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ENERGYQUARTERLY NEWSLETTER | A JLT SPECIALTY LIMITED PUBLICATION | JANUARY 2017
17Atlantic Named Windstorm update
18Update on Oil Insurance Limited (OIL)
19OIL Optimisation
FOCUS ON: Mergers & Acquisitions - Warranty and Indemnity Insurance
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In today’s climate more than ever before, parties to a corporate transaction need to focus on the strategic outcomes and minimise their investment risk. Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) insurance can help both buyers and sellers achieve these goals.
2 ENERGY | January 2017
We are pleased to provide our existing,
and potential, clients with our first
quarterly newsletter of 2015.
In addition to our regular features, in this
edition we have a focus on xxx.
We hope that readers will find this
newsletter interesting and informative
and would welcome any feedback
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John Cooper
Senior Partner & Chief
Operating Officer, Energy
GENERAL STATE OF THE
MARKET OVERVIEWWe are pleased to provide our existing,
and potential clients with our 1st Energy
Insurance Quarterly Newsletter of 2017.
In addition to our regular features,
in this edition we have a ‘focus on’
Mergers & Acquisitions - Warranty
and Indemnity Insurance.
We hope that readers will find this
newsletter interesting and informative
and would welcome any feedback
you may have, positive or negative,
which you can email to: john_cooper@
jltgroup.com or pass on to any of your
usual JLT contacts.
If you are reading this in hard copy or
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John Cooper ACII Senior PartnerManaging Director - Technical, Energy DivisionJLT Specialty Limited
GENERAL BACKDROP
“Jenga – a game where players take turns to remove component wooden parts from a brick stack, causing an increasingly unstable structure as the game progresses. The game ends when the tower falls completely.”
As 2016 ends, we draw to a close one of
best environments for insurance buyers
in nearly twenty years, with the added
advantage of financially stronger carriers
who are generally less adversarial in
claims settlements.
As we move into 2017, the brokers are
still driving for double digit reductions,
however there are some signs of a
slowing momentum in the quantum of
reductions available, as a number of
1st January renewals have been bound
with single digit percentage reductions.
Reinsurance renewals are still ongoing
but the signs are that many Insurers
have improved their own insurance
programmes but with a similar slowdown
in the amount of reduction achieved.
In the absence of a large catastrophe
loss or significant withdrawals of
capacity, the outlook for our industry
in 2017 will be a direct reflection of the
industry outlook for our clients. We have
come a long way from USD 26 WTI
futures in early February to the current
fragile stability of this more-than-USD
50 environment, caused in part by the
OPEC/non-OPEC resolutions, as well
as some scepticism about the ability
of the shale players to really fill every
gap in demand once the price reaches
a certain level. There are signs of
increasing activity at this price point, as
well as further potential M&A activity if
the energy producers believe USD 50 is
sufficiently stable.
For the insurance market, uncertainty
prevails as we continue to live in a
world of plummeting rates and dramatic
reductions in premium pools.
As suggested by the Jenga reference
above, the continuing stresses on the
insurance market – chronic overcapacity,
dramatic reduction in underlying activity,
and fierce competition, means that it
is becoming increasingly fragile and
vulnerable to volatility. Despite the benign
environment for clients over the past few
years, we believe that 2017 may become
very turbulent for parties on either side of
the deal.
This relentless downward trend in
premium has had no impact whatsoever
on capacity. Chronic overcapacity still
remains, so we are still seeing some very
dramatic price reductions when new
leaders are put into play, and especially
where captive insurance companies take
up their owner’s share in a joint venture.
The bewildering addition of new capacity
from two MGAs being HDI/Thomas Miller
and elseco suggests that the sector
remains attractive to those not in it.
This relentless downward trend suggests
that the energy insurance industry will
be entering a period of greater austerity,
as the cost base will need to adjust to fit
the dramatically lower premium levels.
Our client base has had to adapt, and
the impact on our own industry is of
course inevitable.
Two sectors of upstream are under
particular stress. The first is drilling
contractors because the dearth of
premium in relation to paid losses
means this is becoming a very marginal
sub-class.
The second is offshore construction
where rating levels not seen since 1999
when the now bankrupt Independent
Insurance Company was quoting lows
of 0.2% on Estimated Contract Value,
are beginning to appear. At that time,
the class ground to halt and only after
WELCAR was introduced and Tim
Burrows of Agnew became the only
leader available in the sector (remember
2.5%?), was the class revived.
The upstream energy class is becoming
increasingly unstable; proceed with caution.
ENERGY CASUALTYThe Energy casualty market has continued to attract new entrants as the
reductions available there have been relatively benign when compared to the
rest of the energy sector and, the rating environment has begun to settle as we
are hitting minimum premium levels for capacity. However, most underwriters
continue to recognize exposure decreases in their pricing, although within
minimum premium constraints.
The London market is still being used to replace Bermuda markets, or at least
pressure Bermuda markets into pricing and wording concessions.
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INSIDE...
2 GENERAL STATE OF THE MARKET OVERVIEW
5 RECENT QUOTES
6 MARKET MOVES/ PEOPLE IN THE NEWS
7 WHAT’S NEW? NEW PRODUCTS AND
MARKET DEVELOPMENTS
8 BRIEFLY NEWS SNIPPETS
9 UPDATE ON LOSSES
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SECURITY RATING UPDATE
SECURITY RATING UPDATE
NEW FEATURE -DEMYSTIFYING COMMON CLAUSES
UPSTREAM ENERGYThe table of Lloyd’s Energy total upstream premium, segregated by risk code,
demonstrates the stark drop in booked income between 2014 and 2016.
Lloyd’s Upstream Risk Codes - USD
As at End of September 2016
Premiums ET/EN EW/EZ EM/EY EC All
2014 952,151,240 366,249,257 192,450,647 275,000,341 1,785,851,485
2015 729,831,850 234,114,827 142,905,941 112,517,391 1,219,370,009
2016 340,905,075 84,601,477 90,125,453 14,226,832 529,858,837
Key:
ET/EN – Offshore Physical damage
EW/EZ – Control of Well
EM/EY – Energy liability
EC – Offshore construction
DOWNSTREAM ENERGY2016 closes with another good year
for downstream buyers. Rating has
continued to come off substantially
with most customers benefiting from
reductions of between 10% and 25%.
