Marine & Cargo Insurance is a Strategic Priority

08 May 2019 (1st Day)

President of the Day: Mr. Michel Cornette, Transport, Maritime & Customs Law Attorney Elegis, Antwerp 

8:30 – 9:10 – Registration and Morning Tea & Coffee

9:00 – 10:00 –Welcome

9:00 – 9:10

  • The President’s welcome

      Mr.Michel Cornette, Transport, Maritime&Customs Law Attorney Elegis, Antwerp

9:10 – 9:20

  • The organizers welcome. The 2nd International Marine and Cargo Insurance Conference in Antwerp

Mr. Alexander Syvak, founder Media Compass Ukraine Advertising Agency & International Sea magazine Shipping, Odessa

9:20-9:30

  • The UMBA welcome. What Antwerp means to Ukraine. 

Mr. Denys Rabomizo, Managing Partner Rabomizo Law Firm, President Ukrainian Maritime Bar Association,Kyiv

9:30 – 10:00

• The Antwerp welcome.Investment, innovation and strategy strengthen the position of the Port of Antwerp in the North – South Trade  and West – East Trade in view of the different Silk Roads. 

Mr. Wim Dillen, International Development Manager Port of Antwerp, Antwerp

10:00 – 11:00 – Marine and Cargo Insurance Industry in 2019. Trends, threats, opportunities & consequences.

10:00-10:20

  • Lloyd’s Brussels: Brexit and other key changes in the most significant insurance market in the world, isolated events or part of emerging trends.

Mr. Iwan Röpcke, Business Strategy & Development Manager Lloyd’s, Brussels

10:20-10:40

  • Liability insurance for traders and charterers: market update.

Mr. Karl Moens, Senior Vice President and Senior Marine Insurance Consultant Marsh & McLennan BeLux, Antwerp

10:40-11:00

  • Virtual risks, real losses, a maritime cyber journey

Mr.Erik Van de Velde,Practice Leader Cyber Risks at Marsh & McLennan NL, Rotterdam

11:00 – 11:15 – Q & A

11:15 – 11:45 – Tea & Coffee and Networking Break

11:45 – 12:25 – The liability environment in shipping becomes all legislative, not in Belgium.

11:45-12:05

  • Marine insurance in Ukraine: regulation and practice.

Mr. Denys Rabomizo, Managing Partner Rabomizo Law Firm, President Ukrainian Maritime Bar Association,Kyiv

12:05-12:25

  • The Antwerp Marine Insurance Policy Cargo Insurance
  • Marine insurance in Belgium: regulation and practice.

Mr. Jef Gorrebeeck, Senior Advisor Marine Vanbreda Risk & Benefits, President Study Circle Marine Insurance, Board Member Belgian Association for Maritime Law, Antwerp

12:25 – 12:40 – Q & A 

12:40 – 14:00 – Lunch and networking break 

14:00 – 15:20 – Case studies and advices on marine and multimodal cargo insurance. 

14:00 – 14:20             

  • Non-standard types of insurance. Delay in start-up. Charterers’ risks.

Mr. Nicholas G. Berketis, J. Kouroutis & Co., insurance and reinsurance brokers, Piraeus

14:20 – 14:40

  • Bulk cargo: totally lost or damaged? One practical case study.

Mr. Andrey Shashorin, Remedy Law Firm, Moscow

14:40 – 15:00

  • Heating and other damage to grains and by-products during transit and storage.

Mrs. Karin Van Batenburg, Senior Claims Advisor Marsh & McLennan Marine & Cargo Insurance Practice, Antwerp

15:00 – 15:20

  • Unclaimed cargo. Who is responsible for the demurrage?

Mr. Goradze Lyudmila– Lawyer KTL Ukraine LLC, Kyiv

15:20 – 15:35 – Q & A

15:35 – 16:05 – Tea & Coffee and networking break

16:05 – 17:35 – Anno 2019: legal challenges in Belgian sector of the freight forwarders.

                           Five introductions and a panel discussion

  • Merchant clause and demurrage/detention
  • Customs compliance
  • Terminal liability in relation to megaships and congestion in the ports.
  • The freight forwarder as carrier: NVOCC, FIATA Multimodal Transport and the House B/L
  • Liabilities and tailor-made insurances for the Belgian freight forwarders/NVOCCs.
  • Marine cargo incurance is a strategic priority within risk management for logistics operators.

Mrs. Caroline Gubbi, Legal Adviser Forward Belgium (Belgian Freight Forwarding Association), Antwerp, Brussels & Zeebrugge

Mrs. Katy Rijnders, Manager Legal&Risk  Gosselin Group

Mrs. Ann Dely, Underwriter Post & Co, Antwerp

Mrs. Tanja VanDamme, Senior Broker Marine Liabilities, Claims Manager Industry, Cargo and Marine Liabilities JLT Belgibo, Marine Insurance Brokers (Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group), Antwerp

Mr. Christophe Van Mechelen, Founding Partner Van Laer – Van Mechelen Attorneys, Antwerp, Honorary Consul Republic of Latvia in Belgium (Flemish Region)

17:35– 17:50 – Q & A

 

09 May 2019 (2nd Day)

President of the Day: Mr. Francis Rome, Chairman Belgian Port Commission, Professor C-MAT (UAntwerp)

8:30 – 9:00 – Registration and Morning Tea & Coffee

9.00 – 9:40 –  Welcome

9:00-9:10

  • The President’s welcome

 Mr. Francis Rome, Chairman Belgian Port Commission, Professor C-MAT (UAntwerp) 

9:10-9:20 

  • The Belgian Study Circle Marine Insurance.

