Live Webinar - Freight Forwarding & GIT/Haulage Liability

What you will learn

• Goods in Transit
• What is the client’s underlying business and what risks do they face?
• What law applies to the movement of goods – both domestically and internationally?
• What will the insurers be thinking about in considering the risk – what questions does a typical proposal form ask and why are the insurers interested in that information?
• How can the client mitigate their risk – what loss prevention steps can they take?
• What is accumulation and how can it arise in a GIT risk?
• Who are the buyers and sellers of GIT insurance?
• Review of a typical policy form – what are the main areas of coverage, exclusion and specific requirements by insurers.
• GIT claims – what claims are typically made on GIT policy – will they always be subrogated claims from cargo insurers?
• GIT claims handling – how best to manage liability related claims
• Freight forwarding
• What is meant by the term freight forwarder
• Combined transport operations and through transport operations
• Should they FF just organise or should they perform any part of the carriage
• Actual carrier
• Contractual carrier
• What are the risks when either just organising or performing carriage as well
• Other services and the risks they pose
• Storage
• Packing
• Manufacturing
• Why might a FF offer their clients a normal cargo policy – what business might it provide
• What are the insurers going to be interested in – closer look at a proposal form
• What claims might arise, will a FF be the only target?
• What loss prevention/ risk management steps might insurers expect?