Some regional pressures ensured fierce
competition from insurers looking to
remain relevant in those areas and in
certain cases, the rate reductions have
been far greater than the range indicated.
Most downstream and midstream
businesses have seen earnings
depressed throughout 2016 and
although there will likely be an uptick in
2017, the impact on insurable values will
likely not be seen for 12 months due to
the reduced earnings declared in 2016.
Capacity growth continues to impact
although for many insurers this is mainly
pitched toward maximising their business
stream and remaining relevant to brokers
and not necessarily about them looking
to deploy additional capacity across their
portfolio of risks.
Facultative reinsurance remains buoyant
and continues to allow marginal markets
to engage on accounts that would
otherwise not be available to them on
a direct basis. Whereas many buyers
continue to divest elements of risk
and retention it is noticeable that on
a number of large regional accounts,
such as those referred to above, there
is a more broad brush and generalised
approach to offloading the risk with
the single purpose of retaining position
and relationships through the prevailing
market conditions.
The general loss frequency to the market
in 2016 has again been relatively modest
from both fortuities and natural perils.
The largest downstream loss in 2016
which has an initial estimated cost in
the USD 500mm range will largely be
absorbed by retention and within a mutual.
Looking to 2017 it is a difficult to call
the market. The immediate certainties
however are suppressed insurable
values, reduced projects outside of
maintenance CapEx, further industry
consolidation, continued oversupply of
insurance capacity, rate reductions, less
premium for the market and no 2016
counter weights such as defining market
losses or increased treaty reinsurance
costs to put breaks on momentum.
Clearly continued consolidation and
expense reductions are essential from
an insurer perspective but it’s looking
like many have not got too much more
stomach to continue much further down
this particular road. Even considering
impact arguments such as the necessity
of capital flight from the insurance sector
and the elongation of the market cycle,
should we see some of the larger key
market insurers blink and withdraw from
class and we have a more normalised
level and severity of losses the market
may just turn out to be more fragile than
the general perception. It’s a good time
for customers to consider the well used
adage “price is what you pay, value is
what you get” and right now it looks like
pricing has never been so low yet value
has never been so great from the full
practitioner chain.
4 ENERGY | January 2017
GENERAL STATE OF THE MARKET OVERVIEW
MARINE ENERGY EXPOSURESThe soft cycle of the Marine Hull market
caused by overcapacity and driven by
an ever decreasing premium volume
continues unabated.
In real terms, Underwriters are definitely
starting to resist the constant pressure to
go overboard with premium reductions,
sometimes contrary to their employer’s
corporate stance of chasing premiums
down to maintain market share.
With many owners and operators of
vessels in the offshore sector suffering
as a result of the downturn, this
continuing soft insurance market rating
environment remains most welcome.
Some owners, even after adjusting
for fleet lay-ups and reduced vessels
values, are spending less than half the
premium they did just a few years ago.
The P&I market, both mutual and fixed, is
not immune to the softening market. For
the first time in many renewal seasons,
reductions across the board appear to
be the norm. However, with most mutual
clubs holding significant reserves, the P&I
market has some way to soften before
this market starts to hurt.
Overall, there still exists numerous
opportunities to improve premium
rating and policy terms, through
continuity credits, no claims bonus
credits, longer term policies, and
lay-up returns, but as the insurance
market continues to weaken, owners
and operators will have less scope to
aggressively pursue these strategies
with existing leaders and still maintain
their long-term and collegiate
relationships.
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RECENT QUOTES
RECENT
QUOTESThe following are ‘sound bites’ taken from
speeches, statements or articles by prominent
market figures about the insurance market and
whilst we have tried not to take their words out
of context, the excerpt may not be the entire
speech or article.
TOBY DRYSDALE, ACTIVE UNDERWRITER. ATRIUM SYNDICATE
“The Lloyd’s market will lose money in the near
future as soft pricing continues to pile margin
pressure on carriers. It will be much harder this
year for carriers to continue to be lucky. All the
underwriters you speak to will tell you that now
is not the time to be increasing your investment
in Lloyd’s - the current market conditions are
appalling. Underwriters have been saying this for
years, yet the cheques keep rolling in. It is natural
to ask why this year should be any different.
Because Lloyd’s syndicates continue to produce
satisfactory results it might lead some to think the
soft market is a myth. But the market has not been
experiencing anything like an average loss year.
The reality in the property reinsurance market is this
- today’s rates might not cover an average year of
losses. The myth of a soft market is there because
actually, an average year is unlikely to occur in the
short term, or in any one year. As such, profits
can be made in any one year in isolation, and this
is happening across all short-tail, high-margin
classes. Rates have been driven down to historical
lows, but without the losses we can still make
significant amounts of money. The reality is rates
are unsustainable. I promise you the soft market is
the reality and not a myth. As such, we as a market
will lose money in the near future. This relentless
softening has been driven by overcapacity,
a situation for which we are all equally guilty.
The market doesn’t need more capacity, but we’re
all contributing to it.”
DAVID FLANDRO JLT RE
“It’s [the 1st January treaty renewal date] not going
to be ground-hog day this year. The market seems
to be finding its feet. Whilst the market is not yet at
equilibrium it is more balanced than it was and we are
at a place where the arguments can be heard on both
sides, which hasn’t been the case in recent years.”
BRONEK MASOJADA, GROUP CEO OF HISCOX
“London Market conditions remain difficult. Margins
are evaporating in some areas of the London Market,
and we are adjusting our underwriting accordingly,
actively reducing in areas where rates are under
pressure, particularly in aviation, marine and energy
and US big ticket property.”
TOM HOAD, TOKIO MARINE KILN’S HEAD OF INNOVATION
“Broker facilities have limited durability and will not
be a permanent feature of the market. We may well
have them forever, but I don’t think personally we will
have them forever. The market will look at them and
as the costs keep going up the facilities become less
and less attractive. Facilities stymie innovation in the
industry, and fail to promote the expansion of product
offerings. I think the facilities don’t help innovation.
I can see them being attractive, but I think that they
cause as many problems as they do benefits.”