Mr.Christiaan Postelmans, Owner Havrico Incurance,Antwerp

9:20-9:40

  • The Belgian Association for Maritime LOaw welome.The Comite Maritime International(“СМІ”) holds its seat in Antwerp.

Mr.Frank Stevens, Assistant Professor at Erasmus School of Law, Senior Associate Roosendaal Keyser Attorneys, Antwerp, President Belgian Association for Maritime Law

9:40 – 10.50 – Loss prevention, liability and adjusting with success.

9:40-10:10

  • The Belgian branch association of insurance brokers.
  • The importance of cargo insurance for breakbulk cargo.

Mr. Wouter Van den Daele, Manager Cargo & Marine Liability JLT Belgibo, Marine Insurance Brokers (Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group), President technical committee Belgian branch association of insurance brokers,Antwerp

10:10-10:30

  • What a burden. A look at Volcalfe v CSAV [2018]

Mr. Duncan Ealand, Senior associate solicitor Campbell Johnston Clark Ltd, London 

10:30-10:50

  • Actio in rem analogy in Lithuania maritime law.

Mr. Oleg Drobitko, Advocate at Law Firm InRight / Drobitko & Partners, Vilnius

10:50 – 11:05 – Q & A 

11:05 – 11:35 – Tea & Coffee and Networking Break

11:35 – 13:05 – Case studies on handling marine and cargo claims. 

11:35-12:05

  • A case study of inherent vice and latent defect.

Mr. Ralph De Wit, Professor at VUB, UA, AMA, Attorney at Antwerp (Goemans De Scheemaecker & De Wit Advocaten), Antwerp 

12:05-12:35

  • Subrogation: having paid a claim, what should insurers do to get their money back.

Mr. Bob Deeping, Partner & Shipping Lawyer BDM Law LLP, London

Mrs.Emmy Ameloot​, Solicitor BDM Law LLP, London

12:35 – 13:05

  • Insuring the exposure of carrying commodities.

Mr. Yavor Velchev, Consultant in Shipping Legal, Insurance & Claims, Insurance claims Shippossible Ltd., Antwerp, London

13:05 – 13.20 – Q&A

13:20 – 14:40 – Lunch and networking break

14:40 – 15:55 – Innovations in marine and cargo insurance 

14:40-15:05

  • Nearshore energy renewables. Working on the beach and the insurance challenges.

Mr. Jos De Gelas, Team Leader Special Marine Risks Marsh & McLennan, Marine & Cargo Insurance Practice, Antwerp

15:05 – 15:30

  • The role of smart contracts in cargo insurance.

Mr. Alexander Varvarenko, Founder and CEO Varamar, a shipping company, and Shipnext ,a digital automated blockchain based shipping marketplace, Odessa, Hamburg   

15:30-15:55

    • World’s first blockchain platform for marine insurance in commercial use.

    Mr. Lars Henneberg, Vice President, Head of Risk Management at A.P.Moller-Maersk,Copenhagen 

15:55 – 16:10 – Q&A 

16:10 – 16:40 – Tea & Coffee and Networking Break

16:40 – 17:40 –Risk management: marine & cargo Insurance is a Strategic Priority. 

Two introductions and a panel discussion.

16:40-17:00

  • Risk management: Political risks are strategic.

Mr. Lars Henneberg,Vice President, Head of Risk Management at A.P.Moller-Maersk,Copenhagen

17:20-17:00

  • Risk management: Political risks are strategic.

 Mr.Christiaan Postelmans,Owner Havrico Incurance,Antwerp

17:00-17:40

  • Panel

Mr. Lars Henneberg, Vice President,Head of Risk Management at A.P.Moller-Maersk,Copenhagen

Mr. Ralph De Wit, Professor at VUB, UA, AMA, Attorney at Antwerp

(Goemans De   Scheemaecker & De Wit Advocaten), Antwerp

Mr.Christiaan Postelmans, Owner Havrico Incurance,Antwerp

Mr. Denys Rabomizo, Managing partner Rabomizo Law Firm, President Ukrainian Maritime Bar Association, Kyiv

Mr. Alexander Varvarenko, Founder and CEO Varamar, a shipping company, and Shipnext ,a digital automated blockchain based shipping marketplace, Odessa, Hamburg  

17:40 – 18:10 Final Note

  • Sharing & platform logistics: challenges and opportunities for insurance

Mr. Wouter Verheyen,  Lecturer Cooperative Logistics and Sharing Economy Odisee Brussels, Associate Professor Marine Insurance and Carriage of Goods Erasmus University Rotterdam & Visiting Professor University of Messina, Antwerp