Navigators Insurance appears to be cutting back its London-based protection-and-indemnity (P&I) operation just months after recruiting a trio of underwriters from the rival Lodestar Marine.

Navigators is not commenting on any changes but appears to be parting company with two of the more experienced members of its fixed premium P&I team, Richard Lovett and Damian Mustard.

TradeWinds reported in January that Navigators was revamping its P&I operation to offer wider cover for US oil pollution liabilities, passengerships and specialist business such as salvage, dredging and offshore exploration as well as moving into the legal defence insurance area.