting the many facets of DEIB can dramatically impact job performance, job turnover and work absences and, as importantly, the positive effect it has on a company’s...

Our Cargo Masterclass is becoming an essential training tool for marine insurance professionals and is now a central element to our education activities. In this podcast, we are joined by the Chair of our Education Forum, Christopher Hesselbrandt and also by Annemieke Boon from DUPI Underwriting who participated, as a student, in our recent Cargo Masterclass. Together, we discuss IUMI’s education...

Our latest podcast features Jun Lin and Astrid Seltmann from the Facts & Figures Committee who discuss the state of marine insurance within the wider context of the macro-economy and the shipping and offshore energy sectors. They draw on the presentations they gave at the conference in Edinburgh to provide insight and analysis to this year’s marine insurance statistics compiled by the IUMI Fac...

In this podcast we are joined by Neil Roberts, Head of Marine and Aviation at Lloyd’s Market Association and Dave Matcham, Chief Executive of the International Underwriting Association who are joint hosts for this year’s IUMI Conference; and also by Lars Lange, IUMI Secretary General. We are treated to a preview of what to expect this year both in terms of the conference agenda and also the social...

In this podcast we are joined by Martti Simojoki from Alandia in Helsinki, who is also a member of IUMI’s Loss Prevention Committee; and Hendrike Kühl, IUMI’s Policy Director. Together, we debate the often mooted suggestion that a number of onboard fires have resulted from an electric vehicle and go on to discuss the difference between fires in electric vehicles and those started by standard inter...

In this podcast we chat with Dr Harry Conway, the Permanent Representative of Liberia’s Permanent Mission to the IMO and the Chair of IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee. At the last meeting of MEPC held in early July, the Committee agreed, unanimously, to adopt the new 2023 IMO Strategy on Reduction of GHG Emissions from Ships. This potentially ground-breaking strategy includes an enhan...

The pandemic, Russia-Ukraine, cost of living, and China-Taiwan demonstrate the circularity of global threats and highlight the need for (re)insurers and their clients to have a better understanding of these crises’ impacts, especially considering the financial outcomes from such global events. Suki Basi, Managing Director at Russell Group and an IUMI Professional Partner, says financial outcomes r...

In our latest podcast, Isabelle Therrien, IUMI Cargo Committee Chair and Senior Vice President Canada, Marine Cargo at  Falvey Insurance Group, discusses misdeclared goods and the related challenges facing shipping and the marine insurance industry. Isabelle emphasised the importance of increasing awareness and collaborating with all relevant stakeholders to ensure dangerous cargo is adequately de...

On this special episode of the IUMI podcast, chair of IUMI’s Data & Digitalisation Forum, Patrizia Kern, interviews Osher Perry, founder and CEO of ShipIn Systems. ShipIn offers onboard CCTV solutions for vessels that allows shoreside personnel to get the visibility needed during critical operations. It is also an IUMI Professional Partner. Together, Patrizia and Osher discuss the digitisation of...

Our popular quarterly newsletter IUMI Eye is now available as a podcast and features interviews with some authors. Highlights of this edition include Frédéric Denèfle, IUMI President & Managing Director at Garex, who discusses the challenges around reinsurance cover and the correlation with the Ukraine War. IUMI Secretary General Lars Lange reports on the latest IMO’s Marine Environment Protection...

The Poseidon Principles for Marine Insurance (PPMI) are a global framework for assessing climate alignments of insurers’ hull and machinery portfolios. The PPMI use the ambitions of the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) greenhouse gas emissions strategy and the Paris Agreement as benchmarks. The first annual disclosure report of the PPMI signatory companies has just been published.    In...

In the first podcast of 2023, we speak to Frédéric Denèfle, the new IUMI President, for a roundup of his first 100 days in the job.  Since taking up the role following the IUMI conference in Chicago last year, Frédéric Denèfle has had a busy timetable. In this episode, he reflects on the immediate challenges and surprises, changes to IUMI’s leadership structure, the popularity of the new IUMI Mast...

