Cefor in brief

The Nordic Association of Marine Insurers (Cefor) is a nonprofit trade association, representing marine insurers in the Nordic countries.

The members of Cefor engage in:

- hull and machinery insurance (ocean and coastal)

- protection and indemnity insurance

- cargo insurance

- loss of hire insurance

- war risks insurance

- offshore energy insurance

- offshore liability insurance

- legal defence insurance

- builders’ risks insurance

- ship repairers’ liability insurance

- charterers’ liability insurance

- mortgagee interest 

Our objective is to further enhance the lead Nordic marine insurance market, promote our members’ common interests on key issues for the marine insurance industry, and contribute to a sustainable ocean industry. 

Our mission is to serve the interests of our Nordic members by promoting quality marine insurance and knowledge sharing through:

• agreed all risks insurance conditions

• comprehensive statistics

• a common public voice

• competence building

To this end, the Association endeavours to:

1. Develop and maintain Nordic marine insurance conditions in collaboration with customers, trade associations and other affected parties.
2. Provide appropriate statistics and trend analyses to support safety at sea and the general objectives of the Association.
3. Act as a focal point and representative voice of the industry in dialogue with all interested parties.
4. Contribute to the provision of educational programmes, ensuring adequate competence development and expertise among our members.

The Association does not engage in independent economic activity, nor does it promote practices that could be detrimental to competition in any way.