Insuring Perishable Cargo By Alan Jervis B.A. Hons., F.C.I.I., M.A.E., Chartered Insurers Member of the Academy of Experts   Established and reputable airlines have sophisticated processes and facilities in place for handling the safe transportation and storage...

By Alan Jervis B.A. Hons., F.C.I.I., M.AE., Chartered Insurer Member of the Academy of Experts Marine, Energy and Liability Insurance Expert   A Universal Language of Trade and Commerce There are 7,117 languages spoken in the world today. Yet, thanks to developments...

Evolution of the Insufficiency of Packing Exclusion in Cargo Insurance By Alan Jervis B.A. Hons., F.C.I.I., M.A.E.  Chartered Insurer Member of the Academy of Experts Marine, Energy and Liability Insurance Expert Witness and Consultant Jervisici.com As with any...

There are three key environmental liability policies in corporate and land transactions – indemnity policies, site pollution legal liability policies and contractor pollution liability policies. Indemnity policies Used principally for high risk desktop reports...

The First Appearance of Bulk Carriers A bulk carrier is a merchant ship specially designed to transport unpackaged bulk cargo such as grains, coal, ore, steel coils and cement, in its cargo holds. The first specialized bulk carrier was built in 1852 and economy in...

Origins of Pollution Insurance Unlike other fields of insurance, which can be traced back hundreds of years, Pollution Insurance is a relatively new class. In fact we need only go back to the 1960s and 1970s at which time America’s growing concern for the environment...

  Aviation Insurance was first introduced in the twentieth century. The first-ever aviation insurance policy was underwritten at Lloyd's of London in 1911. But the writing of such policies was short lived due to atmospheric condition type losses occurring at that...

On August 27, 1859, George Bissell and Edwin Drake pioneered the first successful use of a drilling rig on a well drilled especially to produce oil, at a site on Oil Creek near Titusville, P.A. The Drake partners were inspired by Benjamin Silliman, a chemistry...