Marine & Energy
Our Marine & Energy business lines include Marine Hull, Marine Liability, Fine Art & Specie, Renewable Energy, Upstream Energy & Liabilities and Cargo & Specie.
Business lines
Marine Hull
Ark’s Marine Hull specialists share a wealth of knowledge and technical expertise, and offer cover on a worldwide basis for both physical damage and third-party liability.
A relentless focus on exceptional broker and client service has enabled us to grow close working relationships and make well informed, on-the-spot decisions. All of our underwriting is supported by a dedicated, highly experienced Marine Claims Team to ensure that all claims achieve the best possible outcomes.
Our emphasis is on covering small to medium-sized fleets, with owners who demonstrate a high quality of risk management and loss prevention measures.
Our cover includes:
- Hull and machinery: primarily brownwater with some smaller bluewater tonnage
- Increased value
- Loss of hire
- Port risks
- MII/MAP
- Builders risks
- Specialist tonnage: including dredgers, fishing vessels and harbour craft
- Marine war risks
- Yachts
People
James Barnes
Assistant Underwriter
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Peter McIntosh
Director of Underwriting
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Richard Lurcott
Senior Underwriter
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Stuart Pearl
Head of Claims
Location/Syndicate
ARK 4020, KEN 3832, NOA 3902
Teams
Political Risk & Violence, Property Reinsurance, War, Terrorism and Political Violence, Political Risk, Cargo & Specie, Upstream Energy & Liabilities, Renewable Energy, Marine Liability, Marine Hull, Fine Art & Specie, Marine Hull, Energy, Marine Liabilities
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Marine Liability
Ark underwrites a diverse portfolio of direct and reinsurance Marine Liability business.
We cover a wide spectrum of risk types and service a varied clientbase, from large global companies to small, privately owned firms.
Our underwriting is supported by a dedicated Marine Claims Team whose broad experience ensures that all claims are dealt with promptly and expediently.
Our products cover:
- Protection and indemnity
- Specialist operations
- Ship repairers
- Shipbuilding and repair
- Terminal operators
- Stevedores
- Charterers’ liabilities
People
James Barnes
Assistant Underwriter
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Molly Austin
Underwriting Assistant
Location/Syndicate
ARK 4020
Teams
Marine Liability, Upstream Energy & Liabilities
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Peter McIntosh
Director of Underwriting
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Richard Lurcott
Senior Underwriter
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Stuart Pearl
Head of Claims
Location/Syndicate
ARK 4020, KEN 3832, NOA 3902
Teams
Political Risk & Violence, Property Reinsurance, War, Terrorism and Political Violence, Political Risk, Cargo & Specie, Upstream Energy & Liabilities, Renewable Energy, Marine Liability, Marine Hull, Fine Art & Specie, Marine Hull, Energy, Marine Liabilities
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Tom Davies
Senior Underwriter
Tom Davies
Senior Underwriter
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Fine Art & Specie
We cover organisations or private individuals for high value assets such as fine art, coins, stamps, collectables, bullion, precious metals, cash, diamonds, jewellery and watches.
Our bespoke insurance policies provide specialist cover for items in storage, on display or in transit. All of our products can be enhanced with class-specific extensions such as defective title, restoration cover and employee infidelity.
Recognised as market leaders in fine art and specie business lines, Ark underwriters’ in-depth knowledge provides our clients with the right cover that works when it matters.
We provide cover for:
- Private and corporate art, coin and jewellery collections, museums, galleries, dealers, auctioneers and classic cars storage
- Armoured car, cash management and ATMs
- Retail, wholesale and manufacturing jewellers, diamond and gemstone dealers
- Pawnbrokers and cheque cashers
- Miners and refiners of precious metals and stones
- Banks and financial institutions
We provide worldwide cover for all risks of physical loss or damage to assets in storage, on display or in transit.
People
Andrew Dix
Underwriter
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Chloe-May Champion
Underwriting Assistant
Chloe-May Champion
Underwriting Assistant
Location/Syndicate
ARK 4020
Teams
Fine Art & Specie
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Daniel Vu
Underwriter
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Kate Pettersen
Underwriter
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Steve Douglas
Senior Underwriter
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Stuart Pearl
Head of Claims
Location/Syndicate
ARK 4020, KEN 3832, NOA 3902
Teams
Political Risk & Violence, Property Reinsurance, War, Terrorism and Political Violence, Political Risk, Cargo & Specie, Upstream Energy & Liabilities, Renewable Energy, Marine Liability, Marine Hull, Fine Art & Specie, Marine Hull, Energy, Marine Liabilities
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Renewable Energy
We offer worldwide coverage for construction and operational renewable energy projects.
This includes construction and erection all-risk policies, delay in start-up, marine cargo, operational all-risk policies, business interruption, machinery breakdown and third party liability.
Classes covered include:
- Onshore and offshore wind farms
- Solar: photovoltaic (PV) and concentrated solar plants (CSP)
- Hydroelectric plants
- Geothermal
Our highly specialised Renewable Energy Team operates in a dynamic industry. Our longterm relationships with coverholders and producers enable us to adopt a flexible and innovative approach and meet the complex and challenging needs of our clients.
