IMCC’08
The 5th International Marine Claims ConferenceIMCC'08
This is the programme of the 5th International Marine Claims Conference, «Synergy or antagonism – Are we now benefiting from working together rather than separately?», held at The Grand Hotel, Malahide, Dublin from Wednesday 22nd October to Friday 24th October 2008.
Wednesday, 22nd October 2008
Arrival and Registration
Collect conference satchel, name badge, conference programme and tourist information from the Conference Hospitality Desk, close to the Tara Suite
Rolling light buffet lunch in the Guttenberg Suite
Sponsored by Talbot Underwriting
Conference opens
in the Tara Suite Welcome and Chairman introduction.
Michael Telfordt
Training catch up
Charlotte Warr (Sarnia Training)
International Association of Marine Claims Professionals
Nigel Rogers (Rogers Wilkin)
Claims Protocol
Progress report on the Claims Handling Protocol
Michael Harvey (Harvey Ashby)
IUMI report
Mike Telford
Joint Hull update
Simon Stonehouse (Brit Insurance)
Whatever next?
Pods and other new technology update including LNGs and Chinese Shipyards
Massimo Canepa (Studio Navale Canepa)
K. S. Wang (BMT)
Close for the day
Wine and Canapé Reception at the Matt Ryan Bar and Lobby
Sponsored by The Irish Tourist Board and Ince & Co
Informal Dinner at the Coast Restaurant
Sponsored by Evdemon & Partners
Thursday, 23rd October 2008
All the world's a stage
And all the men and women merely players:
They have their exits and their entrances;
And one man in his time plays many parts.
Coffee
Salvage in the 21st Century
Keith Sturges and Kevin Clarke (Lloyd’s)
Simon Kverndal Q.C. (LOF Arbitrator)
John Noble (ISU)
James Gosling (ASG)
Rob Wallis (ASG)
Tony Kersey (RSA)
Johan Henriksson (Gard)
Conference photograph
International round up
Andrea Papaioannu (SIAT)
Patrice Gilbert (CESAM)
Jan Dreyer (Dalbstein & Passelh)
Panel Discussion
Is unseaworthiness a viable defence for underwriters in the 21st Century?
Simon Todd (Ince & Co)
Steve Gillen (AIG)
Bob Bocko (Keesal Young & Logan)
Neil Hawkins (XCS)
Tea
«There are no facts, only interpretations»
Forrest Booth (Severson and Werson)
Superyachts - all shine and no substance?
Paul Miller (Underwriting Risk Services)
Ira Harris (Thomas Cooper)
Nick Smith (Charles Taylor Consulting)
Close for the day
Buses depart for dinner
Dinner at the The K Club, Straffan, Co Kildare.
sponsored by Barlow Lyde & Gilbert
Friday, 24th October 2008
Broker Heaven
what would that look like?
Paul Cunningham (Groupama)
Frode Berg (Willis)
Steve Olsen (ABDI)
Ulf Lixfeld (Junge & Co)
Gian Piero Priano (Cambiaso Risso)
Nicolas Grangere (Guian)
Poacher turned gamekeeper
surveyor turned fleet manager
What does the insured actually expect from their insurers?
Arthur Todd (James Fisher)
Coffee
What future risks dominate the shipping industry from a P&I perspective?
Hunter Smith (Standard P&I Club)
When I nod my head, you hit it
Practical examples of how behavioural patterns, ingenuity, a failure to communicate and ‘common knowledge’ will all combine to generate real casualties
Morgyn Davies (Ministry of Defence)
Plans for 2009
Charlotte Warr (Sarnia Training)
Chairman's closing remarks
Lunch in the Coast Restaurant
Sponsored by Bull Housser & Tupper LLP