Avalon Risk Management's customers have experienced the multiple advantages offered by Marine Merlin^TM in managing their Cargo Insurance programs. This includes the ability to automatically calculate premiums and report claims online, to name a few. The newest release of Merlin v1.4 integrates denied party screening into the program's automated certificate generation workflow.

When users enter consignee information, it is instantaneously checked against a denied persons database which includes all restricted/denied lists of the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, Japan and many others. The search function saves time, effort and money by preventing the manual checking of ever-changing government lists and publications.

Consignee information will be pre-populated at the customer level, and offer searching under distinct processes: exact name match, starts with, ends with and contains (partial string). The option to "not check for 90 days" is also available for trusted and regularly-used consignees. Importers and exporters shipping to denied parties may be in violation of government restrictions and could have a fine leveled against them. While Marine Merlin provides the denied party screening, the program will not refuse to insure any of these shipments.

Avalon exclusively developed Marine Merlin to support our clients' unique needs. The program reduces the Errors and Omissions (E&O) exposure that may occur through managing a Cargo Insurance policy. In addition to denied party screening, Marine Merlin also assists in managing OFAC compliance since embargoed OFAC countries are automatically removed, prompting special quote requests from Avalon. The program also underwrites based on the commodity and trade lane selected and automatically calculates the premium and prints any special insuring terms on the certificate.

Marine Merlin also allows the user to: