War risks

Trusted by clients and markets alike, Miller is the leading maritime war risks (re)insurance broker in the world.

Marine War Risks

Our experienced and influential team place the reinsurance for some of the world’s largest war mutuals, as well as a large volume of direct war risks for individual shipowners, ship managers and charterers across the globe.

Handling in the region of 10,000 breach of warranty voyages each year, we negotiate these and annual cover on a daily basis and with a variety of markets. Competitiveness in rating comes as standard and our clients receive expert and timely advice every time.

What Does Marine War Insurance Cover?

Our breadth of experience allows us to develop insurance programmes that have all aspects considered:

  • War risks (conventional cover)
  • War protection and indemnity (P&I) and crew war liability
  • Crew war personal accident
  • Kidnap and ransom
  • Cargo war risks 
  • Ship seize, confiscation and associated risks
  • Quarantine 
  • War loss of hire 
  • Piracy loss of hire 
  • Charterers’ additional hire expenses 
  • Charterers’ liability for ransom payments 
  • Cyber related exposures
Marine War Insurance
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Breach Of Warranty Online System

ADDING VALUE THROUGH TECHNOLOGY

 

The current breach call process for shipowners involves a large amount of paperwork, email traffic and phone calls. It also suffers from in-built delays due to time zone differences and underwriter response times.

 

Miller’s proprietary Breach of Warranty Online System (BOWOS) was built in direct response to our clients’ needs to streamline this process.

 

Designed for mutuals and individuals alike, BOWOS offers: 

  • A simple and efficient declaration process
  • 24/7 availability from any location
  • Secure access for nominated users
  • A personalised homepage
  • Pre-agreed additional premium rates
  • A secure ‘notes’ system capturing all correspondence
  • Immediate documentation
  • Customised mapping and routing application
  • Management reporting and complete audit trail

Get In Touch

Andreas Bisbas

Andreas Bisbas

Executive Director - Head of Mutual War and Chairman of Marine Mutual RI +44 (0) 20 7031 2284 [email protected] Read more
David Watson 1

David Watson

Senior Director - Mutual War +44 (0) 2070 312 504 [email protected] Read more
Nick Summers

Nick Summers

Head of Direct Marine +44 (0) 20 7031 2832 [email protected] Read more
Daniel Lyons

Daniel Lyons

Executive Director - Head of Direct Marine War +44 (0) 20 7031 2425 [email protected] Read more

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