Optima International Shipbroking Services S.A. is participating as one of the sponsors at 20th International P & I Conference (Webinar) on 28th of January 2021.
PROGRAM
14:00 Opening Address :
Ms. Irene S. Daifas – CEO – Stavros Daifas Maritime Co. SA. – President of the BoD of the PMC
14 :05 Ms. Maria S. Prevezanou – Director – Evmar Marine Services Ltd. – Treasurer of the BoD of the PMC /
Organiser of the Conference
14:15 Introduction by the Chairman of the meeting : Mr. Lou Kollakis – Honorary Chairman
Chartworld Shipping Corp.
14:20 Topic No 1 :
In what ways has the COVID-19 pandemic affected the way in which P&I insurers conduct their business? Which are merely ephemeral, and which are likely to endure?
Moderator :
Mr. George D. Gourdomichalis Managing Director, Phoenix Shipping & Trading S.A
Speakers :
Mrs. Alexandra Couvadelli Senior Claims Director of P&I and FD&D, The UK Club
Mr. Kjell-Åke Augustsson Senior Vice President, Head of Skuld Piraeus, Skuld
Mr. James Bamforth Head of Claims, Claims Manager, The Swedish Club
Mr. Francis Vrettos Director of Piraeus Office, Steamship Insurance Management Services Ltd
Questions & Answers
15:05 Topic No 2:
How sustainable are the individual Clubs and IG current competition practices in regard to premium rating, renewal policies and the continuing subsidy of underwriting losses from investment income, given relentlessly rising Pool claims, the negative effect of COVID-19 on several sectors of the shipping industry and the uncertainties of the global economy going forward?
Moderator :
Mr. Dinos Caroussis Director, Chios Navigation ( Hellas ) Ltd.
Speakers :
Mr. Paul Jennings CEO, The North of England P&I Association Limited, Chairman of the International Group of P&I Clubs
Mr. Tom Bowsher Group CEO, West of England Insurance Services SA
Mr. Rolf Thore Roppestad CEO, Gard AS
Mr. Steve Roberts Director, The London P&I Club
Mr. Dimitris Batalis General Manager – Greece, The Shipowners Club (SOP)
Questions & Answers
16:00 Topic No. 3:
Looking back over the twenty years since the first Seminar, how is the P&I world different from how it was then? Is it better, or worse, from the shipowner’s point of view? Looking forward, what are the major challenges which will confront the P&I world in the years to come?
Moderator :
Mr. Lou Kollakis Honorary Chairman, Chartworld Shipping Corp.
Speakers :
Mr. Joe Hughes CEO, The American Club
Mr. Philip Stephenson Regional Claims Director, The Standard Club
Mr. Konstantinos Samaritis Divisional Director, Britannia Steam Ship Insurance Association Limited
Questions & Answers
16:45 Closing remarks by the Chairman Mr. Lou Kollakis
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