INGA BEALE LLOYD’S CEO
“The (re)insurance industry should be aiming to tackle
catastrophic cyber risk, rather than passing it on
to the state. It is not good enough for an insurance
industry to be handing it over to the
government and saying this is too
big to for us. Otherwise we are
really undermining our purpose.
Ongoing work into cyber
aggregations at Lloyd’s
suggests cyber exposures
at syndicates are
currently no bigger than
some of the other risks
the market takes on.
It is not yet a concern
that the exposures are
too big.”
Tim Woodhouse of
Starstone Political Violence/
Sabotage & Terrorism team
is moving to Novae
Jo Cousins from Arch has
resigned to join IGI to underwrite their
Sabotage & Terrorism book
Alan Maguire having been President
and CEO of Aegis for 20 years is to
retire. Former Deloitte Advisory Chief
Owen Ryan has been appointed as his
successor. Maguire will remain in contact
with the company in a consulting role
Alex Barnes has been promoted to
Energy Underwriter at Beazley
Angus Wilson has been promoted to
the newly created role of Head of Marine
at Lloyd’s insurer Neon
Graeme Rayner has joined Pioneer
Underwriters as Director of Underwriting,
from MS Amlin where he served as Chief
Underwriting Officer
Mark Appleton is joining Hamilton
Underwriting, Syndicate 3334 as Head
of Marine Liability from Navigators where
he was Marine Liability Class Underwriter
and Energy Liability Underwriter
Catalina Wallis has joined JLT Energy
Risk Engineering in London (reporting to
Paul Clarke). She was previously a risk
engineer with Aon London
Anne Plumb, has resigned as Head of
International Open Market Property at
Novae, to become the active underwriter
for Cobalt’s recently approved Lloyd’s
Syndicate 1438
Varian Bush has left the Aegis Syndicate
(and is apparently taking some time out
of the market)
Falk Schmaler, Head of Onshore /
Mining at Swiss Re London is relocating
to Dubai as Swiss Re’s new Head of
Middle East and North Africa
Richard Dare is returning to Munich Re
Syndicate in London from Singapore. He
is expected to move in March 2017
Ian Green has left Hiscox’s downstream/
power team – destination not yet known
Carl Bennet has left Amlin Mitsui’s
downstream/power team - destination
not yet known
Bernt Hellman (ex-Dual) has started
at Thomas Miller Specialty with his
previous team from Dual. Hellman and
his Dual Underwriting MGA team where
let go from Hyperion / RKH earlier in the
year. The team including James Scott, Jason Wheeler, Parisha Bansil, Kevin
Campbell, Darren Farr and Elizabeth
Wright
Mark Mackay is leaving Allianz where he
was Global Product Leader for Offshore
Energy to set up an energy team in
London for French insurer AXA which will
write Power, Renewables, Midstream,
Downstream and Chemicals
Matt Holmes (who recently left Beazley)
has joined Dubai based MGA elseco in
London
Stuart Davies has stepped down as
Sompo Canopius group CEO with
immediate effect - destination not yet
known
Matt Bilbey at Chubb London will
be moving to their Singapore office
in January to write upstream energy,
currently Chubb only write downstream
out of their Singapore office
Robin Hargreaves, Chairman of the
underwriting board at Tokio Marine
Kiln, is to retire at the end of 2016 after
serving the company for 36 years
Theodore (Ted) Henke has retired
from his role as General Counsel for
The OIL Group of Companies at the end
of the 2016. Matthew Pifer has joined
OIL to succeed him, joining from Paul
Frank + Collins P.C., a law firm based in
Burlington, Vermont where he served as
Practice Leader
Paul Jardine has been appointed as the
CEO of XL Catlin Syndicate 2003. He will
retain his role as Chief Experience Officer
of the XL Catlin leadership team
Stuart Forsyth has joined RSA to head
up their marine hull and construction
team from the Scottish Boatowners
Mutual Insurance Association
Melanie Marwick-Day has resigned
from Ascot to join Neon to underwrite
Upstream Energy
Rob Kuchinski ex AIG Head of Energy
and Engineered Risk who had just
started at AWAC as Head of International
Property has resigned to go to Zurich as
Global Head of Energy
Paul Dilley, Head of Arch Property and
Global Energy book, has resigned to join
broker Towergate
Richard Bardwell has retired from
Navigators
MARKET MOVES/PEOPLE IN THE NEWS
6 ENERGY | January 2017
MARKET MOVES/PEOPLE IN THE NEWS
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WHAT’S NEW?
WHAT’S NEW? NEW PRODUCTS AND MARKET DEVELOPMENTS
Pool Re (the government backed UK terrorism reinsurance pool) is exploring expanding its terrorism remit to include property
damage as a result of cyber terrorism, with plans due to be announced in January 2017.
Liberty Mutual is to acquire Ironshore from Chinese
conglomerate Fosun. Liberty has said Ironshore will continue
to operate with the same management team and under its
current brand following the closure of the deal in the first half
of 2017.
UK Insurance Premium tax (IPT) will increase from 10%
to 12% from 1st June 2017.
Fairfax Financial (owners of Advent, Brit and Odyssey Re)
have announced they are to acquire Allied World (AWAC).
All but one of the 13 strong International Group of P&I
Clubs have declared zero increases in their GI (General
increases) Advance Calls (premiums) before adjustment
for individual loss records, changes to risk profile, or for
changes in reinsurance costs.
The common theme around these announcements has
been improved underwriting performance and lower than
expected claims, along with recognition of the need to
support owners in difficult trading conditions. The individual
changes are as follows:
Lloyd’s have asked all syndicates to report their exposures
to seven cyber-attack scenarios developed by a Lloyd’s
Market Association (LMA) working group. The LMA have said
that the scenarios are designed to promote awareness and
consideration of systemic cyber-attack across all classes of
business in the market, adding that the scenarios deliberately
range from the more plausible - such as a malevolent
disruption of a cloud computing services provider – to the
currently more speculative, including a co-ordinated malware
attack on the dynamic positioning systems of mobile offshore
drilling units.
