Insurance
17/04/2012 -
London 16th April 2012: In 2011 the TT Club experienced an environment of costly natural disasters and unrelenting competitive pressures. However the specialist liability insurer of the freight transport and logistics sector reports its maintenance of a stable financial platform, increased gross premiums and a very strong capital position for the year end 31st December 2011.
19/03/2012 -
Amendment 35-10 entered full force on 1 January 2012. In support of the changes in practice that you should have adopted as a result, TT Club are pleased to be able to offer a discounted training solution to businesses involved in the handling and transport of dangerous goods.
14/03/2012 -
Speaking at the freight industry forum, TOC Container Supply Chain Asia in Hong Kong today, TT Club’s Director of Global Risk Assessment, Laurence Jones highlighted the key factors that cause disruption throughout the global supply chain and spoke of opportunities for operators to save costs by tightening procedures to minimise accidents, breakdowns, delays and other risks.
21/12/2011 -
The matter of sanctions continues to be an important and complex topic for anyone involved in international trade: buyers, sellers, carriers - and insurers. This article covers recent changes concerning Iran and Syria.
07/12/2011 -
A news item from last winter said, “With the accumulation of sleet, rain and freezing rain, many roofs have been unable to bear the additional rain-saturated snow”. Before you sit next to your warm fire, have you made appropriate preparations?
11/10/2011 -
Claims investigations following a recent cargo theft claim reveal the risk exposure in utilising subcontractors without carrying out effective due diligence. Beware!
17/02/2011 -
Each year, the Federal Maritime Commission in the US receives a substantial number of complaints from individuals who have experienced various problems with their international household goods shipment.
06/12/2010 -
The Club must clearly act in accordance with OFAC, CISADA and Regulation 961.
06/12/2010 -
In recent months the international trading world, including the Club and its Members, has been faced with an intensified sanction regime. The position under the major legislative changes is summarised in this issue and impact all those in the transport and logistics industry involved in international trade, as well as insurers.
25/11/2010 -
On 21 October 2010 the Chairman of the European Parliament Transport & Tourism Committee (Brian Simpson MEP) led a debate in which he claimed that a ‘staggering 10,000 containers were lost each year’, the majority of which fell overboard, and that shipping lines and insurers where happy to accept this figure and do nothing about it. This assertion was in part prompted by the MARIN ‘Lashing@Sea’ report issued earlier this year.
