The American Club has quickly ­replaced key staff members who left its fixed premium business to join the rival North P&I Club.

North P&I, which is based in Newcastle, north-east England, has taken on three personnel who have played an important part in the growth of the American Club’s successful fixed premium venture Eagle Ocean Marine (EOM).

Business managers Brian Davies and Sebastian Tjornelund, along with claims manager Gustavo Gomez, will help North P&I set up a venture in London aiming to grow its fixed premium business across protection and indemnity and hull and machinery lines.