David Osler
Insurance Editor
David specialises in the white collar shipping services scene, including law firms, banks, insurers, and trade associations, and also turns his hand to piracy, sanctions and industrial relations stories as necessary.
A London-born British and Swiss dual national, he was educated at the London School of Economics and Birkbeck College, and has academic qualification in politics, sociology, economics and international relations.
Three times voted Seahorse Club shipping news journalist of the year, he has also twice been longlisted for the Orwell Prize, Britain’s premier non-fiction literary award, and twice shortlisted as Periodical Publishers’ Association business journalist of the year, the highest honour in trade press journalism.
He has worked for Lloyd’s List since 1996, making him the longest-serving member of staff, although he doesn’t like to mention that more than three or four times a week at most. Unless it’s strictly necessary.
He has also written for many other newspapers and magazines, including The Guardian, Observer, Independent, Daily Telegraph, Daily Express and New Statesman, and has appeared on all of Britain’s main television and radio news programmes.
He is a member of the Labour Party, Amnesty International and National Council for Civil Liberties, and supports the charitable work of the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture and the Trussell Trust network of foodbanks.
Latest From David Osler
French politicians back plan for permanent windfall tax on CMA CGM
Boxship giant will pay up hundreds of millions of euros in ‘patriotic spirit’ provided measure is temporary, Rodolphe Saadé says
Bean confirmed as London Club chief executive
Club is seen as being on the mend after a sharply improved technical result and boost to entered tonnage
Dali’s $100m-plus settlement with Department of Justice is fully insured, owners confirm
No word on whether ‘pay to be paid’ rule invoked
Dali’s $100m-plus settlement with US Department of Justice is fully insured, owners confirm
Payout will eat up the entire International Group slice of claim and head straight for the reinsurance layer
P&I rate hikes heading up, but pace of increase set to slow
Resurgence in pool claims will push many clubs’ combined ratios above break-even, S&P warns
Andrews defends Steamship Mutual pricing strategy in face of broker criticism
Move to put premiums up by 5% and then give back more than double that is the right one for the club, argues chief executive