AVERAGE ADJUSTERS' OFFICE
JENS MIDDELBOE & VIBEKE KOFOED

14 Studiestraede
DK-1455 Copenhagen K
Denmark.

Telephone : (+45) 70 200 204
Fax : (+45) 3332 2242
Email : office@averageadjusters.dk


The Average Adjusters Jens Middelboe and Vibeke Kofoed have been practising as authorized Danish Average Adjusters in Copenhagen for more than 40 years.

The work done at the office continues a long tradition of adjusting by Danish Average Adjusters with close connections to the international world through personal contact as well as membership of :

Association Internationale de Dispacheurs Européens (A.I.D.E.)
Association of Average Adjusters, London
Association of Average Adjusters of the United States

 
 

Personnel


 

Jens Middelboe
Average Adjuster, Master of Law
Partner
(+45) 3345 4550

jm@averageadjusters.dk
mobile : 2685 0613

 
 

Vibeke Kofoed
Average Adjuster, Master of Law
Partner
(+45) 3345 4551

vk@averageadjusters.dk
mobile : 2896 8498

 
 

Lars Voigt Larsen
Assistant Average Adjuster, Master of Law
(+45) 3345 4555

lvl@averageadjusters.dk
mobile : 2628 2325

 
 

Henrik Behrend
Senior Assistent
(+45) 3345 4552

hb@averageadjusters.dk
mobile : 5151 8859

 
 

Jørgen Boberg Christensen
Junior Assistent
(+45) 3345 4553

jbc@averageadjusters.dk
mobile : 2467 8981

 
 

Annette Christensen
Secretary
(+45) 3345 4554

ac@averageadjusters.dk
mobile : 2369 9230

 
 

The adjuster works as a one-man court using judicial and maritime expertise to settle disputes between parties involved in maritime casualties and to prepare average adjustments where all losses and disbursements in connection with such casualties are apportioned.
To obtain official authorisation the Danish average adjuster has to hold a Master's Degree in Law from a Danish university.

Activities

  • Adjusting general average according to the York-Antwerp Rules
  • Adjusting particular average claims on hull and machinery policies, cargo policies as well as loss of hire claims and various claims on other marine insurance policies including claims on liability policies
  • Calculation and settlement of limited liability funds
  • Apportionment of salvage awards between salvors and others entitled to participate in a salvage award
  • Apportionment of compensation payable to, or by third parties and settlement with the insurers involved
  • Calculation of freight pro rata itineris
  • Adjusting claims on war risks policies
  • Various calculations mentioned specifically in the Danish Maritime Code, art. 360 and 466
  • Issuing opinions on matters of maritime law or marine insurance as well as acting as arbitrators in certain cases