Marine
The Etana Marine centre of excellence offers a range of insurance products and covers predominantly the risks associated with the movement of cargo by ship, road, rail, air and post.
Cargo insurance is a sub-branch of marine insurance. Etana Marine also includes onshore and offshore exposed property (container terminals, ports, oil platforms, Hull, and Marine Liability).
Listed below are the types of marine insurance cover offered by Etana, with our internal underwriting capacity in brackets. (Please note that, in all instances, larger risks can be accommodated through reinsurance.)
- Marine cargo including stock-throughput (R60 million)
- Pleasure and Commercial Hull (R10 million)
- Marine liabilities (R10 million)
| The Etana Marine team | ||
| Frank Ponnen | .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) | 011 351 2626 |
| Cynthia Nanthalall | .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) | 011 351 2716 |
| Colin Moodley | .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) | 011 351 2624 |
| Alice Theodorides | .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) | 011 351 2729 |
| Marelize Holloway | .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) | 011 351 2715 |
| Celina Bhima | .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) | 011 351 2570 |
| Thirusha Naik | .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) | 011 351 2742 |
| Phumzile Pamela Dlamini | .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) | 011 351 2741 |
| Killi Ntshudisane | .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) | 011 351 2738 |
| Estelle Bond (Cape Town) | .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) | 021 815 2200 |
| Bonita Weeks (Durban) | .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) | 031 304 0576 |
| Sandile Gxumisa (Durban) | .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) | 031 304 0576 |
Head of Etana Marine: Frank Ponnen
Frank Ponnen is the skipper of Etana Marine. He’s been an insurance man since the mid-1970s, and was mentoRED in marine insurance by the legendary Beau Skarda and Doug Butterfield. He joined Etana in 2008 after 27 years as head of marine at Santam.
People in Risk
Marcel Wood
Marcel Wood heads Etana’s risk management division. Before starting in insurance he worked for the fire department, rescuing people and (literally) putting out fires. He’s passed through Munich Re and Santam, and has designed the only risk management tool aimed specifically at the insurance industry – ARQ. Marcel is a mean guitarist, a brilliant vocalist and an accomplished soccer player with the personal motto: “Do your best all the time”.
