Marine
Global Practice Group
Introducing Cunningham Lindsey’s Global Marine Practice Group
THE FACTS Understanding the marine way The marine insurance market is unique because a loss could happen in any location, regardless of where it has been insured or where the insured party is located. As the transportation and storage of goods is subject to complicated international and national legislation, it is essential that you have access to a marine loss adjusting team who are located all over the world and are ready to respond - we are the right people for this job. Cunningham Lindsey can provide a global team of dedicated marine experts who understand the local practices, laws and customs of marine claims, allowing us to achieve a quick and efficient outcome for you.
This collaboration means that our experts and clients benefit from the combined knowledge of the whole group, regardless of where the claim or incident has occurred.
Global reach Our marine specialists are spread throughout 36 countries around the world and are supported by Cunningham Lindsey’s global network of 7,000 people throughout 60 countries. This allows us to provide you with a fast response to any single event, wherever it occurs as well as being able to fully service global accounts and catastrophe events. Cunningham Lindsey is committed to the marine industry and we are continuously expanding our network to provide you with the best global service.
Depth and breadth of expertise Through Cunningham Lindsey’s other Global Practice Groups and the wider network, we can provide you with additional resources. For example, if the loss occurred during an explosion whilst unloading a tanker, it may not only need a marine specialist but also a personal injury, business interruption or an environmental specialist. All our experts are ready to respond to your needs. If you are looking for a premier provider of integrated survey and loss adjusting services to the global marine insurance market, get in touch or find out more by visiting our website cunninghamlindsey.com.
Our Global Marine Practice Group Our Global Marine Practice Group provides a structure for our marine adjusters around the world. This group of dedicated professionals pool their ideas together and work collaboratively to ensure we deliver the best consistent service to you.
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Our breadth of expertise Cunningham Lindsey have provided dedicated, independent and clientfocused marine experts, available 24/7, for over 50 years. We have taken care to invest in our people and in the expertise they bring to you and we have over 125 dedicated marine experts spread throughout the world who offer the following key practice-areas.
Cargo The heart of our practice, our people are familiar with everything from paper-clips to wind turbines and chilled foodstuffs.
Hull & Machinery Our experts bring their seagoing, engineering and shipbuilding experience to work on your behalf.
Recoveries Our marine recoverytechnicians are on hand to maximise your subrogation recoveries. We work on the principle “No Cure no Pay “.
Special Investigations Specialists with experience of insurance and international trade-related crime and fraud.
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MULTI-DISCIPLINED TEAM Casualty
Catastrophe Response
Experienced master mariners strategically situated all over the world.
The size and reach of our Practice Group and the wider Cunningham Lindsey business is at your disposal wherever and whenever it is needed.
Liability
erience Risk Management and Loss Prevention We bring our claims and loss expertise to bear on prerisk and other forms of loss control and risk engineering.
Third Party Administration and Global Accounts Experienced marine technicians backed by the Global Practice Group, deliver tailored claims solutions to our clients.
We regularly investigate and adjust liability claims, blending international and local knowledge of the transport industry.
Salvage Sales An international network of reliable salvage buyers covering a broad range of commodities are at your disposal.
Yachts & Pleasurecraft From the world’s “Super Yachts” to the racing craft of European Royalty, from family sailing yachts to jetskis, we are on hand to deal with your claims.
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ASSIGN A CLAIM
Who you’ll be working with Our Global Marine Practice Group Our specialist practice group brings together all our dedicated marine professionals who are Normal Text spread throughout our global network, ensuring that we are up-to-date on local legislations and can handle any marine claim, regardless of location. Our team is a centre of excellence for all things marine related, our practitioners share best practice on the most efficient ways to handle complex cases and support each other throughout their professional development. To help you easily find the right person for your particular claim, we have created an online staff directory. You can search by location and by expertise, find a qualified person and then click through directly to their CV - you will know exactly who you will be dealing with. Our capabilities database can be found at cunninghamlindsey.com.
If you should need particular advice on a large or complex loss, we have identified Principal Specialists – the people to whom our practitioners turn for support in their areas of expertise. They are on hand to assist you directly and to ensure your claim gets exactly the attention it needs.
Global Marine Practice Leader Ton Schox The Cunningham Lindsey Global Marine Practice Group is lead by Ton Schox. With nearly 35 years’ experience, as well as co-ordinating the Practice Group, Ton specialises in general cargo surveys, commodities, chilled and/or frozen foodstuffs, carriers liability and liquid/bulk cargo.
If you would like to assign a claim, get some advice or simply find out more about how we work, please contact me or any of our principal specialists.” Tel: +31 88 286 64 00 Mobile: +31 6 51 25 7887 tschox@marine-cl.com
“I am proud to say that the Global Marine Practice Group was the first and is now one of the largest specialist practice groups within the Cunningham Lindsey portfolio. I truly believe that our global network, coupled with over 125 gifted marine surveyors means that we are uniquely placed to handle all your marine claim needs.
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Our specialists One of the great advantages of working with the Cunningham Lindsey Global Marine Practice Group is the availability of specialist marine surveyors. No matter where the loss occurs, they can co-ordinate the investigation, provide in-depth technical expertise or simply direct you to the local marine contact. These Global Practice Group members offer the core technical support for the wider group and are at your disposal for advice or for referral of new claims.
