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Marine insurance was the very first type of insurance contract and has a fascinating and complex history dating back to the earliest coffee shops in London in the Seventeenth century.

Marine insurance is designed to cover watercraft of all shapes and sizes, from the smallest dinghy to the largest passenger liner, however the term as opposed to boat insurance, usually refers to the coverage for larger ocean-going vessels and ships.

The cover has no geographical limits and 미국배송대행 therefore can insure any vessel under any flag in any part of the world.

The marine market covers a wide variety of risk types including tugs, ferries, liners, cruise ships, dredgers, oil rigs, oil tankers, cargo vessels, drilling platforms, heavy lifting vessels, barges, fishing fleets, motor cruisers, salvage vessels and yachts to name just a few.

Marine insurance has three distinctive risk groups, cover for which can be bought separately or together if necessary and is available for small boats through to ocean-going vessels:

a) Hull and superstructure cover

b) Liability insurance

c) Marine cargo insurance

The hull and superstructure cover covers the physical vessel itself against a list of maritime perils and is subject to what is called the ‘Institute time clause’.

At the turn of the twentieth century the Institute of London Underwriters, a collective of Marine Insurance companies and the Lloyds market, agreed and introduced standardised time-tested insurance clauses, and these have been used globally for marine insurance ever since.

The clause is written in plain English and is attached to a policy that contains no information on the conditions of cover itself. It sets out details of the specific marine risk to be covered and the underwriters agreed proportion of that risk. The time clause usually applies to a twelve month period but can be bought for a single voyage.