The Houston Marine & Energy Insurance Conference thanks our Sponsors:
Diamond Sponsor:
We are a worldwide leader in loss adjusting and marine warranty surveying. Our team of dedicated experts provide a broad range of pre and post risk services. We are independent in thinking and are trusted globally for our professional and efficient service.
Pre Risk Services
We offer a wide range of pre-risk services to parties such as Underwriters, Operators and P&I Clubs. They include traditional Marine Warranty Survey services for offshore construction projects, through to routine project cargo load-outs, rig moves, P&I surveys, towage approvals and other bespoke marine projects.
Loss Adjusting
Whether a major incident involving property damage and business interruption, or an environmental catastrophe producing multiple third-party claims, we are adept at achieving solutions to complex and sensitive claims. Our experience and expertise enables us to manage the entire claim process through to a successful resolution. Our global Loss Adjusting practice provides services to insurers involved in upstream and downstream energy as well as onshore construction, renewables and heavy industry.
Platinum Sponsor:
Atlantic Insurance & Reinsurance Brokers
Atlantic Insurance & Reinsurance Brokers is a boutique marine broker headquartered in Madrid, Spain; with offices in London, Bogota, Miami, and Houston. The Houston office – Atlantic Gulf – was established in 2020 and offers tailor made maritime and property insurance solutions to a wide range of companies in the US.
Atlantic’s high degree of industry knowledge, particularly in shipping and transportation is predicated on its employees who have worked in the maritime industry as ship brokers, educators, maritime attorneys, claims adjusters, and more. The company prides itself on its deep maritime roots that spread across the industry and beyond.
Atlantic Gulf is the only independent retail broker in Houston with direct access to Lloyd’s via its London office. Atlantic Gulf distinguishes itself from other brokers through personalized service and a robust focus on risk management and loss prevention strategies. The company’s knowledgeable and dedicated claims service team at St. Clement Claims Management & Recovery Services is available to our clients on a global scale.
At Thornton Tomasetti, we apply scientific and engineering principles to solve the world’s challenges – starting with yours. We are an integrated organization of engineers, architects, scientists and sustainability experts collaborating from 40+ offices worldwide. Whatever issue you face, we have your solution. We get to the heart of every problem, digging deep to understand its intricacies and nuances, so we can help you achieve your goals, together.
Gold Sponsors:
With offices positioned along the Gulf Coast from Houston to Tampa, Phelps is a regional law firm of more than 300 attorneys uniquely equipped to serve clients in the major commercial centers of the burgeoning “Third Coast” of the United States. Whether doing business with the expanding economies of Latin America or involved in the vibrant energy industry, Phelps can help. We are recognized for our admiralty, business, employment, health care, insurance and litigation services. For more information, visit www.phelps.com.
Munich Re Specialty Group N.A. is the North American primary Insurance arm of The Munich Re Specialty Syndicate. We are a specialty line carrier focused on Ocean and Inland Marine, Cyber, Terrorism, Political Violence and other associated lines.
American International Group, Inc. (AIG) is a leading global insurance organization. AIG member companies provide a wide range of property casualty insurance, life insurance, retirement solutions and other financial services to customers in approximately 70 countries and jurisdictions. These diverse offerings include products and services that help businesses and individuals protect their assets, manage risks and provide for retirement security. AIG common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
Additional information about AIG can be found at www.aig.com
Aon plc (NYSE:AON) is a leading global professional services firm providing a broad range of risk, retirement and health solutions. Our 50,000 colleagues in 120 countries empower results for clients by using proprietary data and analytics to deliver insights that reduce volatility and improve performance.
Marsh is the world’s leading insurance broker and risk advisor. With around 45,000 colleagues operating in 130 countries, Marsh serves commercial and individual clients with data-driven risk solutions and advisory services. Marsh is a business of Marsh McLennan (NYSE: MMC), the world’s leading professional services firm in the areas of risk, strategy and people. With annual revenue nearly $20 billion, Marsh McLennan helps clients navigate an increasingly dynamic and complex environment through four market-leading businesses: Marsh, Guy Carpenter, Mercer and Oliver Wyman.
