Member Seminar

The seminar was held on 15 November at The India House in New York City. More than 35 representatives from the club’s North American membership attended the day-long event. The morning session comprised a club update (David Roberts – Syndicate Director), a review of the requirements for poolability of contracts and indemnities (Brian Glover – Director of Claims and Eddy Morland – Underwriter), an update on US personal injury issues (LeRoy Lambert – President Charles Taylor P&I Management (Americas) Inc and Ryan Puttick – Claims Director), and an introduction to General Average (Richard Wood – Average Adjuster and COO Signal Administration).

The afternoon session was a team-based interactive major casualty workshop delivered by the club (Sam Kendall-Marsden – Syndicate Claims Director) in conjunction with Blank Rome LLP (John Kimball and Richard Singleton). An article on managing a major casualty.