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When Marine Assurance Becomes a Commercial Decision: Insurance, Liability and Business Risk

Online Webinar
Online Webinar
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4 March 2026
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16:00 – 17:00 CET / 09:00 – 10:00 CST
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About the Webinar


Charterers and terminals in the wet trades operate in an increasingly unforgiving risk environment. A single vessel incident can trigger a range of different impacts; coverage disputes, environmental risks, legal exposure, supply chain disruptions, and reputational damage leading potentially to premium increases. In this context, marine assurance decisions are increasingly assessed not as safety checks, but as commercial judgements that directly influence business outcomes and risk exposure.
In the aftermath of an incident, insurers closely examine whether charterers acted prudently and responsibly, including the marine assurance decisions made before vessel acceptance. Inadequate or poorly evidenced vetting processes can lead to increased premiums, sanctions impacts, reduced coverage, or even denied claims, turning what appears to be an operational issue into a material business risk.
Amidst the change of increasing vessel risks traditional manual approaches to marine assurance are being stretched by scale, speed and complexity. Stakeholders are increasingly looking to decision-grade data and technology-enabled processes to support more consistent, defensible decision-making without slowing commercial operations.
This webinar explored how vessel vetting is intensifying into a core commercial risk control, and what this means for managing liability, insurance exposure and business risk in the wet trades.

Speakers

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Andrew Roberts Executive Director, EMEA& Americas
Guy Nicholls
Guy Nicholls Former Director of Marine, Cheniere Energy & BG Shipping
Rob Westervelt
Rob Westervelt Head of Content Integration – Conferences, Training and Strategic Media, S&P Global Energy
Capt. Samson Rathaur
Capt. Samson Rathaur Master Mariner, AFNI, Senior Marine Risk Engineer, Liberty Speciality Markets
Ahmar Petroineos
Capt. Ahmar H Malik AFNI LLM (Maritime Law), Head of HSE and Marine Risk, Petroineos Trading Limited

 

Watch On-Demand

Watch the webinar on-demand and hear how the conversation on safer, smarter and more efficient maritime trade unfolded.