INSURANCE MARINE NEWS - Key Persons
As Marketing Director for such titles as Insurance Day, Lloyd's List for over 10 years I acted as the voice of the reader in steering editorial and commercial direction.
Having worked in corporate publishing houses, I've seen the myriad considerations that pull products in many directions, generally to the detriment of the reader: my ambition is simple to provide simple, clear, easy to access and read news and analysis on the matters that affect our readers.
I was fortunate enough to meet lots of great people in this sector from all around the globe and wanted to give the market its first quality online community hub - to cut out all the insurance information overload and offer this market a product whose sole focus was on marine coverage. My aim is to introduce a dedicated resource without charging budget breaking access costs.
I have been reporting on the insurance industry for more than 20 years, first on newsletters with Evandale Publishing and, subsequent to that company's purchase by Informa, as editor of a range of insurance-related titles, including Informa's Insurance News 24. This became increasingly integrated with the Insurance Day and Lloyd's List teams. From January 2014 I became managing editor of Reactions magazine, with offices in London and New York. I have also managed the production of daily news reports at the Monte Carlo Rendez-vouz and the US PCI.
Grant and I believe that there is a demand in the market for efficient, no-frills, insightful marine insurance reporting. The news that the marine insurance market will want to read, that is written in a timely, well-written, competitively priced, accurate and succinct manner.
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Richard Grant joins Aviva as senior cargo underwriter
Aviva Global, Corporate & Specialty has hired Richard Grant from Zurich as a senior cargo underwriter as part of the continuation of the rebuilding of its marine team. Grant's nearly 30-year career has included working at Chubb, Generali, Munich Re Syndicate and TT Club. Other recent appointments at Aviva GCS included that of Ian Rose…
CNA Hardy has appointed Sarah Moses as cargo underwriting manager. Moses joins from UPS Capital, where she had the same role. Moses also previously spent more than two years at Aon as an ,,,,
Scott Sealey will be joining Ark as a Marine Liability Underwriter within the recently launched Ark Marine Consortium, IMN has learned. Sealey previously worked at Tokio Marine HCC and his background is as a Marine Trades underwriter covering both recreational and commercial risks. Prior to that he worked at MS Amlin within their Marine Trades…