The Jervis Blog
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Insuring Perishable Cargo by Air
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...
Jones Act: 100 Years of Protecting Seamen
Jones Act: 100 Years of Protecting U.S. Seamen By Alan Jervis B.A. Hons., F.C.I.I., M.A.E., Chartered InsurerMarine, Energy and Liability Insurance ExpertMember of the Academy of Experts The U.S. Congress adopted the Merchant Marine Act in early June 1920. Named for...
Historical Development of Incoterms
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
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...
3 Key Environmental Liability Policies
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...
Jervis Insurance History Blog: When Did Bulk Carriers First Appear?
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...
Jervis Insurance History Blog: Origins of Environmental Liability Insurance
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...
Jervis Blog: What does Environmental Liability Insurance Cover?
What does ELI Cover? There are many forms of liability insurance including public liability insurance, employer's liability insurance, director and officers insurance. But none of these generally provide adequate cover for environmental liabilities. Due to the...
Jervis Insurance History Blog: First Aviation Insurance Policy
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...
Jervis History Blog: Energy – The World’s First Oil Well
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...
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