Since the outbreak of the war between the Russian Federation and Ukraine in February this year, the subject of international sanctions has been at the forefront of industry concerns. On December 3, 2022, G7 members formally set a price cap on Russian oil at 60 USD per barrel. This applies to oil products originating in or exported from Russia. In this podcast, we sat down with Christopher Jones, D...

Our popular quarterly newsletter IUMI Eye is now available as a podcast and features interviews with some of the authors. Highlights of this edition include ShipIn’s Amit Shalev who discusses loss prevention using AI, IUMI Secretary General Lars Lange on the latest IMO Maritime Safety Committee session; HFW on the implications for insurers of the NordStream pipeline attack; Julian Kirkman-Page of...

Twice a year, industry reports are presented by the IUMI Facts & Figures Committee, outlining the most up-to-date key shipping and marine insurance data and statistics, as well as providing an overview of marine, offshore and related industries. In this podcast, we sit down with leading members of IUMI’s Facts and Figures Committee: Jun Lin, Vice-President of Gard, and Astrid Seltmann from Cefor,...

Containership fires are one of the most significant hazards affecting the shipping industry. IUMI has long advocated for better fire detection and extinguishing systems. In this podcast we sit down with Uwe-Peter Schieder, Vice Chair of IUMI's Loss Prevention Committee; Anders Kristensen, Project Manager for the CARGOSAFE Study at the DBI and Lorena Cifuentes, Research Consultant at DBI to discuss...

In this month's podcast we meet Richard Turner, outgoing IUMI President and discuss data, ESG and the future of marine insurance. After four years as IUMI President, Richard Turner will be stepping down at the IUMI Chicago 2022 Conference. In this podcast Richard reflects on his time in office and offers some advice to his successor. 

This month we sat down with Lars Lange, Secretary General of IUMI, and John Miklus, AIMU President and member of the IUMI Chicago 2022 Conference Organizing Committee to discuss the much anticipated IUMI conference, which is taking place in Chicago in September. To find out more about this year's conference and how to register,  just visit iumi2022.com

In 2020, IUMI and the World Maritime University (WMU) signed an MOU agreeing to work together on areas of mutual interest. The MOU includes a bursary, covering 75% of the full tuition fee, for two marine insurance professionals to complete the WMU’s Marine Insurance Law & Practice Postgraduate Diploma programme.  In this month's IUMI podcast we talk to Dr Henning Jessen, professor and programme co...

This month we sit down with Lars Lange, IUMI Secretary General, to discuss the International Quality Assessment Review Body (IQARB). IQARB is an advisory body that has been established to review the certification process of the quality management systems of IACS Classification Societies. As chair of the body, Lars discusses the background of IQARB, the role of IMO and flag states in the body, its...

In this month's podcast we speak with Dave Matcham, Chief Executive of the International Underwriting Association and Secretary of the IUMI Facts & Figures Committee, about IUMI's Major Claims Database. In 2018 IUMI launched a pilot project to see if it could create a large and consistent loss database for hull and cargo with standardised data from member companies in order to analyse major losses...

The current crisis in Ukraine has directly impacted shipping in the area as well as the safety and welfare of many seafarers. In this podcast Lars Lange, IUMI Secretary General, discusses the impact of the crisis and international sanctions on global shipping and marine insurance, the current situation for war risk insurers, what challenges underwriters of Russian related risks are experiencing, w...

In IUMI’s latest podcast we speak with Svenn Andersen, Senior Surveyor at the Norwegian Hull Club, about the difficulties and challenges with engine room fires. Engine room fires are one of the most common fires onboard ships and dealing with them and preventing them are key to safety at sea. Svenn highlights the causes of these fires, preventative measures that can be taken and industry guideline...

In our first podcast of 2022 we are joined by Neil Roberts, Head of Marine Underwriting at the LMA and member of IUMI's Policy Forum, to talk about piracy in the Gulf of Guinea. Neil draws on his years of experience to discuss the current challenges with piracy in the area, the measures to help alleviate the problem and a look to the future.

As the year draws to a close, IUMI President Richard Turner speaks about the 2021 year for IUMI in the last podcast of the year. Richard discusses the ongoing pandemic, the highlights of the 2021 year, the challenges marine insurers are currently facing and what IUMI will be focusing on in 2022.