American Zero
Britannia Zero
Gard Zero
Japan Zero
London Steamship Owners Zero
North of England Zero
Shipowners To be determined
Skuld Zero
Standard Zero
Steamship Mutual Zero
Swedish Zero
UK Zero
West of England Zero
BRIEFLY
The Lloyd’s Market Association
(LMA) have issued a report ‘Analysis
of common causes of major losses in
the onshore Oil, Gas & Petrochemical
industries’ following a review of 100
major losses in the onshore oil, gas and
petrochemical industries over the past
20 years, along with an accompanying
Power Point Presentation. These can be
downloaded from http://www.oilpera.
com/lma/4589742697
Amendments to the Maritime Labour
Convention (MLC) 2006 come into
force on 18 January 2017 resulting in
ships that are subject to the MLC being
required to display certificates issued
by an insurer (or other financial security
provider) confirming that insurance (or
other financial security) is in place for
liabilities in respect of outstanding wages
and repatriation of seafarers, together
with incidental costs and expenses
and compensation for death or long-
term disability. Some of the liabilities
arising under the certificates will fall
within the scope of standard P&I cover
for crew. For example, P&I will usually
cover compensation for death or long
term disability. Similarly, repatriation
costs and wages following a shipwreck
form part of a standard P&I club cover.
However other liabilities fall outside
the scope of P&I cover, in particular
repatriation costs and wages arising
from abandonment (of the crew). P&I
Clubs in the International Group of P&I
Clubs, have decided that Clubs should
provide the necessary certification and
if payments fall outside the scope of
standard cover, members will be obliged
to reimburse the Club. The International
Group of P&I Clubs has produced a set
of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
on this topic available from the following
link: http://www.igpandi.org/article/
maritime-labour-convention-financial-
security-requirements-circular
8 ENERGY | January 2017
BRIEFLY
Lloyd’s have issued a report
titled The Risk of Global Weather
Teleconnections’, in association with
the Met Office, which analyses the
links between extreme weather events
occurring in separate regions of the
world that can take place over a range
of timescales from days to years
(known as teleconnections).
The report’s key findings are as
follows:
• Met Office research found that
the majority of perils are not
significantly correlated, but
identified nine noteworthy peril-
to-peril teleconnections, most of
which are negatively correlated;
• Lloyds’ modelling finds that these
correlations were not substantial
enough to warrant changes to the
amount of capital it holds to cover
extreme weather claims;
• Even when there is some
correlation between weather
patterns, it does not necessarily
follow that there will be large
insurance losses. Extreme
weather events may still occur
simultaneously even if there is no
link between them;
• An assumption of independence
for capital-holding purposes is
therefore appropriate for the key
risks the Lloyd’s market currently
insures; and
• The methodology released in the
report enables scenario modelling
across global portfolios for
appropriate region-perils.
The report, (one of Lloyd’s
Emerging Risk Report series) can be
downloaded from: http://www.lloyds.
com/news-and-insight/risk-insight/
library/natural-environment/met-
report
BRIEFLY
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UPDATE ON LOSSES
2016 Energy losses of USD 10mm or more that we are aware of at the time of writing are as follows.
We also show the total of all claims under USD 10mm (with a minimum claim USD 1mm) to give an overall total for the year so far.
2016 Major Upstream Energy Losses (In excess of USD 10mm Ground-Up)
Jan Piling damage during construction Indian Offshore platform USD 51,000,000
Jan Fire Oklahoma Land Rig USD 27,500,000
Jan Collision FPSO Offshore Brazil USD 10,300,000
Jan Anchor Trawl/Jacking Chinese Offshore Pipeline USD 36,400,000
Jan Blowout Mississippi Gas Well USD 11,400,000
Feb Blowout Nigerian Land Well USD 11,000,000
Feb Blowout Dubai Offshore Well USD 20,000,000
Feb Turret Damage FPSO Offshore Ghana (see below) *
Feb Pipe laying Dubai Offshore Pipeline USD 11,490,465
Feb Blowout Kuwait Land Rig USD 44,350,000
Mar Fire & Explosion Gabon Storage Tanks USD 25,000,000
Mar Pipe laying Congo Offshore Pipeline USD 10,000,000
Apr Blowout Malaysian Offshore Well USD 20,000,000
May Pipe laying Chinese Offshore Pipeline USD 30,000,000
May Damage Nigerian Offshore Pipeline USD 10,000,000
May Damage FPSO Riser Offshore New Zealand USD 10,000,000
May Piling Abu Dhabi Offshore Platform USD 11,000,000
Jun Corrosion Canadian Onshore Pipeline USD 15,710,000
Jun Faulty work Californian Onshore Pipeline USD 10,000,000
Jul Pipe Laying Chinese Offshore Pipeline USD 35,000,000
Jul Fire Texas Onshore Drilling Equipment USD 16,000,000
Sep Damage Gulf of Mexico Offshore Cable USD 10,000,000
To date Total under USD 10,000,000 (Minimum of USD 1mm) USD 150,946,680
Total (known) for year (excess of USD 1 million) USD 905,597,145
Source: Willis Energy Loss Database/JLT market knowledge (as of 12 December 2016)Figures shown as “(est)” are estimates from various press or market sources.Figures do not take into account the effect of any self-insured retention, deductible or policy limit and therefore losses are not necessarily those which insurance markets have actually suffered but give a rough guide to the overall magnitude of industry loss.
* Reports would suggest in excess of USD 10 mm
The Jubilee field floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel Kwame Nkrumah loss is currently expected to cost the
market between USD 1.2bn and USD 1.4bn, if the proposed engineering project is successful. If this so-called spread-mooring
exercise to fix the FPSO’s mooring problem is unsuccessful and all BI polices become a full limits loss the loss could easily exceed
USD 2bn, as it is understood that in addition to Physical Damage (estimated at around USD 300mm to USD 350mm) nearly USD 2bn
of BI limit was purchased by the JV partners.
