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The UK P&I Club has introduced an online underwriting service which enables Members to create electronic copies of their policy documentation for downloading and printing. The material newly available includes each ship's Certificate of Entry and its Blue Card, evidence of the ship's P&I cover under the Civil Liability Convention.
The Club has reacted to increasing demand by Members to view the key documents relating to P&I insurance whenever they want.
Members can also access the latest information on their loss records, showing the balance of premium and claims over the past eight years as well progress for the current year.
Nick Whitear, Marketing Director for Thomas Miller P&I, explained: "The Club is researching members' needs and implementing web-based solutions to make service provision effective and immediate. We have consistently led the P&I industry in the provision of online member services. We anticipate more interactive underwriting services being introduced in the near future such as charterers' and US oil voyage surcharge declarations."
The Club website has been extensively redesigned to aid easier and quicker navigation of the wide range of resources available to Members, with detail enhancements in password security and faster and more frequent updating of content.
The Club has already provided Members with online access to claims data through its ClaimsTrac system for immediate viewing and downloading. This has been designed to handle all types of documents and transform them into electronic computer-based files, available within minutes to claims executives. Members can retrieve essential and up-to-date information on their own claims at any time.
Claims may be searched by Member number or name, voyage number, file status and keyword search on titles. Ships may be searched by class of entry, ship or IMO number, ship name, Member number or name, risk period, trade type, flag, gross tonnage and age.
Note to Editors: While member services are predominantly contained in the private Members' area of the website, a wide range of information about the Club can viewed in the public area at www.ukpandi.com .
For further information:
Nick Whitear
Thomas Miller P&I Ltd
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7283 4646
e-mail: nick.whitear@thomasmiller.com
Issued by:
Martin Rowland
Dunelm Public Relations Ltd
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7480 0600
Fax: +44 (0) 20 6480 0606
e-mail: info@dunelmpr.co.uk
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