Lloyd’s List Intelligence has launched Vessel Due Diligence, a new operational workbench built for marine underwriters and vessel vetters.
The product comes as an add-on module to Seasearcher, its maritime intelligence platform, and gives underwriting and vetting teams a single place to review vessel risk before making decisions, according to Beinsure.
The launch targets a familiar problem in marine insurance. Underwriters and vetters still spend too much time pulling vessel data from separate systems, reviewing reports one by one and then trying to form a view with gaps in the evidence. Lloyd’s List Intelligence estimates that this manual process costs teams around 2 to 4 hours every week.
Vessel Due Diligence brings several risk signals into one operational view, including dry dock status, machinery condition, inspections and port call history.
The product is designed to reduce manual checks, improve consistency across teams and help users defend underwriting or vetting decisions with a clearer data trail.
Instead of moving between different platforms, users see vessel screening information inside Seasearcher. The module brings together incidents, inspections, deficiencies, seizures, arrests, Class data and P&I information in one panel. For underwriters, that matters because vessel condition, ownership signals and operational behaviour often sit across disconnected sources.
The product also adds dry dock visibility, which helps teams identify vessels with higher operational risk. Multi-vessel screening and historic port call analysis support fleet-level reviews, where single-vessel checks often slow the process and make comparisons harder.
Hull risk indicators and behavioural intelligence give users another layer of context beyond compliance screening.
That matters in marine underwriting because a vessel might pass a basic compliance check while still showing operational patterns that raise concerns.
The module also includes audit-ready decision support. Lloyd’s List Intelligence built this feature for teams that need clearer internal records, repeatable screening logic and stronger evidence when explaining why a vessel was accepted, declined or referred for further review.
Vessel Due Diligence marks a real shift for our underwriting and vetting customers – from fragmented data to genuine decision-making support. We built it to mirror how underwriters and vetters actually work, so they can make faster, more defensible calls at scale.
Nicola Marlin, Chief Product Officer at Lloyd’s List Intelligence
According to Beinsure, marine insurers face growing pressure to assess vessel risk faster without weakening underwriting discipline. Sanctions exposure, machinery issues, port history and ownership data all influence the risk view, yet many teams still handle those checks through separate tools and manual review.
Lloyd’s List Intelligence positions the product as part of its wider maritime data and analytics business. The business combines proprietary AIS data, analyst research and technology tools to track global fleets and trade risks.
