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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”…

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…

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,…

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…

Read demurrage clauses carefully: Always thoroughly review the demurrage clauses in the charterparty to understand the specific deadlines and requirements. Note email addresses: Pay attention to…

Welcome to this edition of The Wire on the topic of time-barred claims. ITIC is regularly notified of claims from shipbrokers for failing to pass on demurrage claims (or similar, such as claims for…

Welcome to this edition of ITIC’s The Wire which has been produced exclusively for insurance brokers during ITIC’s centenary year. It includes a selection of articles: an update on the continuity…

The ITIC board met in March 2025 in Hong Kong. The board of ITIC have agreed that: there will be no general increase in premium in the 2025 policy year; for the 31st  consecutive year, each…

The following table examines how a Professional Indemnity (PI) policy could respond to the liabilities of the assured in various common situations. It considers both the likely response of the…

ITIC hosted an insurance broker briefing webinar which covered an underwriting update, discussed continuity credit and highlighted the elevation of aviation PI insurance at ITIC.…