Cargo

Our empowered team of underwriters focus on collaborating with clients to establish mutually beneficial long-term relationships.

Ciara Sheikh
Executive Underwriter

Our Team

Richard Panter
Class Leader

Simon Mason
Head of Marine, Energy & Transportation

Gemma Lilley
Underwriter

Rory Johnson
Underwriter

Our USP

Prompt and efficient service
Clear articulation of risk appetite
Solution-oriented and willing to work with brokers to provide tailored, value-add client solutions
Broad array of cargoes considered on a worldwide basis
Each risk underwritten on its own merits
Binders considered where access to niche expertise, high volume homogeneous risks and/or business we could not otherwise access due to licensing reasons

Focus areas and solutions

Manufacturers, distributors, traders, carriers, supply chains
Broad commodity appetite including liquid bulk (e.g., oil & gas), dry bulk (e.g., grain and fertiliser), containerised / general cargo, project cargo / heavy lift and many more
Marine cargo coverage: predominantly physical damage, general average, salvage, cargo war / strikes, cargo liability and limited extensions
Onshore marine coverage: transit and storage risk including stock-throughput (STP), excess stock and selective appetite for primary stock (oil, gas, metals)
Marine data capture and analysis
Alternative and innovative product solutions

Apollo team engagement

Cross-sell: Marine Liability, Energy, Construction, Property, PV / PR
A consistently market leading claims team
Market leading DUA team with specialist knowledge of Lloyd’s Insurance Company S.A.
Experienced catastrophe modelling team
Ability to bring together underwriting and functional expertise to deliver client solutions

In appetite

Transit and storage risks
Primary or excess layers
Lead or follow basis
Limited appetite for NatCat
Facilities considered if a predictable, clearly-defined portfolio with a profitable historical record.
Full value layers preferred over heavily ‘first loss’ layers

Out of appetite

Thermal coal, oil/tar sands, livestock
Limited appetite for automobile risks, temperature sensitive commodities, Latin American-domiciled business

Distribution and other capabilities

All methods of placement – Binders, Lineslips, Consortia and Reinsurance
Wordings – most policies based on London Institute clauses or U.S. / local equivalents with bespoke extensions and amendments

Line size

Geographies

Worldwide

Our insurance solutions

Our wide range of products puts us in a unique position where our entrepreneurial approach and service excellence delivers creative and flexible solutions for our clients and partners all in one place.