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
BIMCO and ASBA update model tanker charterparty after nearly 50 years
New York named as default arbitration venue
Hague and Hague-Visby verdicts vary by country, Gard warns
Lawyer for marine insurers sets out considerations for carriers
Tankers cheaper to insure than a year ago but bulk premiums up fractionally
Baltic Investor Indices data inconclusive on claims hull pricing is falling
Tankers cheaper to insure than a year ago but bulker premiums rise fractionally
Softening seen as likely in coming period
Revised US port fee plan leaves important questions unanswered, lawyers argue
Watson Farley & Williams team analyse latest rules
New guidelines on car carrier fire response from industry experts
High-profile casualties include Höegh Xiamen, Felicity Ace, Grande Costa d’Avorio and Fremantle Highway