p. 61822. Marine cargo insurance
- Eric Baskind, Eric BaskindSenior Lecturer in Law, Liverpool John Moores University and Visiting Research Fellow, Oxford Brookes University
- Greg OsborneGreg OsborneFormerly Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Portsmouth
- and Lee RoachLee RoachSenior Lecturer in Law, University of Portsmouth
Abstract
This chapter commences with a brief overview of the nature of contracts of insurance generally, introducing the concepts of utmost good faith and fair presentation, indemnity, and proximate cause of loss, leaving more detailed explanations of these concepts to the on-line chapter on insurance. It then takes the terms of a typical marine cargo insurance policy, the Institute Cargo Clauses, and examines them in some detail, including the extent of risk coverage provided, including excluded causes of loss, when risk attaches to the insured property and when cover under the policy ends. In the process it provides examples of the way in which the insuring provisions of a contract interact with the issue of causation of loss in `all risks’ and other policies.
