Introduction

Welcome to the 54^th edition of ITIC’s Claims Review.

The ITIC board met for their March 2026 board meeting in Hamburg. ITIC continues to be in excellent health, financially strong and maintaining its position as the leader in its field.

It was announced at a presentation given to insurance brokers in Hamburg that ITIC is launching a new product, “Debt collection and MARPOL legal costs cover for ship managers”. This cover has been designed to provide ITIC’s ship management members with assistance with unpaid invoices, helping with disputes over FuelEU and ETS scheme payments or with legal issues arising from the termination of SHIPMAN contracts. Please note, the MARPOL legal costs is an optional extra to assist with the costs of defending any allegations. It would not cover the MARPOL fine. If you are interested in learning more about this product please speak to your ITIC Account Executive. You can also read the fact sheet here, for more information.

ITIC would like to extend thanks to those of you who continue to submit questions for the “ask the legal team” feature. Please send any questions that you may have to askeditorCR@thomasmiller.com.

As always, this edition of the Claims Review provides a selection of marine cases recently handled by ITIC. We hope that these claims examples will be of interest to you and will also help you to identify and act to prevent these types of situations occurring in your businesses.