IUMI Conference set for September

The 2007 conference of the International Union of Marine Insurance in Copenhagen is set for next month.

The four-day program of committee meetings will witness keynote speeches, presentations, panel discussions and workshops covering all branches of marine insurance. With over two weeks still to go to the start on September 9, the organizing committee from the Danish Insurance Association reports that more than 750 people are expected. The core of this attendance will be 500 marine underwriters from 41 of IUMIs 52 member national associations.

Delegates from London, Norway, the U.S., Germany and France are taking part in the conference. Other important groups will be Denmark, the Netherlands, Sweden and Italy. Speaking in New York, Deirdre Littlefield, president of IUMI, said that the common theme of this year’s conference, Marine Insurance the Technical, Financial and Human Challenge, accurately reflects the problems facing marine insurers now and going forward.

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