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Marine Reinsurance

Bespoke Insurance Solutions for Unique Maritime Risks

Mekong Re provides a broad range of coverage when it come to marine risk. For example, we cover any physical loss or damage to marine cargo whilst in any form of transit, helping importers, exporters and manufacturers to remain operational in the event of a loss. We also cover third party liabilities related to marine risks.

Due to the potential risks to a marine business (including liabilities to protect other people’s interests), we provide a complete marine reinsurance package — to ensure reimbursal and operational uptime even in the face of severe losses. As always, our clients benefit from completely bespoke coverage as required.

What It Is

Marine insurance covers the loss or damage of ships, cargo, terminals, and any transport by which the property is transferred, acquired, or held between the points of origin and the final destination. We provide all types of marine insurance coverage including marine hull insurance, marine cargo insurance, stock throughput insurance and marine liability insurance — which we’ve broken down for you below.

Marine Hull Insurance

We protect all types of ocean-going vessels worldwide against risks such as physical damage and collision liability. We also offer marine hull war insurance to protect against the risk of piracy and terrorism, as well as war physical damage to vessels. Kidnap & ransom cover can be added to hull cover.

Coverage
  • Navigating all risks
  • Restricted conditions
  • Increased value / disbursements / total loss interests
  • Building / construction
  • Mortgagees interest
  • Port risks
  • War risks / war loss of hire / piracy

Marine Cargo Insurance

Marine cargo insurance provides cover against loss or damage to goods whilst being transported worldwide. Any business that imports, exports or manufactures goods is likely to have a need for marine cargo insurance.

Coverage
  • Physical damage to or loss of cargo
  • Stock throughput
  • Exhibitions
  • Own goods (engineers’ tools/equipment)
  • Project cargo and delay in start-Up
  • Ability to front for captives

Marine Hull War Risk Insurance

You can secure marine hull war risk cover for most types of ocean inshore and offshore assets as a protective layer against war and terrorism. Our specialist team is backed by certain Syndicates of Lloyd’s, and recognised and respected leaders in hull & machinery, war and related insurances. We’re confident in constructing bespoke coverage as well as using conventional market offerings.

Coverage

We provide coverage all over the world, with limits up to maximum hull values. We also cover building risks and have developed a unique product to insure the construction either whilst afloat, in dry dock or on land prior to launch. Additional but related interests include war risks, loss of hire, war risks protection and indemnity together with marine kidnap and ransom insurance.

Considerations for Additional Cover
  • Free on Board (FOB) extension
  • Duty insurance
  • Sellers’ interest coverage
  • Buyers’ interest clause
  • Buyers’ interest coverage
Typical Clients
  • Ship owners and managers
  • Commercial trading vessels, such as tankers, bulkers, container vessels and cruise vessels
  • Specialist tonnage, such as pipe-laying, offshore support vessels, anchor handling, dredgers and accommodation units
Key Exclusions
  • Wilful misconduct of assured
  • Ordinary leakage, loss in weight or volume, ordinary wear and tear
  • Insufficient packing
  • Goods at retail premises
  • Policy deductible
  • Inherent vice/inevitable/ordinary loss
  • Loss caused by delay, even if delay be caused by an insured peril
  • Nuclear or radioactive weapons
  • Any property other than the subject matter insured
  • Processing risk
  • Consequential loss
  • Strikes, Riots & Civil Commotions including act of terrorism (SRCC)
  • War and allied perils
  • Absence, shortage or withholding of labour resulting from strike, lock out, labour disturbances, riot or civil commotions
  • Insolvency or financial default of owners, managers, charters or operators of the vessel
  • Unseaworthiness of vessels or craft or unfitness of vessel, craft, conveyance, container of lift van, where you or their servants are privy at the time of loading
  • Unexplained or mysterious disappearance or stock taking losses
  • Any property other than the subject matter insured

Stock Throughput Insurance

This provides cover for all moveable goods that are subject to trade. The goods are covered at all times. A stock throughput policy provides seamless cover, avoiding potential gaps and disputes that might arise if the cover were to be placed under a combination of marine and non-marine policies. Administration is easy as premiums are based upon a single percentage rate applied to your turnover.

Coverage
  • Reduced administration
  • No shipment or location reporting requirements
  • One single policy rather than multiple policies
  • Cover on an “any one location” basis avoiding named location including third party locations
  • Replacement cost plus freight / duty charges / plus 10% or selling price
  • Worldwide
  • Lower premium
  • No time restriction for how long goods are in storage
  • Competitive stock deductibles
  • Beneficial stock limits / valuation

Protection & Indemnity Insurance

Usually referred to as P&I, this provides cover to shipowners, operators, and charterers for third-party liabilities encountered in the commercial operation of entered vessels. P&I covers practically all maritime liability risks associated with the ownership and operation of a vessel. P&I insurance is often provided by a P&I club, which is essentially a mutual insurance association that provides pooling of risks for its members.

You can extend cover for specialist operations undertaken by tugs, barges, drilling units and other specialist vessels.

Coverage
  • Loss of life, injury and illness of crew, passengers and other persons
  • Cargo loss, shortage or damage
  • Collision
  • Damage to docks, buoys and other fixed and floating objects
  • Wreck removal
  • Pollution
  • Fines and penalties
  • Mutiny and misconduct by crew
  • Crew repatriation and substitution
  • Damage to property on board the insured vessel
  • Quarantine
  • Vessel diversion expenses
  • Unrecoverable general average contributions
  • Vessel’s proportion of general average

Port & Terminal Operators Liability

We work with multiple syndicates at Lloyd’s of London to provide coverage to the owners and operators of ports and terminals involved in the carriage, handling or storage of cargo.

No matter the size or nature of your facility, Mekong Re’s ports and terminals insurance team specialists will be able to offer a creative and customised solution for your business.

Coverage
  • Landlord port authorities
  • Operational port authorities
  • Stevedores and wharfingers
  • Inland clearance depots
  • Container freight stations
  • Container storage depots
  • Marine terminals of all types including:
    • Container terminals
    • Break bulk terminals
    • Wet bulk terminals
    • Dry bulk terminals
    • Ro Ro terminals
    • Passenger terminals
    • Car terminals
    • Ferry terminals
    • River terminals
    • Barge terminals
General Coverage
  • Damage to cargo, vessels and equipment including demurrage and consequential losses
  • Damage to third party property and bodily injury
  • Removal of wreck including statutory duty
  • Costs and expenses in disposal of cargo
  • Vessel traffic management, navigation and pilotage
  • Sudden and accidental pollution
  • Advice and information
  • Fines and duties
  • Fire legal liability
  • Infringement of personal rights
  • Advertising liability
  • Costs and expenses to investigate, mitigate and defend claims
Physical Damage Coverage
  • Port infrastructure
  • Cargo handling equipment
  • Natural catastrophes
  • Marine impact
  • Machinery breakdown
  • Business interruption, port blockage, increased cost of working and loss of rent

Marine Professional Indemnity Insurance

Marine professional indemnity insurance is designed to protect firms and individuals within the maritime industry against claims arising from their professional liabilities, errors and omissions. Even if you’re not responsible for an occurrence or event, the cost of investigation and defence can rise very quickly, which can damage or even destroy your business. A robust PI policy provides a layer of safety when such claims occur.

Coverage
  • Legal liability
  • Errors and omission
  • Cover extensions include third party liability and liability for fines and duty

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