Richards Hogg Lindley (RHL)

🚀 Exciting News for 2025! We’re excited to announce that RHL's annual Maritime Law and Marine Insurance Claims Course will be held between 8th/12th September 2025! Stay tuned - details of the course will be shared early next year. If you’re interested in learning more about the course or would like to register your interest, feel free to reach out to us. We look forward to embarking on this learning journey together. Here’s to broadening your expertise and embracing new opportunities in 2025! #maritimelaw #marineinsurance #maritime #marine #averageadjusting

🌊 **Team Building Under Sail!** ⛵     RHL London junior average adjusters took to the water for a day of sail cruising on the River Crouch, Essex, led by our consulting surveyors. With clear skies, sunny weather, and perfect winds, it was the ideal setting to strengthen teamwork, develop practical navigation skills, and foster a deeper appreciation of the marine environment.     Team-building away days like this are crucial for professional success, building trust, enhancing communication, and inspiring creativity in a fresh, invigorating setting.     Here’s to harnessing the winds of teamwork and growth! 🌞🌬️ #RHL #AverageAjusting #TeamBuilding #Sailing #ProfessionalDevelopment

The second Asian AAA Conference in Hong Kong on 16th January 2025 is taking shape and we are delighted to be able to give you further details of the event below. Please note that attendance is free of charge and all members worldwide are invited. Please put this important date in your diaries and RSVP to: admin@average-adjusters.com if you are planning to attend the conference. If you would like to invite a guest, please also email: admin@average-adjusters.com to secure a place. Further details of the seminar topics will be confirmed nearer the time.

Richards Hogg Lindley is pleased to announce a new RHL office in Toronto, Canada, strengthening our global coverage.   The Toronto office is led by Christian Freuling. Christian is a Fellow of the UK Association of Average Adjusters and has worked in both RHL’s London and Athens offices previously. He can be reached at +1 (416) 889-8756 and christian.freuling@rhl-ct.com   Richards Hogg Lindley provides impartial marine claims advice and average adjusting services with offices around the world and more qualified Fellows than any other adjusting firm. Our services are tailored to the needs of our clients and the size of the claim. For further information, please refer to our website: rhlg.com

General average (GA) is a legal principle firmly embedded in maritime law. It requires everyone involved in a voyage to share the costs of preserving the ship and its cargo in an emergency. For insurers, a general average clause obliges different companies covering different risks to share the cost of losses incurred. Yet the absence of a general average clause in an offshore contract does not automatically exclude the application of the principle. At an IUA market briefing on 13 November we will be exploring this question, examining in detail how general average may be applied to equipment, cargo or any other property carried on board a vessel. Michiel Starmans, a Fellow of the The Association of Average Adjusters Adjusters and Alf Inge Johannessen Senior Claims Manager at DOF are our expert speakers. The event will be chaired by Ann Waite, Honorary Chair of the Association of Average Adjusters. Attendance is free and may be either online or in-person. Register now at the IUA website: https://buff.ly/4gWHqVf

Flash back to 1860 when presenting to our client friends on 'Evolution of the York-Antwerp Rules' at CT Hong Kong office boardroom, an extended technical sharing from May by way of a 'Lunch and Learn'. Time travelling 160 years from the 'Glasgow Resolutions 1860' to the latest version of York-Antwerp Rules 2016, the evolution of the 'game rules' in our daily work of General Average has been refreshed in half an hour interactive session. Any takeaway served? Sure! The YARs definitely stood the test of time. Happy to learn that you all enjoyed it. Stay tuned for the next one. #RHL #ExpertiseYouCanTrust #CharlesTaylorAdjusting

Earlier this month I was fortunate enough to attend Richards Hogg Lindley (RHL) ‘s Maritime Law and Marine Insurance Claims Course 2024! It was a great week which taught me many new things, and consolidated my knowledge in areas. Highly recommend for anyone who wants to take their understanding of Adjusting and Maritime Law to the next step to attend this course. Thank you to Rui Hao for hosting and to all who presented!

The 2nd Asian Meeting & Conference of the Association of Average Adjusters is confirmed for Hong Kong, SAR, China, on Thursday, 16th January 2025. All members of and subscribers to the Association are very welcome. Details to follow including seminar topics and social activities. Please mark your diaries.