Views from the crest of a wave
Marine insurance reached a 10-year peak in 2007 on the back of a worldwide trade boom. A year on, some in the sector are beginning to warn of a slide generated by the ripples of numerous factors, including a soft hull market and wider financial slowdown, writes Eric Alexander
Last month's conference of the International Union of Marine Insurance opened in Vancouver just as news Lehman Brothers' collapse was breaking, only then to be followed the next day by the
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