The Wages Of The Sea, Ground, And Air.

The maritime business is a high-profile industry with ever-present potential for catastrophic losses. Transportation issues affect nearly every enterprise around the world, but can present particular financial and operational challenges to firms in this industry. Rising fuel costs, employee shortage and retention issues, credit risks, marketplace competition, these and other exposures can have a severe impact on a company's bottom line and impede its overall success.

Whatever and wherever the possible risk, Crawford Global Technical Services (GTS) has experienced professionals to provide solutions and the ability to quickly deploy them to the site of the incident.

Worldwide Scope And Precision Expertise

With a dedicated global Marine and Transportation team of more than 250 experts, our services range from simple cargo surveys, loss control analysis, adjustment of ocean or inland marine claims, and full third-party administration (TPA) services with centralised claims intake, to complicated hull and machinery liability attendances.

Whatever the scale of the service required, our clients can be assured of a professional approach, delivered by highly qualified personnel with the required experience and qualifications to deliver an effective marine and transportation claims solution. Our staff includes ex-seagoing mariners and engineers, cargo experts, naval architects, specialists in ocean, inland and motor truck cargo, specialists in subrogation and recovery, and many more expert disciplines.

The Marine and Transportation group within GTS has focused expertise on the key components of a comprehensive insurance loss programme:

• Aviation liability PD & BI
• Aviation machinery
• Construction, civil, and port
• General average
• Logistics and cargo liability
• Marine cargo
• Marine hull and machinery
• Motor cargo liability
• Protection and indemnity
• Small craft claims under 60 metres
• Subrogation and recovery
• Super yachts worldwide
• Trip and tow management
• Wind park offshore

GTS Brings Maximum Value To Clients

For major insurance claim events, the risk and insurance community needs a team of experts with the experience and industry focus to evaluate and assess damages under extreme conditions. GTS has the largest, most experienced team of strategic loss managers and technical adjusters in the world. We cover virtually every industry and every geographic region. We have more nominated senior technical adjusters than any other independent adjusting resource. We have relationships spanning the insurance industry and with many corporations in the Fortune 1000.

Our teams are run by senior insurance professionals who bring skills much broader than claims adjusting. Our professionals are sophisticated partners, who have a real-world understanding of how any large loss impacts the business of a corporation. We marshal every resource to minimise the inevitable disruption of business as usual. Our technical adjusting staff function as strategic loss managers. We offer the security and confidence that every aspect of large losses will be planned, organised, and executed at the highest levels of industry, technical, and regulatory standards. Crawford GTS teams are organised around key industry segments, focusing experience and expertise on the specifics of those particular businesses.

For more information about GTS expertise in the Marine and Transportation industries, please consult our directory to find a specialist in your region.