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UPDATE ON LOSSES
2016 Major Downstream/Midstream Energy Losses (in excess of USD 10 million ground-up)
Jan Fire & Explosion Canadian Oil Sands Hydrocracker USD 112,000,000
Jan Fire Hungarian Chemical Plant USD 50,000,000
Feb Mechanical Failure Russian Petrochem Plant USD 34,800,000
Feb Faulty work Greek Refinery USD 29,000,000
Mar Mechanical Failure Russian Refinery USD 27,800,000
Mar Fire & Explosion Texas Refinery USD 50,000,000
Mar Damage Iraqi Gas Plant USD 12,000,000
Mar Supply Interruption Taiwan Chemical Plant USD 55,300,000
Apr Fire & Explosion Mexican Petrochemical Plant USD 480,000,000
May Damage Thailand Petrochem Plant USD 145,000,000
Jun Flood Canadian Gas Plant USD 52,000,000
Jun Fire & Explosion Russian Gas Plant USD 31,344,000
Jul Fire Washington Chemical Plant USD 14,500,000
Jul Fire & Explosion Texas Gas Plant USD 20,000,000
Jul Fire Argentinian Refinery USD 11,000,000
Aug Fire Nicaraguan Tank Farm/Terminal USD 40,000,000
To date Total under USD 10,000,000 (Minimum of USD 1mm) USD 50,007,000
Total (known) for year (excess of USD 1 million) USD 1,185,751,000
Source: Willis Energy Loss Database/JLT market knowledge (as of 12 December 2016)Figures shown as “(est)” are estimates from various press or market sources.Figures do not take into account the effect of any self-insured retention, deductible or policy limit and therefore losses are not necessarily those which insurance markets have actually suffered but give a rough guide to the overall magnitude of industry loss.
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UPDATE ON LOSSES
2016 Major Power Losses (in excess of USD 10 million ground-up)
Jan Damage New York T&D Power lines USD 40,000,000
Jan Mechanical Failure Ontario Gas Fired Power Station USD 48,200,000
Jan Mechanical Failure Taiwan Gas Power Station USD 23,000,000
Feb Fire Russian Coal Power Plant USD 536,144,000
Feb Fire Venezuelan Gas Power Station USD 12,750,000
Feb Damage Colombian Power Station USD 145,000,000
Mar Flood Texas Gas Fired Power Station USD 58,800,000
Apr Fire New York Coal Power Station USD 28,870,000
May Fire South Korean Coal Power Station USD 50,000,000
May Mechanical Failure Russian Coal Power Station USD 20,000,000
May Damage South African Hydro Power Plant USD 10,000,000
Jun Mechanical Failure Florida Gas Power Station USD 15,000,000
Jul Mechanical Failure Peru Multi-fuel Power Station USD 40,800,000
Aug Fire & Explosion Michigan Coal Power Station USD 42,000,000
Sep Mechanical Failure Thailand Gas Power Station USD 47,000,000
To date Total under USD 10,000,000 (Minimum of USD 1mm) USD 207,078,770
Total (known) for year (excess of USD 1 million) USD 1,324,462,770
Source: Willis Energy Loss Database/JLT market knowledge (as of 12 December 2016)Figures shown as “(est)” are estimates from various press or market sources.Figures do not take into account the effect of any self-insured retention, deductible or policy limit and therefore losses are not necessarily those which insurance markets have actually suffered but give a rough guide to the overall magnitude of industry loss.
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SECURITY RATING CHANGES
SECURITY RATING CHANGES
The following rating changes affecting insurers writing energy business have occurred in the past three months or so.
Note: The above are rating moves we thought warrant mention but are not necessarily all rating changes that
have occurred in the past 3 months effecting Insurers that write Energy business and do not include changes
in individual Lloyd’s syndicate’s rating (as Lloyd’s as a whole continues to be rated as an overall entity).
Insurers Name Previous Rating Upgrade/Downgrade New Rating Effective Date
Arab Insurance Group (B.S.C.) (Arig)
AM Best BB+ AM Best A- 21 December 16
Houston Casualty Group AM Best A+ AM Best A++ 3 November 16
Scor Moody’s A1 Moody’s A1 Aa3 30 September 16
The Shipowners’ P&I Club S&P A- S&P A 17 November 16
West of England P&I Club S&P BBB+ S&P A- 17 November 16
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LEGAL ROUNDUP
A SEAMAN MAY RECOVER PUNITIVE DAMAGES FOR HIS EMPLOYER’S FAILURE TO PROVIDE TIMELY MEDICAL CARE AFTER ILLNESS OR INJURY (IN THE USA)
A Louisiana Court has issued a ruling recognizing that a seaman may recover punitive damages for his employer’s failure to provide timely medical care after illness or injury. Normally, punitive damages are not available to
seamen for unseaworthiness or Jones Act negligence claims. Previously the US courts had made punitive damages available in certain circumstances related to maintenance and cure, but this case potentially expands the availability of punitive damages beyond those for an employer’s failure to provide traditional financial resources for maintenance and cure.
The plaintiff was a relief captain who began to experience flu-like symptoms while offshore. The plaintiff reported these symptoms, which actually were manifestations of congestive heart failure, to his superior and onshore personnel, but his employer allegedly failed to relieve him of his duties or provide any medical assistance aboard the vessel.
Even though his employer promised to have medical personnel available when the vessel arrived in port three days later, none were made available at that time either. The plaintiff was then forced to drive himself to the hospital, despite his deteriorating condition. The plaintiff brought suit against his employer seeking, in part, damages for failure to timely provide medical care because such delay in treatment allegedly worsened his condition and complicated his recovery.
In deciding the case, the court first determined that unseaworthiness and Jones Act negligence claims are not the exclusive remedies available to seamen for a failure to provide prompt medical care. Instead, a seaman whose injuries are aggravated by a failure to provide appropriate care on board ship has overlapping causes of action and can recover damages under a count for Jones Act negligence or breach of the duty of maintenance and cure. The court also determined that the duties of maintenance and cure are broader than a mere financial obligation and historically include the duty to provide medical services to seamen while serving the ship. Thus, a breach of such duty gives rise to an action for breach of the duty to provide maintenance and cure.
LEGAL ROUNDUP
A TRADITIONAL COMMERCIAL CRIME POLICY DOES NOT EXTEND TO ‘SOCIAL ENGINEERING’ FRAUD
An oil production company headquartered in Texas received a call in their Aberdeen, Scotland office from a person claiming to be a representative of a legitimate vendor of the oil company. The caller instructed the employee to change the bank account information
which the oil company had on record for that vendor. The oil company employee advised that such a change request would not be processed without a formal request on the vendor’s letterhead. A week later, the oil companies accounts payable department received an email from a email address very similar to their legitimate vendor’s domain name, advising that the vendor’s bank account details had changed, and included as an attachment a signed letter on what appeared to be the vendor’s letterhead setting out the old and new account numbers and requesting that the oil company use the new account with immediate effect.
