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 Association Inc., New York
• British Marine Managers Ltd., London
• The Charterers P&I Club, London
• The Dragon P&I Club
• Marianne (Britannia Hull Cover), London
• Mutual Assurance Assoc. LTD, London
• Navigators Management (UK) Limited
• The Standard Steamship Owners P&I Assoc. LTD, London
• Britannia Steam Ship Insurance Assoc.Ltd., London 
• Assuranceforeningen SKULD (Gjensidig), Oslo
• Steamship Mutual Management (Bermuda) Ltd. 
• The West of England Ship Owners Insurance Services LTD, London
• Transmarine Mutual Loss of Hire Assurance Assoc., London 
• United Kingdom Mutual Steamship Assurance Assoc. (Bermuda) LTD, Thos. R. Miller & Son, London