TianŽin: a puŠŠle o ris‰ accumulation and coerage terms he authorities enforce‚ an exclusion “n a‚‚ition to flammable materials… lare amounts of toxic so‚ium cyani‚e ere one to facilitate clean‰up or€ˆ bein store‚ at the siteˆ he ris€ of follo‰up explosions prompte‚ the authorities to impose a €m exclusion one aroun‚ the blast area until 25 Auustˆ Access ithin a 1ˆ5 €m ra‚ius remaine‚ restricte‚ even thereafter ‚ue to onoin clean‰up operationsˆ he challene of loss estimation an‚ claims a‚ u‚ication in ian in he exclusion one has ‚elaye‚ he ian in explosions have presente‚ insurers ith a number of challenes… not assessment of the full lossˆ least lac€ of access to the affecte‚ area to assess the full extent of ‚amae an‚ resultin insurance claimsˆ he imposition of the exclusion ones meant that formal loss a‚ ustment ithin those areas as not possibleˆ he exclusion ones ere lifte‚… but access remaine‚ restricte‚ˆ As such… the level of insure‚ losses in the ones še… to cars an‚ caro containers› have been estimate‚ in total loss terms… or have been 1‡ base‚ on forensic accountinˆ ’rones an‚ satellite imaery enable‚ a obots an‚ pre‰ an‚ post‰event ‚rone an‚ satellite imaery have helpe‚ loss first assessment of exposuresˆ assessmentˆ ’rones ere sent in to ta€e pictures of the ‚isaster site imme‚iately after the explosionsˆ hese imaes ere compare‚ ith satellite imaes of the site ta€en prior to the eventˆ he comparison provi‚e‚ a vie of the extent of ‚estruction… an‚ also of the hih number of vehicles an‚ containers on the site at the time of the explosionˆ “nitial loss assessments have been base‚ on this informationˆ “nitial estimates in‚icate insure‚ losses ”ase‚ on ‘iss e’s latest estimates… the total insure‚ property loss of the ian in cause‚ by the blasts ill total Ž‘’ explosions is li€ely to be aroun‚ Ž‘’ 2ˆ5 billion to Ž‘’ ˆ5 billion… ma€in it the 2ˆ5 billion to Ž‘’ ˆ5 billionˆ larest man‰ma‚e insure‚ loss event in Asia ever recor‚e‚ˆ he estimate is base‚ on… amon other… the net loss estimates from re/insurers’ thir‚‰Œuarter or full‰year 2015 results… here availableˆ Assumptions ere ma‚e for those insurers hich have not yet release‚ claims estimatesˆ he estimate is a or€in assumption an‚ is sub ect to revisionˆ ’estroye‚ an‚ ‚amae‚ vehicles As first claims ere file‚… it became clear that ‚amae to the thousan‚s of ne account for most of the lossesˆ vehicles par€e‚ at an‚ near the blast site oul‚ ma€e up most of the insurance claimsˆ he containers there at the time ere mostly empty… an‚ ‚amae to containers… caro… arehouses… infrastructure… machinery an‚ eŒuipment account for a much smaller proportion of the lossesˆ ”usiness/continent business interruption… aviation… liability… personal acci‚ent an‚ life claims li€eise account for a small portion of the lossesˆ “f the par€e‚ vehicles ere in transit… Even thouh the main loss – to ne cars – is €non… uncertainties ith respect to claims oul‚ come un‚er marine caro the types of policies involve‚ remainˆ “f the vehicles at the site at the time of the insurance coveraeˆ explosion ere in transit… they oul‚ li€ely be covere‚ by marine insurance policiesˆ ‘tan‚ar‚ marine caro insurance usually covers onshore storae up to a certain number of ‚ays… ‚epen‚in on policy terms… once the caro is loa‚e‚ off the shipsˆ ”ut if ian in as the final port of “f ian in as the final port of ‚estination for the vehicles… their next transfer bein to ‚estination for the vehicles… claims coul‚ a point‰of‰sales in China… claims coul‚ come un‚er property insuranceˆ žoever… this be un‚er property insuranceˆ transfer is often ‚one throuh a local holesaler li€e China Automobile ra‚in Co šCAC›… hile other car manufacturers have their on ‚istribution operationsˆ “f car imports are channele‚ throuh a local holesaler or subsi‚iary… it is not Œuite so simple to ‚etermine hether the manufacturer’s caro policy or the local entity’s property or ‚omestic transport policy respon‚s… or hether the to covers are overlappinˆ ˜urther… it is sometimes ‚ifficult to ascertain hich entity hel‚ title to the par€e‚ vehicles at the time of the explosions an‚… accor‚inly… hether the loss falls un‚er the marine caro or property insurance policies ta€en outˆ 18 he branch of accountin use‚ for enaements resultin from actual or anticipate‚ ‚isputesˆ ‘ee https://enˆi€ipe‚iaˆor/i€i/˜orensic½accountin 1„ Swiss Re sigma No 1/2016
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