Silver Sponsors:
Jones Walker LLP is a law firm committed to helping clients address today’s challenges, maximize opportunities, and set the stage for future success. With one of the largest groups of maritime-focused attorneys in the United States, Jones Walker is nationally ranked and recognized in marine finance, litigation, and regulatory issues as a leading law firm by national and international publications. Our clients come from across the industry spectrum, from traditional blue water, offshore, and inland markets to emerging markets like offshore wind. Our diverse experience with all aspects of the maritime industry enables us to represent clients in transactional matters and related issues of business operations, in regulatory and government relations issues, and in complex, multidistrict litigation, arbitration, and mediation, as well as compliance with corporate, securities, labor and employment, health and safety, intellectual property, and other laws and regulations.
Berkley Offshore Underwriting Managers
Underwriting specialists for on and offshore “upstream” oil and gas properties and marine risks.
McGriff provides highly consultative risk management services and insurance solutions for nearly all types of coverage – including commercial property and casualty, corporate bonding and surety, cyber, management liability, captives and alternative risk transfer programs, small business, employee benefits, and personal lines.
A top global insurer established over 130 years ago, QBE International Markets is the insurer of choice for marine and energy insurance needs in Texas, Louisiana and beyond. We offer local flexible solutions with the capabilities of a global specialized insurance partner. Utilizing a client-focused approach, we aim to support your marine and energy business all the way.
Backed by the strength of QBE, British Marine caters to the needs of smaller vessels by offering a market leading fixed premium P&I cover. British Marine offers comprehensive products, in-depth experience and the financial strength and security to deliver on our promises.
Thompson Coe has been providing legal services to clients both regionally and nationally for 70 years. We are a 200+ attorney firm with offices across Texas, New Orleans, Louisiana, and St. Paul, Minnesota. The firm is highly recognized for its civil litigation capabilities and diverse group of attorneys with experience, resources, and capacity to respond to the multi-service demands of our clients. We’ve successfully guided our clients through high-stakes litigation, business disputes, and regulatory matters with the complete spectrum of our top-tier legal services.
Liskow & Lewis was founded in 1935 and includes nearly 140 lawyers in four offices, strategically located in New Orleans, Lafayette and Baton Rouge, Louisiana and Houston, Texas. Since its inception, the firm’s practice has focused on the energy and oil and gas industry and has grown to meet the evolving demands of its clients, diversifying into a wide-ranging litigation and transactional practice across the Gulf Coast.
RT Specialty is a leading wholesale distributor of specialty insurance products and services and the wholesale broking specialty of Ryan Specialty. The firm’s specialist brokers handle an expansive mix of property, casualty, professional lines, transportation, personal lines and workers’ compensation insurance products, on both an open market and delegated authority basis.
RT Specialty’s entrepreneurial spirit is combined with advanced risk modeling, market access, and claims advocacy to provide excellent solutions to its clients. Regardless of account size – big or small –
RT Specialty is dedicated to providing lightning fast, expert advice, advocacy and execution on behalf of our retail broker clients.
RT Specialty is a leading wholesale distributor of specialty insurance products and services and the wholesale broking specialty of Ryan Specialty. The firm’s specialist brokers handle an expansive mix of property, casualty, professional lines, transportation, personal lines and workers’ compensation insurance products, on both an open market and delegated authority basis.
RT Specialty’s entrepreneurial spirit is combined with advanced risk modeling, market access, and claims advocacy to provide excellent solutions to its clients. Regardless of account size – big or small –
RT Specialty is dedicated to providing lightning fast, expert advice, advocacy and execution on behalf of our retail broker clients.
Higginbotham is a people-first firm that businesses have entrusted with their financial security since 1948. As one of the USA’s largest independent brokers, we provide a single source solution for insurance/risk management with locations coast-to-coast. Our approach individual, not institutional. We know our clients by name and nuance, arranging coverages needed to protect what matters most. We’ve become an industry leader by helping customers manage risk, stay competitive and accomplish more.
Higginbotham’s Energy & Marine Practice is a multifunctional team with deep experience across the spectrum of Energy/Marine-related risks. Concentrated experience gives us the knowledge and relationships to deliver specialty services.
We are proud to support the Houston Marine and Energy Insurance Conference and all our US Partners.
Howden Specialty focuses on the design, development and delivery of customised specialty and reinsurance solutions across a full spectrum of specialty lines to a client base that includes leading national and multinational corporations, financial institutions and governments, insurance and reinsurance companies, and brokers. Howden Specialty is a leading producer to many of the world’s leading specialist insurers and is part of Howden Broking, whose 10,000 insurance specialists place $14.5bn premium into international markets on behalf of clients.
