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About FDR Risk
FDR is an independent, family-owned Dutch maritime and energy insurance broker who truly understands the shipping and energy industry’s ins and outs. With our extensive knowledge and expertise, we can create insurance solutions tailored to your specific needs. Our dedicated team, with over 150 years of combined experience and specialised skills, is available 24/7 to provide unwavering support. We understand the complex challenges your business may face.
Through our risk mapping approach, we create an interactive relationship so we can work with you to anticipate hazards in shipping, transportation of goods, energy, transportation, logistics, freight forwarding and liability, and other areas.
Insurance Lines offered
Maritime
Hull & Machinery
Hull & Machinery covers physical damage to vessels and engines arising from uncertain incidents as well as external causes
Loss of Hire
Loss of Hire protects you against loss of income when your vessel is out of operation due to a claim subject to recovery under H&M insurance.
Protection & Indemnity
Protection & Indemnity provides coverage concerning maritime liabilities. However, P&I is complex because of its many conditions, limitations and provisions which can be included in the policy by an insurer. Therefore, an intensive risk analysis is necessary to assess collision and manning risks while providing appropriate cover for all contractual liabilities.
Freight, Demurrage & Defence
Freight, Demurrage & Defence is a legal expense insurance to cover legal costs in case of a dispute about the interpretation of contractual agreements. This includes freight disputes, demurrage, hire and rental. At the same time, it covers all matters concerning conflicts that could arise in connection with the commercial operation of the vessel.
Parametric Weather Covers
Two covers that pay out against an agreed weather index, with no physical damage needed. The trigger, data source and payout are all agreed before the operation starts.
Weather Downtime Insurance
For offshore operations where wind, waves or currents stop the work but vessel day rates, crews and overheads keep running. It protects the gap between the downtime priced into a bid and the downtime engineering expects. For example, a bid priced on 10 weather days against a 15-day engineering forecast leaves days 11–15 coming straight out of margin.
Designed for: offshore wind installation and maintenance, oil and gas operations, towage and marine projects, vessel contractors, project owners and EPC contractors.
Port Disruption Cover
For dry bulk, breakbulk and port operations where rain, wind, swell, lightning or poor visibility stop the port call. Nothing is damaged, but demurrage, idle time and standby costs keep adding up. At USD 25,000 a day in demurrage, five weather days cost USD 125,000.
Triggers are tailored to the cargo and equipment: rainfall for grain, sugar, cement or fertiliser, and wind and gusts for crane and heavy-lift work. The cover can protect whichever party carries the cost: charterer, shipowner, terminal or cargo interest.
How it works
- Define the operation: location or port, period, cargo or vessels, and operating limits.
- Set the trigger: wave height, wind, gusts, current, rainfall, swell, visibility or lightning.
- Agree the payout: a fixed amount per qualifying hour or day, up to the policy limit.
- Verify and pay: independent weather data confirms whether the threshold was crossed.
Request an indicative quote. You don’t need a complete submission. Send six inputs: location, period, operation, weather limits, financial exposure, and contractual position or required protection.
The payout follows the agreed index and may not equal the exact financial loss. Illustrative information only; cover, triggers, payout, capacity and pricing are subject to underwriting and policy terms.
War Risk Protection
Political volatility can pose a significant threat to your business. The war risk protection cover helps safeguard your business against unforeseen political events and the consequential economic implications they could pose for your business.
Charterers liability
Charterers are exposed to significant risks caused by third parties due to contractual obligations in Charter Parties or Bills of Lading.
Marine Cargo Transport Risk incl. project cargo-Coverage can then be tailored to reflect the nature and value of goods, including specific considerations for fragile or temperature-sensitive cargo.
- Energy and Offshore
- Transport and Logistics
- Liability
- Construction All Risks
- Commercial property
- Cyber
Additional services
- Risk and Insurance analysis
- Risk management
- Claims management
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