International Cargo Insurance

The book examines the law and practice of marine cargo insurance on a worldwide basis and provides the busy practitioner with the law and materials necessary to resolve quickly and accurately cargo insurance coverage issues that arise in his/her own jurisdiction and in other countries.

Jurisdictions covered

It concentrates on the law in England and the United States, and also examines other countries with a common law tradition including Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, and Australia. The civil law systems are highlighted in a number of key trading nations: Italy, Germany, France and Norway. The book includes chapters on South Africa as well as the People's Republic of China. It concludes with a comparative law chapter concentrating on issues that arise in practice in cargo coverage cases. This chapter also examines how the Institute Cargo Clauses have been construed by courts worldwide. There is an international analysis of jurisdiction and applicable law following which the chapters for each country include a consideration of:

Written by a team of specialists each country chapter considers:

• Formalities and contract formation (non-disclosure)
• The standard cargo policy conditions
• The extent of all risks cover provided
• The approach to exclusions, such as inherent vice
• Duration of the insurance
• Claims handling issues

The appendices include standard cargo policy insurance terms used in each jurisdiction, some translated for the first time for this volume, as well as translations of the relevant statutes and commercial codes, many not available elsewhere.

The book is a companion volume to Marine Cargo Insurance (Informa 2009) winner of the 2010 British Insurance Law Association's book prize, also in the Lloyd's Shipping Law Library.