IC66 MARINE INSURANCE CLAIMS -14

Q1.Expiry of __ after completion of discharge from the ocean vessel at the conclusion of the sea-leg of the transit.
   a) 7 days
   b) 15 days
   c) 30 days
   d) 60 days
 
Q2.If the Marine Casualty Form is not issued due to non-recording of a statement from the survivor(s) :
   a) The Mercantile Marine Department may be requested to issue a Certified
   b) An Investigator may be appointed
   c) A certified copy of the Meteorological Department's Report can be obtained
  d) All of the above
 
Q3.In case any accident occurs, the cause is known as
   a) Risk
   b) Peril
   c) Damage
   d) None of the above
 
Q4.Who deals with maritime law, and this could involve collisions at sea, maritime torts, industrial torts, transactional law, and environmental law?
   a) Tracer
   b) Average Adjustors
   c) Maritime lawyer
   d) Salvors
 
Q5.Who advises the assured on documentation to be completed and procedures to be complied with and also coordinates with the insurer to ensure speedy and just settlement of a claim?
   a) Loss assessors / Surveyors
   b) Salvors
   c) Tracers
   d) Insurance brokers
 
Q 6. The proposer has a legal duty to disclose all material facts relating to the proposed insurance. If this duty is breached through non-disclosure or misrepresentation of material facts :
  a) An insurer is entitled to charge an additional premium
   b) An insurer is entitled to avoid liability under the policy
   c) Both of the above
   d) None of the above
 
Q7.Which section says that continuing with the insurable interest aspect, contracts of marine insurance also allows assured to acquire contingent insurable interest over the cargo at the time of loss?
   a) Section 8 of the Act
   b) Section 9 of the Act
   c) Section 10 of the Act
   d) Section 11 of the Act
 
Q8.The term freight means
  a) the profit derived by a shipowner from the employment of the ship
  b) freight earned at the port of origin.
   c) freight earned at the port of destination.
   d) all the above.
 
Q9.For Inland Transit, the Duration Clause limits the coverage to
  a) 7 days of the arrival of consignment at destination town
  b) 7 days of the arrival of the consignment to the warehouse of consignee
  c) 60 days of the arrival of consignment at destination town
  d) 60 days of the arrival of the consignment to the warehouse of the consignee
 
Q10._____ of the Marine Insurance Act, 1967 states that an insurer under a contract of marine insurance has an insurable interest in his risk and may reinsure in respect of it.
   a) Section 7
   b) Section 8
   c) Section 9
   d) Section 10

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