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Section 2-4: Liability of the assured arising from collision or striking

  • Clause 18-35. Scope of liability of the insurer

    This Clause was new in the 2013 Plan and is verbatim the same as Cl. 13-1. Reference is made to the Commentary to Cl. 13-1.

    Under Cl. 18-14 of the 1996 Plan, MOU owners’ liability for damage to or loss of fixed installations on the continental shelf was excluded from the cover. This exclusion is now removed under the 2013 Plan, but in order to limit the exposure for the insurers a cap on the amount covered for MOUs with insured values in excess of USD 500 million has been introduced, cf. Cl 18-37.

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    Clause 18-35. Scope of liability of the insurer

    The insurer will indemnify the assured for loss which is a result of liability imposed on the assured due to collision or striking by the MOU, its accessories, equipment or cargo, or by a tug used by the MOU. However, the insurer will not cover: liability arising while the MOU is engaged in towin...

  • Clause 18-36. Limitation of liability based on tonnage or value of more than one MOU

    This Clause was new in the 2013 Plan and is verbatim the same as Cl. 13-2. Reference is made to the Commentary to Cl. 13-2.

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    Clause 18-36. Limitation of liability based on tonnage or value of more than one MOU

    If the assured’s liability is limited on the basis of the tonnage or value of more than one MOU, and these MOUs are insured with different insurers, each individual insurer is liable for such proportion of the liability as corresponds to the tonnage or value of the MOU in question.

  • Clause 18-37. Maximum liability of the insurer in respect of any one casualty

    This Clause was new in the 2013 Plan and corresponds to Cl. 13-3. Reference is made to the Commentary to Cl. 13-3.

    As the exclusion of liability for damage to or loss of fixed installations that was contained in Cl. 18-14 of the 1996 Plan was removed is considered to represent a significant extension of coverage due to the very high values that fixed installations represent, lower limits of cover for such collision/striking liabilities are imposed for MOUs with values in excess of USD 500 million. For an MOU with sum insured of USD 500,000,000 or less the additional limit available to cover collision liabilities equal the sum insured as per Cl. 13-3. Thus if e.g. the sum insured under the H&M insurance is USD 400,000,000, the additional sum insured available for collision/striking liability is also limited to USD 400,000,000.

    For an MOU with sum insured higher that USD 500,000,000 the additional limit available for such liabilities is USD 500,000,000 or 50% of the sum insured, whichever is the higher amount. That means that for an MOU with sum insured between USD 500,000,000 and USD 1,000,000,000 the collision liabilities will be covered under the insurance up to USD 500,000,000. If the sum insured is higher than USD 1,000,000,000 the sum available for such liabilities will be 50% of the sum insured. Thus if the sum insured is USD 1,500,000,000, the additional amount available for collision/striking liability will be USD 750,000,000.

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    Clause 18-37. Maximum liability of the insurer in respect of any one casualty

    The insurer is liable up to an amount equivalent to the sum insured, not exceeding USD 500,000,000 or 50 % of the sum insured, whichever is the higher, in respect of liability for damages arising from any one casualty.

  • Clause 18-38. Deductible

    This Clause was new in the 2013 Plan and is verbatim the same as Cl. 13-4. Reference is made to the Commentary to Cl. 13-4.

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    Clause 18-38. Deductible

    For each casualty the amount stated in the insurance contract shall be deducted. Litigation costs, cf. Cl. 4-4, costs in connection with the claims settlement, cf. Cl. 4-5, and loss arising from measures to avert or minimise the loss, cf. Cl. 4-7 to Cl. 4-12, are recoverable without any deductibl...