Ben Sharp - The pragmatic approach to marine insurance

摘要

You might expect a burly ex-RN submariner like Ben Sharp to be involved in protection of some kind or another, but Protection and Indemnity (P&I)! Certainly not a move most ex-seagoing engineers would contemplate. But why not? 'If you think about it, more ex-seagoing engineers should contemplate entering the insurance market,' says Ben. 'As an engineer, and particularly an engineer in the Royal Navy, you're taught managerial discipline, you're making management decisions all the time, and this coupled with the in-depth technical skills you' ve picked up, it's a great training ground for marine underwriters.'