David Osler
Insurance Editor

David specialises in the white collar shipping services scene, including law firms, banks, insurers, and trade associations, and also turns his hand to piracy, sanctions and industrial relations stories as necessary.
A London-born British and Swiss dual national, he was educated at the London School of Economics and Birkbeck College, and has academic qualification in politics, sociology, economics and international relations.
Three times voted Seahorse Club shipping news journalist of the year, he has also twice been longlisted for the Orwell Prize, Britain’s premier non-fiction literary award, and twice shortlisted as Periodical Publishers’ Association business journalist of the year, the highest honour in trade press journalism.
He has worked for Lloyd’s List since 1996, making him the longest-serving member of staff, although he doesn’t like to mention that more than three or four times a week at most. Unless it’s strictly necessary.
He has also written for many other newspapers and magazines, including The Guardian, Observer, Independent, Daily Telegraph, Daily Express and New Statesman, and has appeared on all of Britain’s main television and radio news programmes.
He is a member of the Labour Party, Amnesty International and National Council for Civil Liberties, and supports the charitable work of the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture and the Trussell Trust network of foodbanks.
Latest From David Osler
Turnaround now clear at London P&I Club
New chief executive James Bean on why he ‘can’t complain’ after team puts in strong underwriting performance
MECO spoke to other potential buyers before Markel deal
Acquisition takes Lloyd’s insurer into marine mutual world
Seafarer suicides now outnumber accidental deaths, report reveals
Big rise in fatalities at sea, marine insurance giant notes in report published on Day of the Seafarer
Gard will not be fooled by randomness, Roppestad insists
World’s largest marine insurer enjoyed ‘very strong’ results in 2024, but little growth likely in next period, its CEO says
Gard not fooled by randomness, Roppestad insists
The chief executive at the world’s largest marine insurer is a big fan of Nassim Nicholas Taleb