An employee of the oil company called the telephone number on the letterhead and confirmed the authenticity of the change request. Within a month, it was discovered that the legitimate vendor had not received payment of approximately USD 7 million which the oil company had transferred to the new account.
The oil company recovered some of the funds, but still incurred a net loss of approximately USD 2.4 million.
The oil company had taken out a Crime Protection Policy which did not include Social Engineering Fraud* coverage. The oil company however claimed under its Computer Fraud coverage, which provided “loss from damage to, money, securities and other property resulting directly from the use of any computer to fraudulently cause a transfer of that property from inside the premises or banking premises: a) to a person (other than a messenger) outside those premises; or b) to a place outside those premises.”
The insurer argued that no indemnity was available because the fraudulent email did not cause the transfers in issue, and because the coverage was limited to losses resulting from hacking and other incidents of unauthorized computer use. The Court agreed with the insurer holding that the email was part of the scheme; but, the email was merely incidental to the occurrence of the authorized transfer of money.
* Social Engineering Fraud is where a fraudster use information often gathered through the internet or other form of social media to convince unsuspecting employees to act voluntarily to divulge sensitive information or to perform some task on the fraudster’s behalf. Social Engineering Fraud coverage for these types of losses is available from JLT Specialty’s Financial Lines team.
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LEGAL ROUNDUP
US COURT RULES ON DEATH ON THE HIGH SEAS ACT
A US District Court in
Florida has issued an
opinion recognizing
that the Death on the
High Seas Act (DOHSA)
provides the exclusive
means of recovery for deaths or fatal
injuries which occur on the high seas
regardless of where negligent conduct
takes place before or after the incident.
The case arose as a result of an
incident in which a cargo ship sank
off the coast of Jamaica. The sinking
resulted in loss of life for all individuals
on board, including the vessel’s
captain. In response to the vessel
sinking, the shipowners initiated a
limitation proceeding, and several
claimants began filing wrongful
death and cargo claims against the
shipowner. Many of these claimants
also filed third-party complaints
against the captain’s estate, asserting
negligence claims based on general
maritime law.
The captain’s estate subsequently
filed a motion to dismiss alleging that
the claimants’ third-party complaints
should be dismissed because DOHSA
provides the exclusive means of
recovery against him and all other
claims brought against him on grounds
other than wrongful death under
DOHSA must be dismissed. Claimants
opposed the captain’s estate’s motion
and argued that the negligent conduct
alleged in their third-party complaints
occurred in the Port of Jacksonville
Florida, and in international waters and
therefore they are entitled to recovery
under either general maritime law or
under the Florida Wrongful Death Act.
Further, the claimants argued that
despite all the deaths occurring on the
high seas, DOHSA should not apply
because no negligent acts occurred on
the high seas.
In deciding the motion, the Court
first noted that the claimants failed
to provide any case law that would
support the claimants’ theory.
Further, the judge determined that
case law clearly demonstrates that
DOHSA applies whenever deaths
occur on the high seas, regardless of
where any negligent conduct occurred.
Thus, the location of the injury, not the
location of the negligent conduct, is
the determinative issue of whether
DOHSA applies.
This decision provides clarity as to
when DOHSA applies and helps to
demonstrate the intent of DOHSA,
which is to provide the exclusive means
of recovery for deaths that occur on the
high seas regardless of where negligent
conduct takes place.
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NEW FEATURE - DEMYSTIFYING COMMON CLAUSESIn this new feature, we take a look at common clauses found in Energy Insurance that are often not well understood, and try to look at what their intentions are, and what they cover or exclude.
In this first article we look at the Maintenance and Discovery clauses in Offshore Construction policies.
Maintenance and Discovery (M&D) are two distinctly
separate provisions within an Offshore Construction
All Risks (CAR) policy but are often referenced
together, probably because their periods run
concurrently after the expiry date of the rest of the
coverage provided by the policy, and probably
because insurers tend to charge for them together
in one rate.
The Discovery clause in a CAR policy restricts
coverage to claims discovered and reported within a
specified period (12 months as standard).
As the Discovery clause is a restriction on the
otherwise ‘occurrence’ based CAR policy it is not
something we believe can be charged for, as it
would be unfair to have no period after the policy
expires to discover a claim that occurred late in the
policy period and only manifests itself after expiring.
However as referenced above underwriters have
historically charged a ‘M&D’ rate (typically 0.25%
of the Estimated Contract Value for a 12 month
period), although when doing so, in reality we believe
the charge is for the ‘Maintenance Period’ alone.
It is worthy of note that the Discovery period is
purely for the discovery and reporting to insurers
of a claim, and does not require the Assured to
have established the extent of loss or fully present
their claim, or to start or effect repairs within the
Discovery Period.
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NEW FEATURE - DEMYSTIFYING COMMON CLAUSES
The Maintenance clause in a CAR policy provides two
extensions to cover being:
1) physical loss or physical damage incurred after the
policy has expired that is caused by faulty or defective
workmanship, construction, material or design that
occurred prior to Maintenance period; and
2) physical loss or physical damage caused by Other
Assureds during the Maintenance Period from work they
are carrying out to comply with their obligations in respect
of maintenance or the making good of defects under the
construction contract.
The Maintenance Period is typically stated as 12 months (within
the common used term ‘12 months M&D’), however it should
be noted that the period of 12 months in such case will be the
maximum period and the actual clause restricts the period to
that of the maintenance period in the construction contract or
12 months whichever the lesser.
Is it absolutely necessary to buy a Maintenance Period in a
CAR policy?
Arguably, it is not necessary to buy a Maintenance Period as
an extension to a CAR policy, because the operational policy
that the constructed asset is transferred to typically does not
exclude the two coverages that the Maintenance Period covers.
However many Assureds choose to purchase it to protect
their operating policy loss record, to continue to enjoy a lower
deductible than their operational policy (if that is the case) or to
satisfy a contractual obligation to purchase.
