STAFFS
Name: CAPT LEE FOOK CHOON
Master Mariner, MNI, ACII, FCIArb, LL.M(Wales), Chartered Arbitrator,
Listed Mediator, Accredited Adjudicator, CIP
Position: Technical Director
Motto: Always aim to provide quality impartial professional service
Name: Perrine K. B. Chan
LL.B (Hons), MCIArb
Position: Director
Motto: We are the best solution to insurers
Backgrounds
Besides holding the post as Technical Director in our Hong Kong Operations, Capt Lee Fook Choon is also the principal officer of Integral Marine Consultants, Singapore and also concurrently acting as consultant to IMC’s associate offices in Malaysia and Myanmar. He has been working as an insurance claims loss adjuster for marine insurers for over 30 years and as a Maritime Arbitrator since 1993. Over the years, he has also been active as a cross-border dispute mediators in Singapore, China and Vietnam.
To date, he has handled more than 9500 cases of marine related losses and loss adjustment work either directly or together with his colleagues and have sat as sole arbitrator or member of a tribunal in more than 100 international arbitrations in Hong Kong, Singapore and London.
Capt Lee is an experienced Loss Adjuster and Maritime Arbitrator and by qualifications is a Master Mariner, a Chartered Arbitrator with the UK Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, holder of ACII and a master degree in maritime law from Cardiff Law School. He is also a Chartered Insurance Practitioner and an accredited Adjudicator in Malaysia. He is a panel maritime arbitrator with the Singapore International Arbitration Centre, Singapore Chamber of Maritime Arbitrators, Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre, China Maritime Arbitration Commission, Beijing Arbitration Commission, Indian Arbitration Council, Regional Arbitration Centre Kuala Lumpur and the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators UK. His areas of interests are charter party disputes, insurance claims, collision liabilities, ship repairs and ship building disputes and international sales of goods disputes.
As a Loss Adjuster, he had represented many insurers in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Germany, UK, Scandinavia, China and Hong Kong in handling thousands of marine hull and cargo cases. With his depth of experience, his contribution to the overall professional services of our company is considerable.
Experiences
Hull Survey/Investigation / Loss Adjustment
Cargo Losses and Investigations
Loss Prevention and Risk Assessment
Liability Investigations
Arbitration and Mediation
Conducting Seminars
Backgrounds
Perrine started her insurance career by first joining the Marine Claims Department of a Hong Kong based insurance company in 1981 in handling marine cargo claims. In 1984 joined a local recovery company (later renamed as Toplis & Harding (Recoveries) Ltd) chiefly involved in the handling of marine cargo claims adjustment & recoveries and started to involve in assisting the development of business in the insurance market. During mid 1989, Perrine joined another local recovery company assuming the position of Manager and also undertook the supervision of the staff in the non-marine claims recovery matters.
In December 1992, Perrine had set up her business in running an insurance claims consultant company when she had actively involved in the marketing of the Company and also undertook the handling of the work for the Cargo Underwriters. During this period, Perrine had traveled extensively to the Asian countries to develop business with main focus on the People’s Republic of China, at the same time, also looking after the office management and administration work.
In May 1996, Perrine rejoined Toplis to assist in developing the Marine & Recoveries divisions which were formally incorporated as two subsidiary companies of Toplis. With her continuous efforts, the divisions under her supervision have extensively expanded from 3 members to over 20 members including the set up of the airport operation office in 2005.
During the past 30 years working in the professional field and supported by her legally trained background, Perrine has been involved in investigations in a number of significant marine insurance claims which enable Cargo Underwriters to assess policy liability on technical issues and to enable subrogated Cargo Underwriters to preserve sufficient evidence in pursuing successful recovery actions against responsible parties in the Admiralty Court Actions.
Experiences
Cargo Loss Investigations and Adjustment
Advisory service on insurance policy liability
Aviation Claims Handling
Goods in Transit Claims Handling
Freight Forwarder’s Liability Consultant
Port and Terminal Claims Consultant
Property & Motor Recoveries
Claims Handling and Settlement in maritime disputes
Monitoring disputes in legal proceedings