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TT Club offering evermore tailored service with additional underwriting resource in the Benelux Region

Leading international freight and logistics insurer, TT Club is pleased to announce Marcus Kuling’s appointment as a specialist underwriter in the Benelux region.  The thirty-year marine and transport insurance veteran will be based in Rotterdam as part of the Thomas Miller BV team and solely dedicated to servicing the TT Clubʹs European Membership.  

Rotterdam & London, 20th January, 2021

The appointment both underlines TT’s commitment to provide superior service to Members in the Benelux region and wider European markets and promoting business growth in an area that is key to European freight and logistics corridors. Marcus will underwrite TT Club risks as part of the Thomas Miller team based in the Netherlands.

Marcus has crucial local knowledge and much experience in marine insurance from working as both a broker and underwriter in the Netherlands throughout his career, with companies that include AON, AEGON, Generali and Amlin.  In servicing the European TT Club Membership, his role will be to uphold the very best standards of service the Club’s Members know and expect, continuing to forge ever closer and enduring relations while bringing his skills and experience to bear in building the Membership across the Benelux region.

In welcoming Marcus to his new position, Mark Argentieri, TT’s Regional Director, EMEA highlighted, “Both the Netherlands and Belgium are major gateways to Europe with an extensive port and logistics industry. It is fantastic to bring ever more bespoke and local service to our Members by having a presence on the ground in Rotterdam through Marcus. The Benelux region is one of real importance for the Club, which Marcus will be ideally placed to offer on the ground support. 

About TT Club

TT Club is the established market-leading independent provider of mutual insurance and related risk management services to the international transport and logistics industry. TT Club’s primary objective is to help make the industry safer and more secure. Founded in 1968, the Club has more than 1100 Members, spanning container owners and operators, ports and terminals, and logistics companies, working across maritime, road, rail, and air. TT Club is renowned for its high-quality service, in-depth industry knowledge and enduring Member loyalty. It retains more than 93% of its Members with a third of its entire membership having chosen to insure with the Club for 20 years or more.