Trade · 6 pages · 12 min
Why insurance cares about that certificate
Hull underwriters price a ship that is in class, and a broken class record can unsettle the cover.
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From the opening
Hull and machinery underwriters treat maintained class as a condition of the risk they agreed to insure. The certificate is how they know a recognized society is surveying the structure and machinery they are being asked to cover. The opening covers cover assumes class is maintained, overdue conditions change the risk, and the society does not pay the loss.
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Inside
- Cover assumes class is maintained
- Overdue conditions change the risk
- The society does not pay the loss
- Cargo rates notice the ship's class
- Where the idea stops applying
- A distinction worth keeping
Sources
- Hull class warranty
- Underwriting use of classification records