People
Christine Fenner
Senior Claims Adjuster
Location/Syndicate
ARK 4020, NOA 3902
Teams
Energy, Upstream Energy & Liabilities, Renewable Energy, Global Property, Property Direct & Facultative, Property Direct & Facultative, Property Programmes
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Hayley Wilkie
Team Administrator
Hayley Wilkie
Team Administrator
Location/Syndicate
ARK 4020
Teams
Renewable Energy
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Jordan Hyland
Underwriter
Jordan Hyland
Underwriter
Location/Syndicate
ARK 4020
Teams
Renewable Energy
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Natalie Mundin
Senior Underwriter
Location/Syndicate
ARK 4020
Teams
Renewable Energy
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Oliver Monk
Senior Claims Adjuster
Location/Syndicate
ARK 4020, NOA 3902
Teams
Specialty Reinsurance, Casualty Reinsurance, Energy, Upstream Energy & Liabilities, Renewable Energy
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Stuart Pearl
Head of Claims
Location/Syndicate
ARK 4020, KEN 3832, NOA 3902
Teams
Political Risk & Violence, Property Reinsurance, War, Terrorism and Political Violence, Political Risk, Cargo & Specie, Upstream Energy & Liabilities, Renewable Energy, Marine Liability, Marine Hull, Fine Art & Specie, Marine Hull, Energy, Marine Liabilities
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Sydney Bodenstab
Underwriting Assistant
Location/Syndicate
ARK 4020
Teams
Renewable Energy, Upstream Energy & Liabilities
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Upstream Energy & Liabilities
Ark’s Upstream Energy Team offers first-party and third-party coverage in the oil and gas sector.
Our clients are typically operating and non-operating partners with financial interests in onshore and offshore exploration and production assets. These include independent or privately owned institutions, multinational oil companies, midstream operators and state-owned entities.
We also offer a broad suite of coverage to supplier companies, including mobile drilling, servicing and marine contractors.
All risk policies are available for worldwide facilities and activities during both construction and operational phases, including:
- Physical loss, physical damage and ancillary coverages
- Operators extra expense
- Business interruption, loss of production, delay in start-up and loss of hire
- Natural perils such as the Gulf of Mexico windstorm
- Third-party liability
People
Alex Hill
Senior Underwriter
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Alice Saunders
Underwriting Assistant
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Christine Fenner
Senior Claims Adjuster
Location/Syndicate
ARK 4020, NOA 3902
Teams
Energy, Upstream Energy & Liabilities, Renewable Energy, Global Property, Property Direct & Facultative, Property Direct & Facultative, Property Programmes
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David Belcher
Underwriting Assistant
David Belcher
Underwriting Assistant
Location/Syndicate
ARK 4020, NOA 3902
Teams
Upstream Energy & Liabilities
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Molly Austin
Underwriting Assistant
Location/Syndicate
ARK 4020
Teams
Marine Liability, Upstream Energy & Liabilities
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Oliver Monk
Senior Claims Adjuster
Location/Syndicate
ARK 4020, NOA 3902
Teams
Specialty Reinsurance, Casualty Reinsurance, Energy, Upstream Energy & Liabilities, Renewable Energy
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Rama Monk
Senior Underwriter
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Stuart Pearl
Head of Claims
Location/Syndicate
ARK 4020, KEN 3832, NOA 3902
Teams
Political Risk & Violence, Property Reinsurance, War, Terrorism and Political Violence, Political Risk, Cargo & Specie, Upstream Energy & Liabilities, Renewable Energy, Marine Liability, Marine Hull, Fine Art & Specie, Marine Hull, Energy, Marine Liabilities
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Sydney Bodenstab
Underwriting Assistant
Location/Syndicate
ARK 4020
Teams
Renewable Energy, Upstream Energy & Liabilities
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Tom Davies
Senior Underwriter
Tom Davies
Senior Underwriter
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Cargo & Specie
The Cargo Account provides coverage for both general goods and specialist items in transit by air, sea, road and rail. We also cover storage of goods in the ordinary course of transit for extended periods.
We provide cover for:
- Satellite pre-launch
- Heavy and oversized cargoes carried by heavy lift vessels or by barge and in tow
- Commodities including oil, metals, cotton and grains
- Wine producers
- Car manufacturers
- Textiles and clothing
- Electronics
Ark’s experienced underwriters are able to deal with highly complex risks. Our team can act as leading underwriter or following market and utilise both institute clauses and bespoke wordings. We are able to write business in most territories worldwide (subject to sanctions) and our underwriting is backed by a dedicated Marine Claims Team.
People
Annika Rule
Senior Underwriter
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Francine Rule
Underwriter
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Patrick Whitehead
Senior Underwriter
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Sophie Peacock
Underwriter
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Stuart Pearl
Head of Claims
Location/Syndicate
ARK 4020, KEN 3832, NOA 3902
Teams
Political Risk & Violence, Property Reinsurance, War, Terrorism and Political Violence, Political Risk, Cargo & Specie, Upstream Energy & Liabilities, Renewable Energy, Marine Liability, Marine Hull, Fine Art & Specie, Marine Hull, Energy, Marine Liabilities
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