Global Marine, Transport & Trade
Proxy Brokers structures specialized Marine, Transport & Trade insurance solutions to protect your international commerce, cargo assets, and maritime liabilities. Our technical risk advisory ensures your coverage aligns with global supply chain realities and regional trade corridors.
Marine, Transport & Trade
International trade exposes organisations to complex and interconnected risks across global supply chains. Yet, most Marine insurance programmes are structured without fully reflecting how risk actually arises in transit, storage, and contractual obligations.
At Proxy Brokers, we structure Marine, Transport & Trade insurance programmes that protect your goods, liabilities, and financial interests from origin to final destination. Our approach combines local expertise across the Indian Ocean and Africa with direct access to global marine underwriting markets.
Aligning Marine Insurance with Real Supply Chain Risk
Marine insurance is not simply about cargo; it is about understanding how risk flows through your operations. We ensure that your insurance programme is fully aligned with:
Incoterms and contractual obligations, ensuring clarity of risk transfer;
Supply chain dependencies, including storage, handling, and transit exposures;
Geopolitical and regulatory environments, particularly across African and Middle Eastern trade corridors.
Where required, we integrate Marine coverage with Political & Special Risks solutions to address exposures such as port disruptions, war risks, or contract frustration.
Our Core Marine & Trade Capabilities
We structure specialist solutions for importers, exporters, manufacturers, and logistics operators across complex trade environments.
Aligning Marine Insurance with Real Supply Chain Risk
We advise businesses involved in import, export, manufacturing, distribution, retail, and commodity trading on the structuring and placement of Marine Cargo insurance programmes adapted to their supply chain exposures.
Our role goes beyond arranging insurance cover. We assist clients in identifying vulnerabilities across their logistics chain, reviewing Incoterms and contractual responsibilities, assessing accumulation exposures, and ensuring that cargo declarations, limits, valuation methods, and storage arrangements properly reflect operational realities.
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Where appropriate, we structure Stock Throughput programmes to help eliminate potential gaps between marine cargo and property insurance, ensuring continuity of cover from shipment to storage and final delivery.
In the event of a loss, we actively support clients in the management and presentation of claims involving theft, water damage, mishandling, contamination, overturning, non-delivery, and other transit-related incidents.
Import and export cargo programmes
Inland transit and inter-island distribution risks
Bulk commodity and containerised shipments
Stock Throughput structures combining transit and storage exposures under one policy
Goods in Transit
We assist clients in structuring inland transit insurance programmes that reflect actual transportation and operational conditions across Mauritius and regional trade routes.
This includes advising on:
- Loading and unloading risks
- Third-party handling and subcontractor exposures
- Theft risks
- Temporary storage during transit
- Claims procedures and documentation requirements
Liability for Logistics, Port & Terminal Operators
related businesses on liability exposures arising from the handling, storage, and transportation of third-party cargo.
Our support includes reviewing contractual liabilities, operational exposures, indemnity clauses, and insurance gaps relating to:
- Cargo handling operations
- Crane and heavy equipment activities
- Port and terminal operations
- Warehouse liabilities
- Errors and omissions exposures
- Damage to third-party cargo and property
Marine Hull & Protection & Indemnity (P&I)
We assist vessel owners, operators, and marine service providers in arranging protection for physical vessel damage and associated third-party liabilities.
This includes advising on operational and contractual exposures relating to:
- Hull & Machinery risks
- Collision liabilities
- Crew-related liabilities
- Pollution exposures
Charterparty and operational risks
Demurrage, Detention & Delay Risks
We advise clients on risk mitigation and insurable solutions relating to financial losses arising from delays, detention charges, port congestion, and supply chain disruption.
These exposures are frequently overlooked under standard marine insurance arrangements despite their potentially significant financial impact on trading and logistics operations.
Active Claims Advocacy: Protecting Your Financial Position
n Marine insurance, the difference between coverage and recovery lies in how a claim is handled. Proxy Brokers acts as your dedicated claims advocate:
- From first notification to final settlement
- Coordinating with surveyors, adjusters, and legal experts
- Ensuring insurers assess claims based on policy intent, not restrictive interpretation
Our objective is clear: protect your cash flow and minimise operational disruption following a loss.
Advocacy: Subrogation and Recovery (Technical Expertise Where It Matters)
Marine claims are among the most complex in the insurance industry, often involving multiple jurisdictions, carriers, and contractual frameworks.
Our approach includes:
- Pre-loss advisory: Policy structuring aligned with real operational risks
- Documentation discipline: Ensuring claims are supported by complete and compliant records
- Carrier liability analysis: Challenging limitation regimes where appropriate
- Recovery & subrogation management: Maximising recoveries from responsible third parties
