BIBA Schemes & Facilities webinar - 5 Powerful reasons why your clients need cargo insurance presented by MercariRisk

We’ll cover why your import/export clients need their own cargo insurance, major hazards for containerised cargo, carriage conditions and the liability of carriers to goods lost or damaged and ‘INCOTERMS’.

Learning objectives:

By the end of this webinar, delegates should be able to:

• Understand the major hazards for containerised cargo
• Identify the basics of international Carriage Conventions - Understand why carriers don’t pay full value if they lose or damage cargo
• Identify the basics of international sale terms (Incoterms) – Learn which international sale terms either transfer risk to your client or obligate them to insure
• Define General Average and Salvage – Understand the financial obligations of your clients under carriage contracts when a vessel founders

Presenter: Alan Wilkins

Alan Wilkins has worked in the insurance sector for 35 years. Formally as an underwriter and now the CEO and owner of an independent marine insurance focussed brokerage. Commencing his career in general insurance, Alan switched to marine insurance in 2000 after taking time out of the sector to read for a degree in International Transport Management at Solent University. During his first marine insurance role he studied part time and passed a Master’s degree in Maritime Law from the University of Southampton. Alan has worked in senior positions for AXA, Aviva, CNA, Zurich, Arthur J Gallagher, prior to founding Mercari Risk Management in 2019 to focus on helping brokers to place marine insurance.

Delegates participating in the accredited webinar can claim up to 1 CPD hour towards the CII member CPD scheme. A formal completion certificate will be issued for members attending and returning a feedback form.  

DISCLAIMER:

Our webinars are designed to give information and guidance and we aim to make them as accurate as we can at the time of presentation and recording. However, they may sometimes represent individual views and BIBA cannot guarantee, nor do they accept any responsibility or liability for, the accuracy or completeness of the content or for any loss which may arise from reliance on information contained within these presentations and recordings.