Circular to all members
At the Annual General Meeting of Assuranceforeningen Skuld (Gjensidig) held in Oslo, Norway on 9 September 2022, members and clients received reports on matters of importance in relation to the Association’s business. Furthermore, annual elections were held.
1. 2021/2022 Financial Year
The Financial Statements of the Association for the year ending on 20 February 2022 were approved by the Annual General Meeting.
2. Review of Policy Years
2019 Policy Year: The AGM decided to close the 2019 policy year without supplementary calls.
2020 Policy Year: The year will be kept open until 2023.
2021 Policy Year: The year will be kept open until 2024.
Release Calls (applicable as of 9 September 2022)
2019: Closed
2020: Release call reduced to 7.5%
2021: Release call reduced to 10%
2022: Release call maintained at 15%
3. Elections
3.1 Elected members of the Members' Committee of Assuranceforeningen Skuld (Gjensidig)
The members of the Members' Committee are elected at the Annual General Meeting in accordance with Statute 1.3.3 and 1.4.1.
a) The following persons were elected as new members/members for a one-year period until the Annual General Meeting in 2023:
John Dragnis
Goldenport Holdings Inc., Athens, Greece
Christopher McDade
Seapeak Maritime, Glasgow, UK
b) The following person was re-elected as President of the Committee for a one-year period until the Annual General Meeting 2023:
Ulrich Niebusch
German Tanker Shipping GmbH & Co., Bremen, Germany
c) The following person was re-elected as Vice President of the Committee for a one-year period until the Annual General Meeting 2023:
Odd-Christian Krohn
Fred. Olsen & Co, Oslo, Norway
d) The following persons had resigned from the Members' Committee:
Hans Feringa
Team Tankers, Connecticut, USA
Michael G. Gialouris
Olympic, Athens, Greece
Michael Lai
EMAS, Singapore
Nicole Malbrough
Edison Chouest Offshore, Louisiana, USA
(Eivind Eidesvik was elected to the Bermuda Board on 23 June 2022)
e) After the election, the Committee comprises the following persons:
Ulrich Niebusch (President)
German Tanker Shipping GmbH & Co, KG, Bremen, Germany
Odd-Christian Krohn (Vice President)
Fred. Olsen & Co, Oslo, Norway
Nils Otto Bjørhovde
Saga Shipholding (Norway) AS, Hong Kong / Norway
Andrew Choy
Yinson Production, Global/Singapore
John Dragnis
Goldenport Holdings Inc., Athens, Greece
Gong Xiqian
China P&I Management, Beijing, China
Tayfun Günerhan
Densay Shipping and Trading, Istanbul, Turkey
Mark Jansen
Seatrade Holding, Groningen, The Netherlands
Claire Jaunaux
Total, Courbevoie, France
Ralph S. Juhl
Hafnia Tankers, Denmark and Singapore
Byoungil Kang
G2 Ocean, Bergen, Norway
Gökhan Kiran
Kiran Holding A.S., Istanbul, Turkey
Jan-Lars Kruse
Hartmann Reederei, Leer, Germany
Christopher McDade
Seapeak Maritime, Glasgow, UK
Iraklis Prokopakis
Danaos Corporation, Limassol, Cyprus
Francois Rogivue
Cargill International SA, Geneva, Switzerland
Marthe Romskoug
WWL, Lysaker, Norway
Synnøve Seglem
Knutsen OAS Shipping AS, Haugesund, Norway
Alexandre Soeur
Mercuria Energy Trading, Geneva, Switzerland
Felix H. Tschudi
Tschudi Aggregates As, Lysaker, Norway
Corinne Vintner
Brittany Ferries, Roscoff, France
Christopher Walker
Frontline Management, Oslo, Norway
Capt. Xie Chun Lin
China Merchants Energy Shipping Company Limited, Hong Kong
3.2 Elected Members of the Election Committee of Assuranceforeningen Skuld (Gjensidig)
The members of the Election Committee are elected at the Annual General Meeting in accordance with Statute 1.3.4 and 1.9.1. The Election Committee consists of the President of the Members' Committee and three members elected by the Annual General Meeting.
a) The following person has retired from the Election Committee
Eivind Eidesvik
b) The following members were re-elected for a one-year period until the Annual General Meeting in 2023:
Alexandre Soeur
Felix H. Tschudi
c) The following person was elected to the Election Committee for a one-year period until the Annual General Meeting in 2023:
Mark Jansen
After the elections, the Election Committee comprises of the following persons:
Ulrich Niebusch (President of the Committee)
Mark Jansen
Alexandre Soeur
Felix H. Tschudi
4. SMA
The Annual General Meeting approved that wholly-owned subsidiary Skuld Marine Agency (SMA) AS was merged into Assuranceforeningen Skuld (Gjensidig). The formal approval of the merger plan would be resolved at an extraordinary general meeting for which the AGM authorised the Board and persons appointed by the Board to attend and vote on behalf of the members.
Yours faithfully
Assuranceforeningen Skuld (Gjensidig)
Ståle Hansen
President and CEO