After much study and only after in-depth trials with certain shipowners, the UK P&I Club is now launching an innovative risk management scheme utilising a 'BowTie' approach to identifying areas of risk and minimising the occurrence of incidents. Although sixty per cent of the Club's claims are caused by 'human error', human error is often only the last event in a chain of causal events - 'the straw that breaks the camel's back'.
Speaking at the 6th Med Ports Conference in Livorno (Italy) last month, TT Club's Andrew Huxley highlighted that cyber activity is a daily operational risk which needs to be addressed urgently.
Thomas Miller Americas, provider of market leading insurance services, has appointed Noreen Arralde as senior claims director in its New Jersey office.
