A certain suffering in God the mutual Association of God was founded in the
southern Norwegian seaport of arendelle in 1907 at the time of its inception the
guard was a P&I Club dedicated to serve the low-risk robust cargo long-haul
carriers of its day the sailing ship selectivity at work even though over the
years the club progressed steadily and grew in size it was an innovative move
in the 1920s and 30s to be a club with special tanker expertise a status
retained to this day although the first decades of the club saw God primarily as
a club devoted to Scandinavian shipping internationalization gained momentum in
the 1970s the god of today is a fully international P&I club with a tonnage of
some 75 million gross tons spread over four thousand two hundred and fifty
units covering all aspects of modern shipping you LCCs Volkers container
ships LPGs LNG's and a plethora of other vessel types all carefully selected for
the quality of their operators as well as the distribution and prudence spread
of risk guard currently holds the position of the second largest p and i
tub in the world by virtue of its positioning in the market the club is a
prominent member of the international group of P&I clubs and has a seat on all
the important and influential subcommittees of the group it is thus in
a unique position to voice the opinion of its members in these committees and
act for the benefit of the membership
the headquarters of God is still located in Irondale 150 employees form the
backbone of the head office whose top management and employees drawn from 10
nationalities and with competence from the legal maritime and economic fields
god UK limited in London with 20 employees
keeps a close eye on and liaison with all aspects of the marine insurance
field as well as servicing local and overseas fleets in addition our sub
office in Tokyo caters to the needs of their domestic membership the guard
headquarters is linked online on a dedicated EDP line to all sub offices
and also to one of the major information and risk evaluating news agencies
serving the needs of the membership is one of the main goals of the club
to this end agents and correspondents are engaged in all the major seaports of
the world and in most smaller ones to
communication with the agents via telephone or fax is continuous and
detailed and will enable the guard employee in Irondale London or Tokyo to
intervene at the earliest possible opportunity and thus provide maximum
protection to the member when a liability has been incurred and the
member is held to his obligations a sophisticated banking and financial
setup makes the indemnity part of the P&I acronym a swift and efficient
operation
financial solidity and premium predictability is a requirement of the
guard membership of the top rating by one of the major agencies for financial
assessment God places itself among the major players in the field of pni
insurance