Marine insurance covers the loss or damage of ships, cargo, terminals, and any transport or cargo by which property is transferred, acquired, or held between the points of origin and final destination..
Cargo insurance — discussed here — is a sub-branch of marine insurance, though Marine also includes Onshore and Offshore exposed property (container terminals, ports, oil platforms, pipelines); Hull; Marine Casualty; and Marine Liability.
Read more about Marine Insurance: Origins of Formal Marine Insurance, Practice, Protection and Indemnity, Actual Total Loss and Constructive Total Loss, Average, Excess, Deductible, Retention, Co-insurance, and Franchise, Tonners and Chinamen, Specialist Policies, Warranties and Conditions, Salvage and Prizes, Marine Insurance Act, 1906
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