Arnoulds Law of Marine Insurance and Average (18th Edition) is the acknowledged leading and authoritative text on marine insurance law. It includes an in-depth commentary and analysis of the principles, law and practice of marine insurance, together with a detailed examination of the marine insurance contract and the different types of losses. Provides commentary on the key decision of the last few years on how the courts are applying the principles in fresh situations. Analyses the coverage of marine policies, the measure of indemnity and the rights and duties of the parties

The new, 18th Edition, deals with significant new case material generated since the previous (17th Edition) in 2008 and takes account of the impact on marine insurance practice of piracy in recent years.

Authors: Jonathan Gilman, QC; Professor Robert M Merkin; Claire Blanchard, QC; Mark Templeman, QC

ISBN:9780414024281 

Publishers: Sweet & Maxwell, UK - 18th Edition, April 2013

Binding Format: Hardback

CONTENTS

• The contract of marine insurance generally including formation and contents of marine insurance policies
• The premium: payment and return
• The assured's agents: rights, duties and liabilities
• Persons who may claim on the policy
• Floating policies and open cover arrangements
• Insurable interest
• Duration of risk: time policies and voyage policies
• Change of voyage, deviation and delay
• The pre-contractual duty of utmost good faith: including general principles of non-disclosure, misrepresentation
• The post-contractual duty of utmost good faith and fraudulent claims, express and implied warranties of seaworthiness, Illegality of the risk
• Losses covered by the policy including Marine and War risks, Sue & Labour expenses, General and Particular Average, Actual and Constructive Total Losses, Abandonment, Subrogation, Double insurance and Contribution APENDICES: The Marine Insurance Act 1906, Marine insurance policy forms and clauses, York-Antwerp Rules 2004 and Association of Average Adjusters Rules of Practice