DISCOVERY CLAUSEClaims under the Policy shall only be recoverable
hereunder if the Assured has discovered and reported
such loss, damage or Occurrence to Underwriters within
12 months from expiry of the Project Period set out in
Item 3 of the Declarations and concurrent with specific
maintenance period(s) set out in Item 3 of the Declarations
and described in Section I, Terms and Conditions,
Clause 19 below.
This clause shall not, however, restrict the time otherwise
allowed for establishing the extent and/or effecting of
repairs and/or presentation of a claim in respect of
such loss and/or damage discovered and reported in
accordance with the foregoing paragraph.
MAINTENANCE CLAUSEThe cover provided hereunder shall be no wider than that
contained elsewhere in the Policy. Coverage under Section
I only shall continue during the maintenance period(s)
specified in individual contracts but not exceeding a further
12 months from expiry date of the Project Period as set
out in Item 3 of the Declarations. During such maintenance
period(s), coverage is limited to physical loss or physical
damage resulting from or attributable to:
a. faulty or defective workmanship, construction, material
or design arising from a cause occurring prior to the
commencement of the maintenance period; and
b. operations carried out by Other Assureds during the
maintenance period(s) for the purpose of complying
with their obligations in respect of maintenance or the
making good of defects as may be referred to in the
conditions of contract, or by any other visits to the site
necessarily incurred to comply with qualifications to the
acceptance certificate.
For ease of reference the two clauses are reproduced below.
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ATLANTIC NAMED WINDSTORM UPDATE
The 2016 Atlantic Named Windstorm season produced its 8th clean year for Energy Insurers.
Despite the number of storms forming being above the long-term average and above the early season predictions,
no storm threatened the densely populated Gulf of Mexico oil patch, like Hurricane Ike did in 2008 causing
devastation to offshore facilities, and as did Hurricanes Katrina and Rita 3 years earlier.
See below for the activity to date plotted against earlier predictions and the long term average.
ATLANTIC NAMED WINDSTORM UPDATE
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Stated reasons for this year’s activity include:
• Transitioning El Niño to a weak La Niña in the beginning of
the official Atlantic hurricane season
• Lower vertical wind shear than the last two years in
Caribbean Sea
• Above average sea surface temperature in the Atlantic Basin
• No active tropical systems in July due to excessive Saharan
dust and dry air
• Persistent upper level wind, deviating most cyclones away
from entering western and central Gulf of Mexico
Some interesting highlights of this season include:
• Hurricane Matthew ended a 9 year streak of no Category 5
hurricanes in the Atlantic Basin (i.e., since Hurricane Felix
in 2007)
• Hurricane Matthew’s wind speed rapidly intensified from
70 knots (CAT 1) to 140 knots (CAT 5) within 24 hours
• A January hurricane (Alex) was the earliest to form since
Hurricane One in 1938
• Hurricane Otto was the latest Caribbean hurricane
(November 22) on record
• Surface temperature was the warmest in July on record
2016 Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Tracks to Date
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OIL INSURANCE LIMITED (OIL) UPDATE
OIL INSURANCE LIMITED (OIL) UPDATE
ABOUT OILOIL is a Bermuda based
Energy Industry Mutual
that insures close to
USD 3 trillion of global
energy assets for more
than fifty members with property limits
up to USD 400 million totalling more
than nineteen billion dollars in total
A- rated property capacity. Members
are medium to large sized public and
private energy companies with at
least USD 1 billion in physical property
assets and an investment grade
rating or equivalent. Products offered
include Property (Physical Damage),
Windstorm, Non Gradual Pollution,
Control of Well, Terrorism (including
Cyber Terrorism), Construction and
Cargo. The industry sectors that OIL
protects include Offshore and Onshore
Exploration & Production, Refining and
Marketing, Petrochemicals, Mining,
Pipelines, Electric Utilities and other
related energy business sectors.
For further information on OIL please go to
www.OIL.bm or request JLT’s Guide to OIL
by emailing [email protected]
Oil Insurance Limited (OIL), the Bermuda based Energy Industry owned
mutual, have surveyed their membership asking for feedback on their appetite
for increased limits (USD 500mm or USD 600mm as opposed to the current
maximum of USD 400mm) and for feedback on OIL’s current Designated
Windstorm coverage and pricing mechanism (currently only Atlantic Named
Windstorm is ‘designated’ and is limited to USD 250mm part of USD 150mm and
in a separate pool excess of a USD 300mm aggregate pooled over all members).
This review of their wind cover follows a significant reduction in the number of
participants who have opted to stay in the Excess Offshore Excess Wind Pool
(the majority of those exposed have now pulled out and self-insure or insure in the
commercial market – down to 4 members out of 23 with GOM exposures).
OIL have specifically asked members what would attract them back to OIL
for Designated Wind cover and whether they would be supportive of wider
mutualisation (not just amongst those with wind exposures).
We have been advised by OIL that there will be not be any changes at 1/1/17
(increased limit or changes to wind cover) and the earliest these would come into
effect, if in fact there is appetite from the members, would be 1/1/18.
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OIL OPTIMISATION
Membership of Oil Insurance Limited (OIL) is a valuable risk transfer tool for many medium to large Energy companies. However, due to OIL’s unique premium allocation methodology, optimising OIL’s position in an overall risk transfer programme is often a complex exercise.
JLT Specialty’s Energy team are able to help you analyse and optimise your OIL membership
using our extensive knowledge gained from working with OIL for over 25 years (more recently as
consultants to OIL) and our sophisticated OIL modelling capabilities.
We are able to help you better understand the following:
• What drives your OIL premium calculations
• Why OIL generated future premium indications (whether for existing members or new
members) can be considered conservative
• The pros and cons of Pool A only entry
• The pros and cons of Quota Share entries (internal or external) and the ‘Retro’ option
• How the ‘lock-in’ methodology creates a ‘phase in’ of any premium change resulting from
profile changes (limit/deductible elections) that can either be to your benefit or detriment
• The potential increased volatility of the Atlantic Named Windstorm (ANWS) Pools
• Options for ANWS cover and their pros and cons
• How the OIL ANWS definition creates an inherent gap when dovetailing it with a standard
commercial market Named Windstorm definition
• How OIL’s definition of ‘Occurrence’ is different to the commercial market and how it needs
careful dovetailing
• The OIL Experience Modifier and options for insuring this
The JLT Energy team are able to review your OIL entry in relationship with your commercial market
programme, reviewing your limits / deductibles and pool share(s), after which we will provide you
with a written report addressing all the issues above and any others you may have.
