Frozen Products Food/Meat Clauses

01.01.0986 (Institute of London Underwriters) : This insurance covers all risks of loss of or damage to the subject matter insured other than loss or damage resulting from any variation in temperature howsoever caused. Loss of or damage to the subject matter insured resulting from any variation in temperature is covered if attributable to (i) breakdown of refrigerating machinery resulting in its stoppage for a period of not less than 25 consecutive hours (ii) fire or explosion (iii) vessel or craft being standard grounded sunk or capsized (iv) overturning or derailment of land conveyance (v) collision or contract of vessel craft or conveyance with any external object other than water (vi) discharge of cargo at a port of distress. Since it covers temperature variation losses arising out of machinery breakdown of refrigerated machinery, inherent vide exclusion is not applicable for such losses. Rest of the exclusions are same as ICC-B. The risk attaches from the time the cargo pass into the cooling and/or freezing chamber of the works at the place named herein. Also the time limit till which the insurance will remain in force after getting discharged from the overseas vessel has been altered from 60 days under ICC to 30 days for cargo moving to US and Europe and 15 days for other geographies. Also, there is an adjustment provision which allows the assured to get indemnity where the cargo or a part of cargo does not get boarded on the vessel due any peril.

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