MARINE INSURANCE WORKSHOP
Whitestone Shipbrokers Ghana Limited, in collaboration with MasserAfrique organised a three-day workshop on marine insurance for players in the Ghanaian insurance industry.
The workshop took place at the Airport West Hotel from 18th to 20th May, 2022. The participants included key stakeholders from the insurance industry including representatives from underwriting, claims, operations and marketing departments of various insurance and brokerage firms. There were also representatives from the insurance industry regulator, the National Insurance Commission.
The participants were taken through key discussion topics including the overview of Marine Insurance market and legal framework, underwriting requirements for Hull and Machinery Insurance, Cargo Insurance, Cargo claims as well as Fraudulent Claims.
The facilitators of the workshop were Dr. Emmanuel Kofi Mbiah, a private legal practitioner and consultant, Dr Meixian Song, Editor of Lloyd’s Shipping and Trade Law, Gertrude Adwoa Ohene-Asienim, Chartered Shipbroker, Lecturer and Maritime Consultant and Elijah Owusu Agyeman, a Chartered Insurer and Loss Adjuster.
The participants received a certificate of participation and pen drives containing the presentation slides.
The participants of the workshop were overall satisfied with the training, and represented by Mrs. Adelaide Fiavor, Head of Broker Relations Department of SIC Insurance expressed her appreciation to the orgarnisers on behalf of the participants.