The first P&I clubs were formed in the middle of the 19^th century in England.
P&I is an insurance in respect of third party liabilities and expenses arising from owned or time-chartered vessels.

The risks typically covered by P&I Clubs are: personal injury or loss of life, loss of personal effects, life salvage, collision liabilities, pollution, cargo liabilities, etc.

Samer & Strugar Shipping LTD is correspondent of the following P&I Associations:

• American Steamship Owners Mutual P&I Assoc. Inc., New York
• The Britannia Steam Ship Insurance Ass. Ltd., London
• British Marine, London
• British Steamship Protection and Indemnity Association Ltd., Bermuda
• C Solutions Ltd., London
• Charterama B.V., Rotterdam
• The Charterers P&I Club, London
• Hanseatic P&I Club, Hamburg
• Ingosstrakh Insurance Company, Moscow
• Japan Shipowners Mutual P&I Assoc., Tokyo
• Marianne, London (hull and machinery)
• Navigators Management (UK) Ltd., London
• North of England P&I Club, Newcastle
• Norwegian Hull Club, Oslo
• RaetsMarine Insurance B.V., Rotterdam
• Standard Steamship Owners P&I Assoc., London
• Steamship Mutual P&I Association
• Transmarine, London
• TT Club, Through Transport Mutual Insurance Assoc., Ltd, London
• United Kingdom Mutual Steamship Assurance Assoc., London
• The West of England Shipowners Mutual P&I Assoc., London