ABL December 2025 Market Briefing
Join us for the final Maritime Market Briefing of the year, where ABL’s maritime experts from across our global footprint, will be answering questions on key industry topics.
Maritime Panel Discussion: Hot Topics and Insights from 2025
This session will feature an expert panel discussion and an open Q&A chaired by Mark McGurran, Global Maritime Director. Our panel includes:
- Daniel Wood – Managing Director Maritime, Europe & West Africa
- Eden Connolly – Senior Marine Risk Analyst
- Paris Mangriotis – Engineering Director
- Lee Buttaci – Head of Civil Engineering
- Robert Murdoch – Marine Surveyor
When: Thursday 11th, 9:30 AM UK time
Where: In-person only: Lloyd’s Old Library, 1 Lime Street, EC3M 7HA, London. Arrivals from 9:00 AM for coffee, tea, biscuits and networking.
Learning Objectives
- You will gain insights into the most prominent maritime issues of 2025.
- You will explore perspectives from key sectors including salvage services, ports & harbours, and marine operations, risk & engineering.
- You will discover expert recommendations and strategies for navigating the industry in 2026
- You will learn approaches for mitigating emerging risks in the maritime sector
Followed by Q&A. You can submit your questions in advance here, to pose to the panel on the day. The briefing will also include a summary of last month’s marine casualty case reports delivered by Marine Naval Architect, Oliver Tattersall.
More on our Event
This is a CPD-accredited event by the Chartered Insurance Institute. Attendance in-person or online is worth up to 1 CPD hour.
ABL offers extensive experience in all shipping and maritime-related matters including marine casualties, salvage and wreck removal, hull and machinery, P&I claims, fixed object damage, pollution, personal injury, and ports and harbours, marine accident investigation amongst other areas. Our reputation covers work in ports & harbours, small craft, global shipping, defence and yachts.