Cargo
Stephen Foster Stephen has over 35 years experience in the marine industry, as a broker and as a London Market claims adjuster with a composite insurer. In 1993 he joined a leading Average Adjuster, managing their cargo department and taking responsibility for casualty, salvage and GA claims. In 1996 he moved to Jakarta and then Singapore to run the cargo division and to develop a surveying and adjusting business in Southeast Asia. He returned to Jakarta in 2008 and joined Cunningham Lindsey in 2011. Stephen’s long experience of cargo insurance and reinsurance claims, including fraud, piracy and risk-management, is of great value to our global practice and our clients. Contact details - Jakarta, Indonesia Tel: +62 21 7192507 | Mobile: +62 811 995 0414 | Email: sfoster@marine-cl.com
Captain Marius Bakker
Casualty
Marius sailed for 14 years on general cargo and multi-purpose vessels and qualified as Master (unlimited) before joining Cunningham Lindsey in 1998. Marius’ experience has been the foundation of his specialism in the investigation of casualty-claims ranging from collisions and groundings to fires and water-ingress. Over the years, Marius has built valuable relationships throughout the maritime salvage and legal professions, which aid his work as our Nautical and Casualty expert for clients and for Practice Group colleagues alike.
Contact details - Rotterdam, Netherlands Tel: +31 88 286 65 79 | Mobile: +31 6 53 51 3013 | Email: mbakker@marine-cl.com
Catastrophe Response
Alice Teal Alice has over 30 years in the marine insurance industry and has extensive experience with international losses and third party recoveries and has provided comprehensive claims and litigation management services, acting as a liaison with fronting and excess insurers. From the onset of Hurricane Andrew in 1992 through to Hurricane Ike in 2011, Alice has been responsible for organising catastrophe response efforts in the Americas on behalf of high value cargo and yacht interests as well as marine and property insurers. Alice’s combined experience on the international and domestic fronts provides a strong foundation for the management and delivery of our marine adjusting services in a catastrophe setting. Contact details - New York, USA Tel: +1 646 839 9424 | Mobile: + 1 917 215 0485 | Email: ateal@marine-cl.com
PRINCIPAL SPECIALISTS Hull & Machinery
Peter Hammer Peter graduated in Mechanical Engineering in 1967 and in Naval Architecture in 1973. He has worked for shipyards on major repair and renovation projects for all classes of commercial and private vessels and specialised craft. Peter has vast experience in shipyard contracting, tendering, and accounting, working closely with classification societies and owners. Peter entered the insurance profession in 1985 and has performed damage surveys on all types of vessels and floating structures. He has also consulted on land-based equipment such as cranes and ship loaders/ unloaders. Peter works on behalf of insurers, owners and operators and is regularly called as an expert witness in litigation and arbitration cases. Contact details - Rotterdam, Netherlands Tel: +31 88 286 64 00 | Mobile: +31 6 22 20 3506 | Email: phammer@marine-cl.com
Liability
Waclaw Kuza Waclaw sailed in command on cargo vessels for 7 years, the culmination of a 20 years career at sea. Since coming ashore at the beginning of 2010, Waclaw has served as Director of Operations & Compliance in the ship-management sector. In that role, he has been responsible for fleet operations, security and safety, including ISM and other regulatory compliances as well as serving as the designated person ashore. This intimate experience of ship management and operations means that Waclaw is ideally qualified to consult on issues of marine liability and operational responsibility. Contact details - Mississauga, Canada Tel: +1 905 896 8181 ext. 8406 | Mobile: +1 416 818 2350 | Email: wkuza@marine-cl.com
Peter Huussen
Recoveries
Peter, a law-graduate, has been an adviser to the Dutch insurance industry since 1975 and has been dedicated to marine practice since 1997. He has extensive international experience in claims and recoveries involving cargo, carrier’s liability and ports / terminals. Peter was involved in national and international insurance and transport legislation as a member of the Marine Liability Committee of the Dutch Association of Insurers. Peter’s fluency in Dutch, English, French and German is an essential part of his value to clients seeking to recover indemnity from inland, sea, road, air and rail carriers or from ports and stevedores. Contact details - Rotterdam, Netherlands Tel: +31 88 286 65 85 | Mobile: +31 6 28 23 10 36 | Email: phuussen@marine-cl.com
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Risk Management
Captain Dilip Wijenayake Dilip has over 30 years experience in the marine industry. He has sailed in command of container vessels, bulk carriers, tankers, LPG & LNG carriers. As the Regional General Manager of Operations for a major container-line, Dilip gained an intimate understanding of the multimodal supply chain and logistics industry. As an ex Chairperson of the Technical Committee for Shipping in Australia and a risk management / loss prevention specialist with a major Australian marine insurer, he has front-line experience of safety, risk and loss control in both regulatory and insurance settings. Contact details - Sydney, Australia Tel: +61 2 9633 3533 | Mobile: +61 420 959 093 | Email: dwijenayake@marine-cl.com
Salvage Sales
Cees Hensen Cees started his career with a ship’s agent in Rotterdam, joined the surveying industry in 1975 and became a NIVRE-registered loss adjuster in 1993. He has worked around the world on behalf of cargo and P&I clients. Cees is active in most classes of cargo, but particularly so in relation to foodstuffs & perishable commodities, forest products and mineral as well as agricultural bulk cargo. It is this extensive experience of traded commodities and general cargo that has allowed Cees to develop a network of salvage buyers around the world and to consult for clients and colleagues in this specialist area. Contact details - Rotterdam, Netherlands Tel: +31 88 286 65 84 | Mobile: +31 6 53 31 9162 | Email: chensen@marine-cl.com
Special Investigations
Ray Saunders Ray has over 30 years of a wide range of claims investigation experience, specialising in Marine and Transportation claims since the early 1990’s. Ray has worked closely with UK and international lawenforcement agencies on complex trade and transport-related losses, appearing as an expert witness in prosecutions and speaking at international law-enforcement conferences. In addition to his work on crime-related losses, Ray has also consulted on numerous complex contractual and performance disputes involving parties to international logistics and warehousing agreements.
