The Shipowners’ Club has in-depth knowledge of the risks and liabilities you face when operating your fleet, borne from over 160 years of experience in providing Protection and Indemnity (P&I) cover, Legal Costs Cover and associated insurances.
As market leader, we insure over 33,000 small and specialist vessels across the globe.
We have a wide spread of Members across a range of vessel types, operating sectors and geographical areas. This diversification delivers stability, allowing us to enjoy a strong balance sheet and an A rating from Standard & Poor’s.
We are one of the 13 P&I Clubs which make up the International Group, collectively insuring over 90% of the world’s ocean-going tonnage.
Latest news and insight
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Guidance On Ensuring The Weathertight Integrity of Hatch Covers
The Club in collaboration with McAusland Turner has produced advice on effective hatch cover maintenance for dry cargo ships including preventative action against ingress of water.
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IG Circular: Paperless Trading Electronic Trading Systems – Update to essDOCS Terms and Conditions
This circular confirms approval by the International Group of an updated version of essDOCS’s electronic trading system.
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AGM Minutes June 2021
Minutes of the Annual General Meeting of the Members held at 16 Rue Notre-Dame, L-2240, Luxembourg, on Thursday 3 June, 2021 at 11:00 hours.
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Closure of the 2018 policy year without additional call
At their meeting in Luxembourg on the 3 June 2021 the Board considered the open policy years and in particular the 2018 policy year, which is now three years old.
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Safety Culture: Empowered Communication infographic
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Safety Culture: Effective Communication
This article was written in collaboration with Dr Claire Pekcan, Director at Safe Marine, and further to our Empowered Communications infographic, provides more detailed information on methods of communication.
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Solvency & Financial Condition Report (SFCR) 2020
This report has been produced in respect of The Shipowners’ Mutual Protection and Indemnity Association (Luxembourg) (‘the Club’) to satisfy its public reporting requirements under the Solvency II insurance regulation regime.
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Navigation Booklet Series
The art of navigation may be second nature to deep-sea mariners, but for those crews who do not use this skill very often it can present some significant difficulties. Results from the Club’s Condition Survey Programme often highlight a limited understanding of basic navigation practices.
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Importance of proper passage planning
Despite the ongoing discussion in the shipping industry regarding the importance of comprehensive passage planning over multiple years, the Club continues to observe countless incidents across the industry that can be largely attributed to either improper or non-existent passage planning.
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Notice of Annual General Meeting – 3 June 2021
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of the Members of The Shipowners’ Mutual Protection and Indemnity Association (Luxembourg) will be held at 16 rue Notre-Dame, L-2240, Luxembourg on Thursday 3 June 2021 at 11.00 hours
