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Thomas Miller Sydney - Meet the team

Thomas Miller Sydney - Meet the team

Thomas Miller Sydney was Thomas Miller’s first office outside of London and was opened in 1976. It provides commercial correspondence services for the UK P&I Club in Australia and manages TT…

Rory McKay - Account Executive

Rory McKay - Account Executive

Rory joined ITIC in January 2024 and was previously an insurance broker in Brisbane, handling large clients and complex risks in a range of sectors including marine. Rory holds a Bachelor of…

Robert Sniffen - Underwriting Director

Robert Sniffen - Underwriting Director

Robert joined ITIM in February 2001 as an Account Executive and was later promoted to Senior Account Executive and then Underwriting Director, with over 20 years’ of experience in the…

Introduction

Introduction

Welcome to the latest edition of ITIC's The Wire, focusing on Australia. ITIC currently supports 362 members in Australia, with a premium income of over US$4,000,000, making it the second largest…

ITIC and insurance brokers

ITIC and insurance brokers

Thank you to everyone who attended the recent webinar. As a reminder, a recording can be found here for those who couldn’t attend. You, the insurance brokers to our assureds, are extremely valued by…

February is the shortest month

February is the shortest month

A shipbroker fixed a ship for an initial period of three months with subsequent optional periods of three months. The optional periods were declarable 30 days prior to expiry of the preceding period.…

On thin ice

On thin ice

A shipbroker received a claim from owners for ice dues and winter surcharge on towage at a Baltic port to be passed on to the charterers. The claim was sent to the charterers using an “opsclaims”…

Missed messages

Missed messages

A shipbroker received a demurrage claim of US$80,000 by email to their fixture email address, “chartering@shipbroker.com”. However, the recap stipulated that all claims must be sent to…

Claim email sent to wrong address

Claim email sent to wrong address

Members were shipbrokers between owners and charterers. Owners sent their demurrage claim to the shipbrokers to pass to the charterers. They sent it to the shipbrokers’ operations email address,…

You're barred

You're barred

Following the conclusion of two voyages, the owners sent two claims (heating and demurrage) to the shipbrokers within the contractual time bar, with instructions for the broker to send them to the…