CAC Specialty is an employee-owned risk solutions company of seasoned and proactive industry leaders, operating as a nimble and collaborative partner who puts you and your business first. With a knowledge-driven approach informed by data and decades of honed instinct, CAC Specialty brings an innovative vision to insurance broking and structured solutions to solve your risk challenges – from the simple to the previously unsolvable.
The Hartford is a leader in property and casualty insurance, group benefits and mutual funds. With more than 200 years of expertise, The Hartford is widely- recognized for its service, excellence, sustainability practices, trust and integrity.
Headquartered in San Francisco, with the National Energy Practice lead through Houston, EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants has nationwide presence with a depth of industry expertise across key lines of insurance including Energy and Marine, property and casualty, employee benefits, unique specialty program insurance, and private client services.
Price Forbes is an independent specialist global wholesale insurance broker with offices in Bermuda, Brussels, Chile, Dubai, Hong Kong, London, South Africa and Malaysia. Price Forbes has over 500 employees working in all aspects of broking, technical, claims and support, and our team of experts work closely with clients ensuring they are aligned with the best markets, people and products available to achieve the right solution.
In June 2017, Price Forbes became part of the Ardonagh Group, a holding company with over 9000 dedicated professionals, located across 150 locations. Within the Ardonagh Group, Price Forbes are part of Ardonagh Specialty, the largest independent specialty broker in the London market with offices around the globe. Operating independently, each brand leverages diverse experience and resources to unlock new levels of service for clients.
Bronze Sponsors:
We are an independent specialty wholesale insurance brokerage, dedicated to serving our retail partners to provide innovative solutions and niche specialization products for their valued clients. Our mission is to provide the highest level of expertise and service in the specialty insurance marketplace by building and nurturing the best people.
HFW is a leading global law firm in the aerospace, commodities, construction, energy, insurance, and shipping sectors. The firm has more than 600 lawyers working across the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Australia. HFW prides itself on its deep industry expertise and its entrepreneurial, creative and collaborative culture.
As an industrial insurer with a tradition spanning more than a century, HDI prides itself on being a trusted and reliable partner. Our international network of local insurers in more than 150 countries, broad product array, and superior service allow us to create innovative solutions that keep our clients moving forward.
Halliwell Engineering Associates
Halliwell Engineering Associates is one of the nation’s leading property loss evaluation and claims consulting firms providing independent and expert advice to insurance carriers, independent adjusters, attorneys, building owners, institutions, and government agencies. Founded in 1954, we provide building envelope assessments, failure causation analysis, remediation management, and claims support for thousands of commercial, residential, and institutional buildings nationwide.
When you need sound legal advice, you want more than words in a memo. You deserve attorneys who understand your business, your industry, and your goals. At Kean Miller, we deliver more than words. We provide meaningful counsel you can count on.
A powerful resource in litigation for over 50 years, S-E-A is a multi- disciplinary forensic engineering, fire investigation, product testing and visualization services company specializing in failure analysis.
Staines, Eppling & Kenney, LLC is a greater New Orleans law firm focused on advocating for the interests of businesses and insurers. We pride ourselves on efficiently and aggressively handling a diverse expanse of claims. This includes cases involving admiralty and maritime law, energy, transportation, environmental and toxic tort, general casualty and liability, commercial auto and trucking, insurance coverage, general business, construction, labor and employment, and workers’ compensation. We combine attentive service and experienced personnel along with the resources necessary to achieve favorable results.
Pusateri, Johnston, Guillot & Greenbaum, LLC
Pusateri, Johnston, Guillot & Greenbaum is a civil litigation firm which was formed in 2014 by five local defense attorneys having combined experience of over one hundred years in private practice of law. The firm currently consists of five members, four partners and eight associates.
As one of the top 10 largest insurance brokerage firms in the U.S., we combine the power and breadth of big-company resources with a hyper-personalized approach that puts your interests above everything else. Our culture of entrepreneurialism, collaboration, and innovation gives us the independence and accountability to create solutions that uniquely match your needs. Because when people come first, more is possible.
Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, U.S. Risk Insurance Group is a specialty lines underwriting manager and wholesale broker. We operate 18 domestic and international branches, and offer a broad range of products and services through our divisions and affiliated companies, which include U.S. Risk Underwriters, U.S. Risk Brokers, U.S. Risk Solutions, U.S. Risk Financial Services, Oxford Insurance Brokers, Ltd. (UK), James Hampden International Insurance Brokers Ltd. (UK), Antarah FZE (UAE), and UNIS United Insurance Services (Zurich).
