A Handbook to Marine Insurance: Being a Guide to the History, Law and Practice of an Integral Part of Commerce, for the Business Man and the StudentH.F. & G. Witherby, 1924 - 408 pages |
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... course of a particular business in the past should serve to indicate the probable results of similar circumstances should they arise in the future . More- over , a survey of the past associations of such a well- established field of ...
... course of a particular business in the past should serve to indicate the probable results of similar circumstances should they arise in the future . More- over , a survey of the past associations of such a well- established field of ...
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... course , possible that the practice of marine insurance was observed by the great Mediterranean empires contemporaneously with Rhodian Law , " but of this , as stated above , there is no precise evidence , but it would appear to be ...
... course , possible that the practice of marine insurance was observed by the great Mediterranean empires contemporaneously with Rhodian Law , " but of this , as stated above , there is no precise evidence , but it would appear to be ...
Page 19
... course , not new to this country . The predecessors in usurious practices of the Lombards were the Jews , who , in view of the general aversion of the populace , were compelled to charge exorbitant rates of interest on money advances ...
... course , not new to this country . The predecessors in usurious practices of the Lombards were the Jews , who , in view of the general aversion of the populace , were compelled to charge exorbitant rates of interest on money advances ...
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... course of dealing is commonly termed a policy of assurance ; by means of which . . . it comes to pass that upon the loss or perishing of any ship there follows not the undoing of any man , but the loss alights rather easily upon many ...
... course of dealing is commonly termed a policy of assurance ; by means of which . . . it comes to pass that upon the loss or perishing of any ship there follows not the undoing of any man , but the loss alights rather easily upon many ...
Page 28
... course , and that , as a logical sequence , it became a convenient rendezvous for underwriters . Lloyd's as such a venue had several competitors , but largely owing to Edward Lloyd's progressive policy in publishing news - letters , etc ...
... course , and that , as a logical sequence , it became a convenient rendezvous for underwriters . Lloyd's as such a venue had several competitors , but largely owing to Edward Lloyd's progressive policy in publishing news - letters , etc ...
Common terms and phrases
adjustment adventure agent agreement amount and/or apply arising assured average act barratry bill of lading bottomry British broker cargo carrier caused cent charter claim clause collision connection constructive total loss contract of affreightment contract of marine cost cover Custom of Lloyd's deducted demurrage discharge effected entitled expenses freight hull incurred insurable interest insured value liability Lloyd's Register London Assurance Corporation loss or damage marine insurance Marine Insurance Company marine policy measure of indemnity ment merchants mortgage mutual clubs navigation owner partial loss particular average parties payable peril insured person policy of marine port of refuge Proposed and Accepted provisions re-insurance reason repairs respect risk sailing sea insurance seaworthy Section ship shipowner shipper stamp duty steamers stranded subject-matter insured subrogation tion tonnage trade transhipment treaty uberrima fides underwriters United Kingdom unless usually valuation valued policy vessel voyage Warranted free York-Antwerp Rules
Popular passages
Page 214 - Touching the adventures and perils which we the assurers are contented to bear and do take upon us in this voyage, they are, of the seas, men-of-war, fire, enemies, pirates, rovers, thieves, jettisons, letters of mart and countermart, surprisals, takings at sea, arrests, restraints and detainments of all Kings, Princes, and People, of what nation, condition, or quality soever...
Page 374 - ... shipped" bill of lading. 8. Any clause, covenant, or agreement in a contract of carriage relieving the carrier or the ship from liability for loss or damage to, or in connection with, goods arising from negligence, fault, or failure in the duties and obligations provided in this article or lessening such liability otherwise than as provided in these Rules, shall be null and void and of no effect.
Page 214 - And so we the assurers are contented, and do hereby promise and bind ourselves each one for his own part, our heirs, executors, and goods to the assured, their executors, administrators, and assigns for the true performance of the premises, confessing ourselves paid the consideration due unto us for this assurance by the assured...
Page 377 - Any agreement so entered into shall have full legal effect: Provided that this article shaIl not apply to ordinary commercial shipments made in the ordinary course of trade...
Page 103 - Subject to the provisions of this section, the assured must disclose to the insurer, before the contract is concluded, every material circumstance which is known to the assured, and the assured is deemed to know every circumstance which, in the ordinary course of business, ought to be known by him.
Page 374 - In any event the carrier and the ship shall be discharged from all liability in respect of loss or damage unless suit is brought within one year after delivery of the goods or the date when the goods should have been delivered.
Page 165 - There is a general average act where any extraordinary sacrifice or expenditure is voluntarily and reasonably made or incurred in time of peril for the purpose of preserving the property imperilled in the common adventure.
Page 146 - ... he is not liable for any loss which is not proximately caused by a peril insured against.
Page 161 - Upon the abandonment of a ship, the insurer thereof is entitled to any freight in course of being earned, and which is earned by her subsequent to the casualty causing the loss, less the expenses of earning it incurred after the casualty; and, where the ship is carrying the owner's goods, the insurer is entitled to a reasonable remuneration for the carriage of them subsequent to the casualty causing the loss.
Page 359 - Damage by Jettison and Sacrifice for the Common Safety Damage done to a ship and cargo, or either of them, by or in consequence of a sacrifice made for the common safety, and by water which goes down a ship's hatches opened or other opening made for the purpose of making a jettison for the common safety, shall be made good as general average.