Documents

Competition

• International Group Agreement 2013 ("IGA 2013)
• View IGA 1999 in HTML (unofficial text)
• Decision of European Commission approving IGA 1999
• US Dept of Justice review of American Club's assent to the IGA

Claims

• 1998 Pooling Agreement (excerpts)
• Group Pool Losses (1995-2005)
• 1996 NYPE Interclub Agreement
• Club letter of undertaking (LOU)
• Letter of Indemnity Form A
• Letter of Indemnity Form B
• Letter of Indemnity Form C
  
• News and Information from the International Group (includes selected circulars)
  
• SP-23 form (1-56)

Broker Reports

• Aon Marine Insurance Market Report Q2 2020
• Arthur J. Gallagher 2020 insights
• Marsh Marine Insights
• Tysers 2020 P&I Report

Guests

• Aasma v. West of England, (6th Cir. 2004)(asbestos claimants learn a hard lesson about litigation in England)
• Notes on marine insurance from a student blogger
• Brian Gedalla (and others) on P&I underwriting
• Simon Harter on warranties in P&I insurance
• Herry Lawford on his time at Miller's
• Norman Ronneberg's introduction to the P&I Clubs

Top of Page

Essays

Historical

• Origin of the P&I Clubs
  
• History of the International Group
  
• Just how big is the Group?
• History of The American Club

Technical

• Operation of the Pooling Agreement
• Hydra - reinsurance for the Upper Pool
• Operation of the IGA - an essay in progress
• Solvency issues faced by P&I Clubs - (1) reinsurance recoverables
• Solvency issues faced by P&I Clubs - (2) statutory vs. GAAP accounting
• Loss reserving
  
• P&I Underwriting
  
• Tax treatment

Legal

• New York law of marine insurance
• Judge Hough's Vice-Admiralty Cases
• P&I coverage - an essay in progress
• Folksamerica v. Clean Water - expanding admiralty jurisdiction over liability insurance 
• Is Wilburn Boat still good law?
• Undisclosed commissions
• Not the usual suspects - legal issues the Clubs don't talk about
  • Uberrimae fidei - a two-edged sword?
    
  • Complying with trade sanctions
    
  • Undisclosed commissions
    
  • Coverage for intentional wrongs
    
  • Reconciling Liman and Prudential Lines [to come]
    

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