Contact details - London, United Kingdom Tel: +44 1622 608 869 | Mobile: +44 7836 209029 | Email: rsaunders@marine-cl.com
PRINCIPAL SPECIALISTS TPA and Global Accounts
Royston Ford Royston has over 20 years experience in the marine insurance industry, as a Lloyds Broker and since 1993 as a marine surveyor. Royston has worked on global accounts, personally investigating claims across the world as well as managing investigations by others. He has also represented insurers and lawyers in major casualty and GA claims. More recently, Royston developed our marine claims management unit in Cardiff, Wales, which provides claims management, settling and recovery services to Corporate and Insurer clients alike, as well as a range of other technical services for London Market insurers and syndicates. Contact details - London, United Kingdom Tel: +44 20 3411 7066 | Mobile: +44 786 067 3865 | Email: rford@marine-cl.com
Yachts & Pleasurecraft
Iñigo Balzategui Íñigo has over 25 years experience in the marine industry, progressing to the rank of Chief Officer whilst at sea. After joining an underwriting business, later becoming its Managing Director, Íñigo entered the surveying profession. Íñigo has specialised in the surveying and loss adjusting of yachts and pleasurecraft including large, commercial yachts as well as specialist vessels such as the King of Spain’s racing yacht “Bribon”. In additional to hull & machinery claims, Íñigo has consulted on shipyard and marina claims, supervision of refurbishments, salvage and recovery actions as well as pollution incidents and their mitigation. Contact details - Bilbao, Spain Tel: +34 94 456 89 41 | Mobile: +34 64 803 20 34 | Email: ibalzategui@marine-cl.com
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Cunningham Lindsey worldwide Our team of over 125 marine surveyors spread throughout the world places us in a unique position to handle all your marine claims management requirements. To find the right Marine adjuster for your needs, please visit our on-line capabilities database at cunninghamlindsey.com. We provide marine services in every country around the world. For territories where we do not have dedicated marine staff, please contact marine@cunninghamlindsey.com for further assistance.
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BIOGRAPHIES OUR GLOBAL TEAM
Access to the wider Cunningham Lindsey Group The Cunningham Lindsey Group is one of the largest loss adjusting and claims management companies in the world offering you an efficient and consistent service from our operating platform of over 600 offices, throughout 60 countries and by 7,000 employees.
We have a wide range of technically skilled people available through other Global Practice Groups who regularly work in unison with our marine specialists and surveyors to respond to your needs. For further information on all our services, please visit our website cunninghamlindsey.com.
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OUR SERVICE PHILOSOPHY The success of our Global Marine Practice Group is based on understanding what our clients need and making sure we deliver it. We believe that there are a number of key aspects to our service philosophy that have contributed to our success. Building strong relationships
Training and development
Our team, who will be working on your claim or your account, have built strong collaborative relationships with each other and will strive to do the same for you and your stake-holders.
Cunningham Lindsey is a strong advocate of academic and vocational development. We actively support the aims of national and international professional associations relevant to the marine surveying industry and we encourage all our practitioners to achieve registered or accredited professional status in their own countries.
Our sole aim is to ensure that your interests are properly and personally represented and to ensure you achieve a satisfactory, fair and prompt outcome.
Quality control Our collaboration together and our principal specialists ensure that our Practice Group works to consistently high levels of service and expertise.
Clarity Just as our reports are designed to be clear and comprehensive, our aim is for all the parties involved to fully understand what is required to progress individual claims and to resolve problems.
We also provide speakers and lecturers to conferences and educational events in addition to our own internal training and development programmes.
Management information For many years we have recognised how IT contributes to a first class service and have pioneered the development of tailored systems geared around your needs.
Using the full depth of our IT resources, we have developed web-based claims reporting and monitoring systems all designed to assist clients with their management information. For global accounts, Cunningham Lindsey offer dedicated staff who provide complete loss information from one place.
Our aim is to be easy to do business with – to provide a consistent and efficient, high quality service which will lead to longstanding relationships with our clients.
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