Our marine and energy liability team offers a range of traditional marine liability cover as well as ports and terminals, marine trades, and energy offshore and onshore coverages.
We also have marine professional and logistic specialists on our galleon team. Markel International is a recognized leader in all of the marine and energy liability sub-classes and writes business on a worldwide basis (excluding sanctioned territories) with a particular focus on the US, UK, and Asia. The underwriting team is supported by our experienced, in-house claims team.
Liability coverage options
We can offer cover on Company or Lloyd's paper.
Maximum line size:
- Energy, marine, P&I: $60m
- Galleon: $30m
- Ports and terminals: $60m liability and $25m property
- Marine trades: $30m liability and $15m property
- U.K. marine: £30m liability and £15m property
Marine Liability
Key coverages include:
- Marine general liability
- Marine umbrella
- Charterers
- Offshore construction
- Ship repairers
- Pollution
- Professional indemnity
- Logistics
- Maritime Employers' liability
- Salvors
- Social responsibility
Energy Liability
Key coverages include:
- Upstream on and offshore exploration and production
- Packages or standalone
- Renewables
Marine Trades
Key coverages include:
- General liability
- Marina operators liability
- Products liability
- Boat repairers liability
- Pollution liability
- Personal and advertising injury liability
- P&I cover
- Buildings and contents
- Lifting equipment
- Marina installations
- Vessels under construction
- Business interruption
- Vessels
- Goods in transit
Ports and Terminals
Key coverages include:
- Third-party liability
- Property and handling equipment
- Business interruption
- Port craft
U.K. Marine
Key coverages include:
- Property and equipment
- Buildings and contents
- All risks
- Lifting equipment
- Marina installations
- Goods in transit
- Business interruption for loss of profit, revenue, or rent
- Hull and machinery for vessels
- used, operated, constructed or sold
- Legal and contractual liability
- Removal of wreck
- Employers' liability
- Terrorism
Galleon
Key coverages include:
- Professional indemnity
- Cargo liability
- Warehousemans' liability
- Third-party property damage and bodily injury
- Loss of documents
- Libel and slander
- Breach of authority
- Contribution to general average
- Fines and duties
Contact our experts
United Kingdom
Andrew Carter
Senior Underwriter & Head of Liability
andrew.carter@markel.com
Louise Foley
Head of Marine and Energy Liability
louise.foley@markel.com
Simon Engelen
Head of Underwriting and Portfolio Management
simon.engelen@markel.com
James Munn
Senior Underwriter – Transport and Logistics
james.munn@markel.com
Holley Higgins
Head of Transport and Logistics
holley.higgins@markel.com
Jeannie Schreiner
Senior Underwriter – Marine and Energy Liability
jeannie.schreiner@markel.com
James Hunt
Underwriter – Transport and Logistics
james.hunt@markel.com
Abigail Piper
Senior Underwriter – Marine and Energy Liability
abigail.piper@markel.com
Ali Welchman
Underwriter – Transport and Logistics
ali.welchman@markel.com
Kathryn Grahame
Underwriter – Marine and Energy Liability
kathryn.grahame@markel.com
Josh Simpson
Assistant Underwriter – Marine and Energy Liability
josh.simpson@markel.com
Benjamin Horspole
Assistant Underwriter – Transport and Logistics
benjamin.horspole@markel.com
James Hughes
Underwriting Assistant – Transport and Logistics
james.hughes@markel.com
Natasha Redgewell
Underwriting Assistant – Marine and Energy Liability
natasha.redgewell@markel.com
Olly Castle
Underwriting Assistant – Marine and Energy Liability
olly.castle@markel.com
United States
Jim Taylor
Director, US Business Development
jim.taylor@markel.com
Singapore
Colin Fordham
Senior Underwriter & Director – Marine, Asia
colin.fordham@markel.com
Wanshi Lin
Underwriter – Marine Liability
wanshi.lin@markel.com
Danielle Yu
Underwriter – Marine Liability
danielle.yu@markel.com
Pik Ying Sam
Underwriter – Marine Liability
pikying.sam@markel.com
China
Qianhai Hu
Underwriting Director – China
qianhai.hu@markel.com
Charlie Zheng
Underwriter – China
charlie.zheng@markel.com
India
Anirudh Singh
Chief Underwriting Officer – India
anirudh.singh@markel.com
Deepika Mathur
Managing Director – India
deepika.mathur@markel.com
Nitin Marathe
Underwriter – India
nitin.marathe@markel.com
Hong Kong
Zita Fok
Underwriter
zita.fok@markel.com
Dubai
Vyankatesh Tak
Senior Underwriter & Head of MENA
vyankatesh.tak@markel.com
Vimal Vijayakumar
Underwriter
vimal.vijayakumar@markel.com