Marine Cargo Insurance

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

Review:

"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.