hwi marine seafood expo 2015
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Seafood Expo North America & Seafood Processing North America March 15, 2015 - March 17, 2015 Boston, USA
Our trading principles
We are proud to be an independent and privately owned global insurance broker with direct access to both Lloyd’s and all major insurers around the world. We are not conflicted by or accountable to corporate shareholders or owned by an insurance company.
Our people and our reputation are our assets. We have worked hard to create an exceptional team of high caliber insurance professionals, who are passionate about clients, aspire to be seen as a trusted partner and relish the opportunity to challenge convention.
We have an excellent reputation for integrity and professionalism. Our clients’ interests always come first. We have an uncompromising determination to achieve excellence in everything we undertake. We believe that client service is rewarded with client loyalty.
Our specialist teams work in partnership delivering a full service approach based on our clients’ needs, allowing us to deliver integrated solutions which are fit for purpose. We constantly strive to anticipate the rapidly changing needs of our clients and to develop new services and products to address these.
We focus on industry sectors where our experience, expertise and resources set us apart from our competitors. Our dedicated risk management and claims management teams are vital to us in delivering a complete proposition to exceed our clients’ expectations.
Without question we are able to compete at the highest level and leverage our well respected market position; yet small enough to give a professional and personal advisory service.
We help our clients navigate risk locally, nationally and internationally
International Network
HW International GroupNew York, NY, United States Philadelphia, PA, United States Seattle, WA, United States Bellefonte, PA, United States London, United Kingdom Stevenage, United Kingdom Toronto, CanadaCologne, GermanyHamm, GermanyParis, FranceMadrid, SpainHawthorn, Australia Melbourne, Australia Athens, GreeceHong Kong, China
HWI Global Partners The HW International Group has worked to develop partnerships with likeminded brokers across the globe. Instead of relying on the references of others, we have strived to cultivate our own unique relationships with impressive local organizations. This allows us local connections that few others have
Amsterdam, Kingdom of Netherlands
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International Network
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HWI Quick FactsH W International Group
• Major international fully accredited Lloyd’s broker through H. W. Wood Limited• Privately owned business• Established over thirty years• Clients in over seventy countries• Staff across sixteen offices throughout the world• Tough negotiators on price and scope of cover• Well respected by insurers• Truly independent broker
What we deliverTransparent remunerationClear objectivesBalance sheet protectionCompetitive pricingComprehensive scope of coverContinuity of service teamSector expertisePro-active risk managementWe work hard for our clients and not insurers
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H W International Group Marine Practice
The H W International Group provides a clear advantage to our clients. In the United States, we have senior marine professionals in New York and Seattle, who have the proven capabilities to analyze and market all classes of marine exposures including aquaculture and fresh/frozen seafood cargo risks. We have access to decision makers in the global marine insurance marketplace, who can provide a single focus of product innovation. These professionals are dedicated to creating results driven, yet sustainable, insurance solutions that respond to your marine risk needs.
Internationally, we have global leaders in marine insurance in our offices in Amsterdam, Athens, Hong Kong, London, Madrid, Paris and Toronto. It is easy for our Marine Claims Group, Marine Risk Management Team, Property and Casualty brokers to collaborate worldwide.
At Hugh Wood Inc. and H W International Group we pride ourselves in maintaining the ability to offer quality, competitive and personalized services to our clients that are often forgotten in today’s ever-changing insurance broking world.
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Aquaculture
Proposed Coverage model to include: Flexible approach to tailor an insurance policy specifically to the needs of business. The range of perils can be comprehensive all named perils’ or one or more specified perils dependant on your needs. Specfied perils include:• Pollution• Theft, malicious acts• Predation or physical damage caused by predators or other aquatic organisms (but not by sea lice or other ectoparasites )• Storm, lightning, flood, tidal wave, collision, sudden and unforeseen structural failure of equipment.• Jellyfish infestation• Drought, fire, lightning, explosion, earthquake• Deoxygenating• Any other change in concentration of the normal chemical constituents of the water, including change in PH or
salinity• Disease• Mechanical breakdown• Electrical breakdown
Equipment (cages, feed barges etc), equipment tows, hull, and working craft. Insurable perils include:• Perils of the seas, rivers, lakes or other navigable waters• Fire, lightning, explosion• Theft• Contact with land conveyance• Accidents in loading/discharging• Negligence of repairers• Malicious acts
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Our growing portfolio of aquaculture/seafood clients comes from a wide range of geographic regions and species. With a dedicated and experienced team of marine brokers and claims specialists, we have the breadth and depth of expertise necessary to respond to all your needs.
