Fires and fuels top the agenda in insurers’ efforts to cut claims

The International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI) policy forum has been facing a growing list of safety concerns, partly driven by the technological challenges of the shift to decarbonisation.

The issues are likely to keep Frederic Denefle, managing director of French war risk underwriter Garex — who has been nominated to be the next IUMI president — plenty of work over the next few years.