Non-Marine Committee (NMC)

Key issues

Aside from the sector specific issues reported by the Non Marine Business Panels on a monthly basis, the following issues, which impact across the underwriting community irrespective of class of business, are currently being considered by the NMC:

• Solvency II / Basel II / Capital Requirements Directive
• BIPAR
• The operation of the amended Deferred Premium Scheme
• Facultative Reinsurance Certificates
• E-placing and the Electronic Endorsements Scheme Pilot
• Ongoing Wordings projects

Role of the Committee

The NMC's role is to act as the conduit for effective communication between individuals working within the Non-Marine market and the LMA; to monitor the progress and quality of the LMA Non-Marine Team’s activities; and to facilitate and drive the Committee's core activities:

• Non-Marine Business Plan - in conjunction with the LMA Executive, to establish and supervise a planned schedule of activities and objectives on an annual basis for the LMA Non-Marine Team and to provide the LMA Non-Marine Team with input to these and other activities
• Technical Issues - to (variously as appropriate) identify, seek views upon, consider and respond to underwriting and technical issues, particularly those referred to NMC by the LMA Underwriting Committee
• Delegation and Co-ordination - to bring issues to the attention of, monitor and, where necessary, co-ordinate the activities of non-marine Business Panels and other committees and groups, particularly to assist NMC in connection with its own handling of underwriting and technical issues
• Accreditation of Wordings - to approve non-marine policy wordings, clauses and other documents submitted for LMA accreditation
• Communication - to ensure effective communication to and from non-marine practitioners and others relevant to business transacted by non-marine practitioners and to provide a focal point for communication between the Non-Marine community and the LMA’s Underwriting Committee

Wordings

The Non Marine ‘Wordings & Contracts Forum’ was established to support the NMC in its responsibility for technical and wordings matters, and specifically its role to develop or revise policy wordings or clauses for adoption as LMA accredited wordings.

To do this, the ‘Wordings & Contracts Forum’ works alongside the permanent LMA Business Panels and (as necessary) ad hoc Groups / Working Parties formed to address specific wordings/technical matters, and refers the policy wordings or clauses to the NMC for approval.

Link to Wordings Page 

On a monthly basis, to report in to the NMC, the LMA Wordings & Contracts Forum updates their ‘List of Wordings in Production’.   For a copy of the current list, click on the following link.

List of Wordings in Production

Further information on either the 'Wordings in Production' or LMA accredited model wordings published, can be obtained from the LMA Exective via the NMC Secretary.