Three interests – A marine story
Responsibilities of a shipper, shipping line and cargo insurer differ even for the same voyage– begin and end at different points
Marine cargo insurance
Marine cargo insurance
General exclusions under ICC-A 2009
General exclusions under ICC-A present an interesting history, as they mainly draw from the Marine Insurance Act, 1906.
A common man's musings
Atithi Devo Bhava
“ Atithi Devo Bhava” – A guest is equal to God ! Some guests truly test this maxim, I thought after my experience with our guest. Right from the moment of stepping into our house, this guest ( I would not name the person) commanded and demanded everyone’s attention. As for neatness, well she (
A common man's musings
Disappearing words
Was watching a TV programme on animals facing extinction, when this thought struck me — not only animals but many words/ phrases in English too face extinction or have already become extinct. One word which comes to mind is “PENFRIEND”. Am sure no millennial knows the meaning of this word because penfriends as a breed
A common man's musings
The human mind is a monkey
Went on an Ashtavinayak tour sometime back with my wife to see the 8 famous swayambhu Ganpatis of Maharashtra. No, the tour details will be the subject matter of another post. This one is about how fickle the human mind is, how quickly we form opinions about people and how quickly we change these opinions
Marine cargo insurance
New Jason clause
Relevance of the New Jason clause in Bills of Lading/charter parties
Marine cargo insurance
Are we missing the basics of marine cargo insurance?
Whatever be the bespoke wordings included in a policy, certain fundamental requisites need to be there without which these wordings would be meaningless
A common man's musings
Being a ‘middle’ man
Stuck in the middle seat on a domestic flight, had fun watching my neighbors to my left & right