Chaffe McCall’s Houston office is a natural extension of the firm’s century-old admiralty practice into Texas’ largest city, the epicenter of the US energy market, and one of the busiest ports in the world. Opened in 2008, our Houston office is composed of a core group of accomplished attorneys who represent local and international clients in a wide variety of areas, including offshore energy/maritime litigation, insurance coverage matters, complex civil and commercial litigation, and white collar criminal defense and internal investigations. We further enhance the firm’s services in a variety of other industries including construction, energy, oil and gas, manufacturing, private equity, financial services, and telecommunications. Our Houston office combines our resources as a global law firm with local knowledge.
Established in 1855, Britannia was the first P&I Club and is a leader in the International Group of P&I Clubs. It has held its prominent position by focusing on providing an exceptional standard of service for the benefit of its Members, based on the principals of mutuality combined with commercial strength.
Freeport LNG is the seventh largest LNG exporter globally and the second largest in the U.S. Freeport LNG’s liquefaction facility is the largest all-electric drive motor plant of its kind in the world. The company was founded in 2002 and began LNG import operations in June 2008. LNG export operations from Freeport’s three train 15 MTPA facility began in 2019. A fourth liquefaction train is planned with operations expected by 2028. For more information about the company visit Freeport LNG’s website: www.freeportlng.com.
Clyde & Co is a leading global law firm that specializes in core sectors underpinning global trade and commercial activity. With over 2500 legal professionals in over 50 offices worldwide, Clyde & Co offers a comprehensive range of legal services and advice to businesses operating at the heart of global trade and commerce.
Royston, Rayzor, Vickery & Williams LLP
Founded in 1892, Royston Rayzor has an international reputation as a top-ranked firm serving companies and their underwriters in the marine and energy sectors. Royston Rayzor handles matters throughout Texas from five offices in Houston, Galveston, Corpus Christi, San Antonio, and the Rio Grande Valley.
The UK P&I Club insures over 144 million gt (owned) and 96 million gt (chartered) of merchant shipping. The UK Club insures over 550 fleets from 50 different countries. The Managers of the UK Club are Thomas Miller, who have established a regional structure of claims handling and advice available to UK Club members through an exclusive office network in the three major time zones – Europe, the Americas and Asia. The UK Club is a market leader in loss prevention for shipowners. To see more, visit the UK P&I Club website at www.ukpandi.com.
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An award-winning law firm at the nexus of Admiralty & Maritime and Energy Law, SBSB Eastham is your go-to resource at every stage of the legal process, bringing DEEPER EXPERIENCE, DEEPER COMMITMENT AND DEEPER INSIGHTS to help solve the most complex issues. When you need DEPTH, turn to us.
Liberty Mutual is a leading property and casualty insurer offering a suite of marine insurance. Liberty Mutual provides the ease of working with one carrier and delivers superior claims management and risk engineering services to help policyholders – and the brokers who support them. More information can be found on our website.
NFP is a leading property and casualty broker, benefits consultant, wealth manager, and retirement plan advisor that provides solutions enabling client success globally through employee expertise, investments in innovative technologies, and enduring relationships with highly rated insurers, vendors, and financial institutions.
Company Profile: P.L. Ferrari, wholly owned by Lockton, is the largest and oldest specialist P&I broker in the world with over 100 staff members in seven European locations and exclusive representation capabilities within Lockton in Houston, Miami, Singapore, China. P.L Ferrari offer a unique holistic service designing and transacting programs for P&I, charterer’s legal liability, cargo owner’s liability, Pollution, FDD, MOA & Shipbuilding FDD, Salvor’s liability and extended contractual liabilities for ship owners. They also provide 24/7 support on claims, a dedicated contract review staff and general advisory. Brokers to many of the world’s most prestigious shipowners, they represent over 10% of all the tonnage entered into the mutual P&I Clubs
Charging Station Sponsor
Kennedys is a global law firm with experience in litigation/dispute resolution and advisory services, particularly in the insurance/reinsurance and liability sectors. Insurance claims and coverage is ingrained in every office. We provide advice across all lines including: Marine, Energy, Property & Casualty Motor Liability, Financial Lines and Specialty Risks.