All we will need from you is a schematic of your current risk transfer programme, your latest OIL
billing (with premium calculations breakdowns) and your latest Gross Asset declaration to OIL.
We can carry out our review in conjunction with your existing broker or we can do it independently
without interrupting your existing relationships.
OIL OPTIMISATION
For further detail contact your usual JLT Account Executive
or email [email protected]
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FOCUS ON
MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS WARRANTY AND INDEMNITY INSURANCE
2016 was an unusual year. Brexit, the US elections and
numerous other political, humanitarian and economic events
around the world have left their impressions. Markets have
crashed and rallied and currencies have dropped and soared.
Global M&A activity has found itself in the middle of much of
this turbulence. However, depending on the sector, domicile or
simply the transacting currency, there have been opportunities
to capitalise on the market forces in play.
M&A in the energy sector has been affected by the
rollercoaster ride more than most. Extraordinary volatility in
the price of oil over the last two years has left many uncertain
about the right time to invest or sell. Banks tightened lending
and confidence around the right price for any assets coming
to market has led to a prolonged depression in the number of
reported Energy transactions.
MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS WARRANTY AND INDEMNITY INSURANCE
In today’s climate more than ever before, parties to a corporate transaction need to focus on the strategic outcomes and minimise their investment risk. Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) insurance can help both buyers and sellers achieve these goals.
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With the recent OPEC decision around oil production and the
expected improvement / stabilisation of the price, we anticipate
M&A activity to return to the energy sector. Private Equity and
corporates will be better able to model investments and deals
will start to flow again, whether this is through consolidation
plays or disposals of non-core subsidiaries.
However, regardless of any meaningful return in activity,
maximising the outcome of deals is a key focus. Over the
last 3-4 years the insurance market has seen a boom in the
use of all types of M&A insurance, but none more so than the
emergence of Warranty and Indemnity (W&I) insurance.
These policies can now bring effective and tangible benefits to
parties seeking to buy or sell a business.
These specialist one-off policies are used to mitigate risks
but, more importantly, they are now highly flexible and have
numerous strategic applications that can help deal planning,
aid in negotiations and even improve the overall outcome and
purchase price achieved.
It is this use of policies as strategic tools that has driven the
huge growth of this sector of the insurance market in recent
years. The expansion in the US has been most prolific of all.
Insurance capacity (the policy limit available per deal) now
stands well above USD 1bn – at least 100% higher than 5 years
ago. This means that even the mega deals can benefit.
Strategic uses - why use these policies?
• Seller clean exit – sellers agree a deal with minimal or nil
liability in the sale agreement offering to pay for or contribute
to a buyer insurance policy in lieu of a clean exit
MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS WARRANTY AND INDEMNITY INSURANCE
“When a deal is being structured and tactics established, M&A insurance can give you an edge at the negotiating table or even improve the overall outcome of the deal”
• Management rolling over – buyers prefer to claim for
breaches of terms of the sale agreement from an insurer
rather than their own “new” management team acquired in
the deal
• Seller covenant strength – buyers negotiate and secure
protection from the seller for breaches of the terms of the
sale agreement but the long term financial strength or even
existence of the warranting party is in debate
From a technical perspective, policies last up to 7 years,
premiums are one-off and give protection against liabilities
stemming from the deal that fall into two baskets; unknown
risks or known risks.
• Unknown risks: Warranty & Indemnity or W&I insurance is
the most widely used solution and is designed to cater for
the unexpected loss suffered post completion stemming
from a breach of the warranties (statements about the
target business) given by the seller in the sale agreement.
• Known risks: where a specific matter has been identified
and scoped during a buyer’s due diligence process,
insurance can be used to take that long term potential
liability off the table. These policies are frequently used to
cover tax liabilities. If the problem is big enough, insurance
can make the difference between a successfully closed deal
and one that falls through.
Those who employ M&A insurance to the greatest effect
no longer think solely about risk transfer. Rather, the highly
flexible concepts are taken into account at the planning stage
and throughout the marketing and sale process with the
key question being; “How might we use insurance capital to
facilitate our negotiation and improve the eventual outcome
of our deal?” In a very real sense, the costs of an M&A
insurance policy can be recovered many times over through the
improvements achieved within the deal construction or in
the negotiation.
The focus is on a bespoke policy, reflecting the fact that each
deal is different. In fact, M&A insurance is not sector specific
and Private Equity and other institutional investors have known
about the benefits for years. Now, well advised corporates with
an eye on strategic growth also frequently consider their use
and application. JLT M&A predicts that more and more energy
deals will be insured in 2017 and beyond as activity returns.
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MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS WARRANTY AND INDEMNITY INSURANCE
“If a negotiation leaves you short of your ideal deal goal, M&A insurance could be the tool to bridge the gap”
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For more information on Mergers & Acquisitions insurance please contact:
[email protected] or [email protected]
CASE STUDY• A JLT client was purchasing an energy trading platform
• Due to a highly competitive auction process our client was required to accept a nominal level of seller liability for breaches of the sale agreement (circa 1% of the deal value)
• Financing parties were unable to accept this limited recourse and required additional protection to lend on the deal
• M&A insurance provided this comfort and our client was able to complete the deal
ABOUT JLT SPECIALTYJLT Specialty Limited provides insurance broking, risk management and claims consulting services to large and international companies. Our success comes from focusing on sectors where we know we can make the greatest difference – using insight, intelligence and imagination to provide expert advice and robust – often unique – solutions. We build partner teams to work side-by-side with you, our network and the market to deliver responses which are carefully considered from all angles.
It’s this approach that inspires our clients’ trust and confidence, which has led us to provide broking services for eight of the world’s top 10 oil companies and for JLT Group to become the largest broker of Energy insurance business into Lloyd’s. JLT Specialty Limited is a member of Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group plc, a company listed on the FTSE250 index of the London Stock Exchange and one of the world’s largest providers of insurance and employee benefits related advice, brokerage and associated services.
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