Marine Cargo Insurance

Author: John Dunt
Publisher: Informa Law
ISBN: 9781843117636
Published In: August 2009
Format: Hardback
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Marine Cargo Insurance brings together the case law on marine cargo insurance to assist practitioners, whether they are lawyers, underwriters, insurance brokers or surveyors and investigators, to resolve issues of meaning and interpretation of the Institute Cargo Clauses (ICC), the most widely used standard form of marine cargo insurance cover. The work will examine marine cargo insurance by reference to English and foreign legal cases and the Marine Insurance Act 1906.

Winner of the 2010 BILA Book Prize

"Marine Cargo Insurance" provides clear guidance to the law in this area. Its author, John Dunt, is well versed in cargo insurance and the Institute Clauses, and writes from his vast experience of this subject. The book is a well deserved winner of this year's BILA book prize." - Alison Green, Chairman of the Trustees of the BILA Charitable Trust

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"The author guides the reader systematically through the development of the law as it impacts both consumers and providers of cargo insurance, giving clear and informative analysis at a practical level.... This book will provide the claims adjuster or legal adviser with an important reference source to help ensure a full and proper coverage analysis is undertaken and an informed interpretation is quickly reached."

Peter de Boissiere, Global Marine Claims Leader - Cargo, RSA

About the book:

The aim of the book is to bring together the case law on marine cargo insurance to assist practitioners, whether they are lawyers, underwriters, insurance brokers or surveyors and investigators, to resolve issues of meaning and interpretation of the Institute Cargo Clauses (ICC), the most widely used standard form of marine cargo insurance cover.

The work will examine marine cargo insurance by reference to English and foreign legal cases and the Marine Insurance Act 1906.

Chapter 1 History and Definition of Marine Cargo Insurance
Chapter 2 Law and Jurisdiction Clauses
Chapter 3 Open Covers, Policies and Certificates of Insurance
Chapter 4 Insurable Interest and the Indemnity Principle
Chapter 5 Good Faith, Non-Disclosure and Misrepresentation
Chapter 6 Warranties and Conditions
Chapter 7 Causation
Chapter 8 All Risks and Exclusions
Chapter 9 Named Perils and Exclusions
Chapter 10 War, Strikes, Terrorism and Rejection Risks
Chapter 11 Duration of the Insurance 1: The Transit Clause
Chapter 12 Duration of the Insurance 2: Termination of Transit and Change of Voyage
Chapter 13 Claims and Losses
Chapter 14 Recoverable Expenses and Liabilities: Sue and Labour, Salvage, General Average and Collision Liabilities
Chapter 15 Measure of Indemnity
Chapter 16 Subrogation, Double Insurance and Rights of Contribution

John Dunt became a consultant with Clyde & Co in May 2007 having been a partner with the firm since 1977. He is currently a member of the Joint Cargo Committee working party which has just completed a review of the Institute Cargo Clauses, the standard insurance clauses for carriage of cargo worldwide.

He has acted regulary for insurers at Lloyd’s and for the London Market as well as insurers worldwide advising on marine insurance coverage issues, including, in particular, coverage issues arising in marine cargo insurance. He has over 30 years experience in marine cargo cases including a number of notable English reported cases as well as cases (based on English law) in the Japanese Supreme Court and Court of Appeal.