A look at cargo insurance: A podcast with Chris McGill

Welcome to Insurance Covered, the podcast that covers everything insurance. In this episode RPC partner Peter Mansfield is joined by Chris McGill, Head of Cargo at Ascot Group and Active Underwriter for Parsyl Syndicate 1796. They will be discussing cargo insurance and some of the recent work Chris has been involved in.

In this episode they discuss:

  • What cargo insurance is and what the purpose of this kind of policy is
  • What can and can't be insured under a cargo policy
  • How cargo insurance often links to marine insurance
  • A cargo insurance facility led by Chris and Ascot Group that was designed to get grain shipments out of The Ukraine
  • Another cargo policy used during the pandemic to help with the circulation of the Covid vaccine

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Insurance Covered is the podcast by RPC that looks at the inner workings of the insurance industry in a short and easy to follow format. Each week, it explores an insurance related topic with the help of expert guests from across the market.

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