In this special podcast Commercial Director Charlotte Kirk speaks with ITIC’s long serving former CEO Stuart Munro. After over 30 years Stuart is retiring and talks to Charlotte about the highlights of his career at ITIC, travelling around the world and his most memorable meals.

Speaking this week in the Green Room are ITIC’s Mark Brattman, Claims Director and Andrew Jamieson, Director, who discuss the three 'c's' in shipbroker commissions - commission cut-outs, continuations and cancellations. Mark draws on Andrew's extensive experience to highlight what the potential pitfalls are and how to minimise the risk of the three c's.

Join Mark Brattman and Fiona Reynolds, ITIC's Claims Director and Claims Executive respectively, as they discuss various issues with debt collection. Fiona is ITIC's resident debt collection specialist and draws on years of experience to chat with Mark about best practices and the potential problems that may arise when seeking debt collection.

In this special bonus podcast get to know ITIC's new Claims Director Mark Brattman. Mark has been with ITIC for 17 years as Legal Advisor and has just recently taken on the position of Claims Director. Mark chats with Emma Leworthy, ITIC's Marketing Director, about the new role, his experiences so far as well as favourite movies and food.

In ITIC Insight's latest podcast episode ITIC’s Ilka Frischen and Alberto Comitardi discuss demurrage disputes and claims. Demurrage should be a matter between the owners and the charterers but often this is not the case and Ilka and Alberto talk about what to look out for and best practices.

Once again ITIC's General Manager Tom Irving speaks with one of ITIC's Board of Directors - Claes Devantier, Senior Vice President at Maersk Broker. Claes talks about his extensive career, the impact of the pandemic on his business and the market and what lies ahead.

In today's podcast ITIC’s very own Charlotte Kirk, Commercial Director, and Alistair Mactavish, Underwriting Director and Chief Operating Officer, discuss cybercrime and cyber security. Any business or individual using electronic communication can be the subject of an attack by hackers and Charlotte and Alistair share their insights and advice on how to minimise your exposure.

John Brown, Senior Vice President, Marine Liability Practice Head, Marine UK, Marsh Specialty UK, takes the hot seat in this edition of ITIC Insight and chats with Director, Robert Sniffen, about Marsh JLT Specialty, the challenges and opportunities the organisation has encountered during COVID-19 and shares some thoughts about what the future may have in store.

Join Darryl Kennard, a partner at Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP and Robert Hodge, Director, as they discuss knock-for-knock liability insurance. Knock-for-knock liability provides that each party to the contract agrees to take responsibility for, and to indemnify and hold the other harmless in respect of, death and injury to its own personnel, and loss and damage to its own property. This is intended to be effective even if the incident is caused by the negligence of the indemnified party. We hope you enjoy this latest edition.

In the third of our Board of Directors interview series Tom Irving, ITIC's General Manager, takes to the microphone to speak with Michael Shakesheff, Managing Director at Casper Shipping. Michael and Tom discuss the challenges facing port agents, Michael's unique history with ITIC and the Hide Tide Foundation.