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INSTITUTE STRIKES CLAUSES (CARGO)
RISKS COVERED
Risks
1. This insurance covers, except as excluded by the provisions of Clauses 3 and 4 below, loss of or damage to
the subject-matte r insured caused by
1.1 strikers, locked-out workmen, or persons taking part in
labour disturbances, riots or civil commotions
1.2 any act of terrorism being an act of any person acting on behalf of, or in connection with, any
organisation which carries out activities directed towards the overthrowing or influencin g, by force or
violence, of any government whether or not
legally constituted
1.3 any person acting from a political, ideological or religious
motive.
General Average
2. This insurance covers general
average and salvage charges, adjusted or determined according to the contract
of carriage and/or the governing law and practice, incurred to avoid or in
connection with the avoidance of
loss from a risk covered under these
Clauses.
EXCLUSIONS
3. In no case shall this insurance
cover
3.1 loss damage or expense
attributable to wilful misconduct of the Assured
3.2 ordinary leakage, ordinary loss in weight or volume, or ordinary wear an d tear of the subject-matter
insured
3.3 loss damage or expense caused by
insufficiency or unsuitability of packing or preparation of the subject-
matter insured to withstand the ordinary incidents of the insured transit where such packing or
preparation is carried out by the Assured
or their employees or prior to the attachment of this insurance
(for the purpose of this Clause 3.3 "packing" shall be deemed to include stowage in a container and
"employees" shall n ot include independent contractors)
3.4 loss damage or expense caused by inherent vice or nature of the
subject-matter insured
3.5 loss damage or expense caused by delay, even though the delay be caused by a risk insured against
(except expenses p ayable under Clause 2 above)