About Lockton P.L. Ferrari

Professional people serving professional people

There are more than 100 dedicated, multilingual P&I specialists working at Lockton P.L. Ferrari offices around the world. We share knowledge and intelligence freely in service of our clients.

Introduction

Our firm is built entirely around our clients’ needs. This means we offer a full service – uniquely including full claims handling in-house – on call 24 hours a day, every day.

Every client enjoys a rich, close relationship with a single point of contact, through which our huge depth of experience and market knowledge are accessible - as well as the security that comes with trusting the inventors of modern P&I broking with their business.
As part of the Lockton Group - the world’s largest independent broker - our reach extends to all international insurance markets, helping to minimise costs and maximise efficiencies.

There is great value to be derived from this way of working; decisions are made with greater speed and accuracy, with better solutions found.That’s why we say with some confidence… we do P&I better than anyone else.

Our history

Since our establishment in 1959, Lockton P.L. Ferrari has grown to become a leading name in P&I Insurance. With a diverse and expanding international book of marine liability business and a network of European offices, we provide shipowners and operators worldwide with tailor-made solutions across the P&I Insurance spectrum.

Over the course of 60 years our presence, reputation and respect have grown through the recognition of our professionalism, our dedication and our ability to deliver consistently a quality product.

Our approach

Our working philosophy is to view our resources as an extension of an individual client’s own company. Our commitment is to approach each of our client’s needs with rigour, experience and the highest quality professionalism.

Our vision today is as strong as it was 60 years ago and is guided by the same fundamental principles that have been the foundation stones of our reputation and our growth. Our mission is to source and provide tailor-made solutions for our clients in the placement of P&I cover using the breadth of our experience and the strength of our market position.
We build strong, long standing relationships with our clients, cemented by our service offering: the Lockton P.L. Ferrari unique ‘added value’ proposal delivering paired with an accomplished claims team and documentation department makes us an integral part of our clients’ operations. Our cutting-edge publications, thought leadership and extensive analytical capabilities help to keep our clients ahead of the curve in an often-changing and volatile market place.

Over 60 years of growth

1959
P.L. Ferrari founded
1984
Opening of Naples office
1987
Opening of first international representative office outside Italy
1992
Opening of London office
1994
Local partnership with SMATIM in Monaco
2000
P.L. Ferrari acquired
2001
Opening of Piraeus office
2004
P.L. Ferrari purchases Panditalia
2006
P.L. Ferrari purchases SMATIM and opens Monaco office
2009
P.L. Ferrari becomes independent
2012
Local partnership with GT&G in Istanbul
2014
P.L. Ferrari purchases BseaG
2016
Lockton Group of Companies purchases P.L. Ferrari
2023
Launch of Lockton P.L. Ferrari