Aquaculture/Seafood Clients
Aquaculture Cover
• Flexibility and adaptability• Solutions that can cover sea or fresh-water fish, including
juveniles in hatcheries• Global transit & Inventory Risks• Vessels• Floating Equipment• Transit risks on your fish stocks• Infrastructure and land-based equipment
Clients
As intermediates the group has more than 100 fish and shell-fish farms. These references are spread across the whole world and concern every type of fish-farm.• Gray Aqua Group• Northern Harves• Benson Aquaculture• Wester Ross Fisheries• Glenarm Organic Salmon• Malta Fish Farming• AJD Tuna• Aquapesca• Blue Farm A.E• Holt Fish Farms• Ricardo Fuentes Group
HWI can also arrange special extensions
• Insure your stock agreed value.• Coverage for total loss of market value of fish: you arecovered in case of it becoming impossible to sell the fish (contamination etc.)
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Cargo & InventoryHWI also has a dedicated team of marine specialists with significant experience in arranging comprehensive insurance solutions for any type of cargo/transit risk.We handle all types of cargo and product lines including Global Stock Throughput Policies (Transit / Inventory/Storage Risks) for all fresh & frozen seafood.)
We utilize Hugh Wood Inc. manuscript policy wording to provide comprehensive breadth of coverage. Our team will provide insurance quotes from a multiple of global insurance markets to ensure the most competitive premium levels for your business.
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Marine ClaimsMarine is a highly specialized area within the insurance industry. As a result, our claims team works very closely with the brokerage staff - not just when a claim occurs, but throughout the entire process of servicing the insured. We bring together both Claims and Risk Management Services delivering prompt and expert results to our clients.
We are guided by a commitment to provide the most comprehensive claims service possible to meet the needs of our clients, prior to and during a claim occurrence. Our goal is to achieve and maintain the highest possible standards of quality, service, integrity, confidentiality and professionalism.
The HWI Marine claims team is a dedicated group of industry professionals who adhere to our commitment of excellence in servicing our clients’ needs.
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H W International GroupHugh Wood Inc. is a member of the H W International Group, a leader in global insurance broking. Over the last 30 years, HWI has grown to include offices in major cities across the globe. We are capable of placing any risk in any of the global insurance markets. In addition to our global presence, HWI is still a privately held independent agency. This allows our brokers to provide the excellent client services, and to maintain close relationships with both clients and underwriters.
HWI has specialists in a wide variety of industries across multiple countries. These industries include aquaculture, global transit & inventory programs, ports & marine terminal operators, marine hull, commodities and commodity traders, real estate, fine art & collectibles, and several others.
The ability to draw on combinations of these specialties allows HWI to place complicated policies with the experience of an expert in related fields.
The HWI office in London is located around the corner from Lloyd’s of London. This allows HWI direct access to the most diverse insurance market in the world. Lloyd’s is just one of our many resources for placing risks. HWI is recognized as tough negotiators on price as well as protection. Risk placement is a specialist skill and a strong negotiating team delivers enormous added value to our clients. Responsibility for broking remains with the client service team, who have a good understanding of your business, its objectives and future strategy.
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Hugh Wood Inc. Aquaculture and Marine Team
New York Service Team
Richard J. Haverlin Jr. Managing Director of Marine [email protected]
Allen Brod Consultant [email protected]
Chuck PappasAccount Executive [email protected]
William E. Casulo Vice President Marine Finance [email protected]
Schachar Gilad Marine Account Executive [email protected]
Marine Claims
Elliot Williams Vice President [email protected]
Nancy Valenti Technical Claims [email protected]
Broking Leader: Seattle
Michael Johnson Managing Director [email protected]
Broking Leader: Philadelphia
Joseph Pennock Managing Director [email protected]
HWI France- Paris
Merlin Haddon Group [email protected]
Severine D’AbovilleAdjunct [email protected]
HWI Canada- Toronto
Dennis McNeil Senior Vice President [email protected]
Scott Manson Vice President [email protected]
HWI Spain- Madrid
Juan Alberto Garcia Director General [email protected]
HWI London
Steve Rudduck Director [email protected]
Anthony LeeHead of Claims [email protected]
Mark SewardSenior Broker [email protected]
Celia Hintz Associate Broker [email protected]
Peter MercuryCargo [email protected]
Brian StirlingSenior Aquaculture [email protected]
HWI Amsterdam HWI Hong Kong
Iker Guimaraes [email protected]
Erwin Slagter Branch Manager [email protected]
Patrick RoodbolMarine [email protected]
Kevin OvertonManaging Director
Takahito IshikawaJapanese Practice Group Leader [email protected]
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Marine Facts
Data as of March 2015
52 marine professionals across the H W Wood International Group
Marine brokers in New York, Paris, Amsterdam, Hong Kong, Madrid and London: 18
6 marine claims professionals in New York, Amsterdam and London
There are 10 Marine client services support staff members in New York and London
Marine revenue represents over 25% of total worldwide group revenue
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