Lars Lange, Secretary General, IUMI visits India to meet marine underwriters.

Wednesday 19 June, 2019

“India is very close to my heart” says Lars Lange,

 Lars Lange visits Gi-Council, Secretary General, International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI) visits General Insurance Council

 19.6.2019, Mumbai

Mr Lars Lange, Secretary General IUMI visited Mumbai on 18-19 June 2019 to meet GI Council Officials and marine underwriters of India.

Speaking in an All India Marine Underwriters’ meet on 19th June at Cricket Club of India, Lars spoke on importance of Asia as key focus and growth area for IUMI. Stating that 29% of global marine insurance business is coming from Asia, he sees great potential for growth in Indian marine insurance industry. He said that India is very close to his heart and it is very likely that important IUMI meetings and conferences will take place in India in near future.

 He gave a detailed presentation on IUMI’s area of activity and how it is working to address the global issues related to marine insurance. He thanked General Insurance Council for organizing the market meet and hoped that India will play much bigger role in IUMI in times to come and strengthen the industry. He also spoke at length on IUMI’s vast data base, current issue and the fast-growing education program.

 Earlier Mr R Chandrasekaran Secretary General, General Insurance Council, in his keynote address welcomed Mr Lars Lange and spoke on the importance of marine business and need to further improve the professional skills.

 Stating that he himself started his career with marine insurance and it remains his deep interest even today, he urged the underwriters to take more and more interest in the subject and try to become member of IUMI TCs.

 To encourage this line of business, GI Council has started a special program for skill development and advised to make use of vast pool of knowledge and resources provided by IUMI. He further stated that Indian market has taken some great initiatives to improve the underwriting of marine insurance and praised marine underwriters as a dedicated class.

 There were excellent presentations by Indian underwriters on issues facing the industry in India

Sibesh Sen of HDFC along with Aditya Gautama and Lalit Talan of New India made presentations on “Changing face of logistics in India” and “Technological innovations in marine insurance”, respectively. Links to presentations are as under:

 Presentations were followed by a lively panel discussion on “Marine Insurance in India -Challenging Times ahead!”

The panelists S. Balachandran, Head Marine- Tata AIG, R. Balasundaram, Executive VP, Global Insurance Brokers, Mr S N More, GM GIC Re, Mr B S Rath, MD Premier Brokers Ltd, Hong Kong, Aditya Suklikar, President, ICC Shipping Association (ICCSA), discussed and debated on issues like falling volume of marine business, use of technology in marine insurance market ,  Port led development as facilitator  for growth of marine insurance , Impact of sanctions and trade restrictions.

Presentation of Technological Innovations In Marine Insurance

Changing Face of Logistics in India

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