When handling international cargo insurance claims issues that need attention

First. Made claim. Import and export cargo insurance claims can be divided into the following two situations:

1. is an international freight exports suffered losses, other (importer) to insurance policies set forth a claim of foreign claims agent application. Chinese People's Insurance Company in the world's major ports and cities, have commissioned a foreign inspection agents and claims agent two institutions, the former responsible for inspecting cargo loss. After the consignee obtain inspection report, with other documents, to a single company claims its own, which can be authorized within a certain amount, to deal directly with Pei, local pay reparations.

International freight importer foreign to me when settling agent import and export cargo insurance claims made, we must also provide the following documents:

(1) insurance policy or certificate originals;

(2) the contract of carriage;

(3) the invoice;

(4) packing list;

Correspondence or other documents (5) request to the responsible party to compensate the carrier and other third parties, as well as documentary evidence of the insured has fulfilled should do the recovery procedures;

(6) by foreign insurance agent or third party inspection reports from abroad issued by a notary public;

(7) The Marine report. Marine cargo losses caused by the general insurance company, the ship is not liable;

(8) Certificate of cargo damage;

(9) The list of claims; and so on.

2. is an international freight imports losses, China's imports of the direction the insurance company to apply for import and export cargo insurance claims. When imported goods arrive in our ports, airports or inland found after shortages damaged, you should immediately notify the local insurance company, in conjunction with the local State Administration for Commodity Inspection joint. If losses are determined by the insurance coverage, the insurance company issued by the local "short residual imported goods inspection report." Where the same time responsible for the accident involving damage to cargo foreign shippers, carriers, port authorities, rail or other third parties caused by the consignee as long as the party responsible for completing the above recovery procedure, the insurance company claims the verdict. But for quality, specifications liability issues related to belong to foreign shippers, according to the terms of the insurance company, the insurance company shall not be liable, and shall invite the national inspection agency issued consignee notary test book, and then by the receiving unit through foreign trade the company claim to the consignor.

Consignee of imported goods when a claim to the insurance company to submit the following documents:

(1) import invoices;

(2) notice of arrival of lading or export goods, waybills;

(3) In the final destination for unloading and pound recorded a single code.

If the loss involves the responsibility of the shipper shall provide order contract. If the consignor guarantees and ship endorsement, should also be provided. If the loss involves responsibility ship must provide discharge port tally visa. If the ship annotation also be provided. Involving the responsibility of the consignor or ship, the need was identified by the State Administration for Commodity Inspection and certification. If the loss involves handling and inland ports, river or rail transport party liability, issued by the responsible party must provide freight records (business records) and JIU reports.

Consignee to the insurance company for import and export cargo insurance claims, according to the following pathway: the loss of seaborne imports of goods to the port of discharge insurance claim; loss of imported goods by air, to the international destination of the consignment note insurance company claims ; loss of postal imports, claims to indicate the destination of the international parcel insurance company; loss of imported goods by land, claims to international rail waybill destination indicated on the insurance company.

II. Validation responsibility, be paid. Insured after completing these formalities relating to claims and provide a full range of documents, you can wait for the insurance company approval responsibility, pay reparations. In China, the insurance company claims in two ways:

First, the direct payment to the receiving unit;

Second, the focus paid to the relevant foreign trade companies, then by foreign companies settled with the order unit.