Frederick Templeman
Published: 2015-08-06
Total Pages: 142
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Excerpt from Marine Insurance: Its Principles and Practice In a few prefatory words I desire to express my sense of the honour conferred upon me by the London Chamber of Commerce in inviting me to give a series of five lectures on the subject of Marine Insurance: its principles and practice, in connection with their scheme for promoting Higher Commercial Education. This invitation I accepted with mingled gratification and diffidence with gratification on account of the honour to which I have referred, but with diffidence owing to my doubt as to my qualifications for such an undertaking, especially after the able and lucid Introductory Lecture. The large number of listeners who attentively followed this course of lectures was ample proof that the object did not lack appreciation, and decided the Council of the Chamber of Commerce to do me the further honour to publish the lectures in handbook form. To obtain a practical understanding of the subject of Marine Insurance, it Is necessary to have an accurate knowledge of the scope of the contract, and of the meaning of its terms; of the manner in which claims arise under it, and how those claims are in practice dealt with. And these were the objects of my lectures, now reduced to the form of this small elementary treatise. Space has not enabled me to discuss every point, nor to deal exhaustively with all the points discussed. I have, however, where space permitted, given a short outline of some of the leading legal decisions which elucidate the important points with which they severally deal. In order to guard against any possible misapprehension, I think it well to observe that this handbook is written by me in my personal private capacity, and must not be regarded as expressing an opinion or view of the Association of Average Adjusters, of which Association I have the privilege to be the Secretary. To Mr. Douglas Owen for his valuable suggestions during the preparation of my lectures, and to Mr. William Richards for his kindness in having carefully gone through the proof-sheets of this handbook, I desire to express my grateful thanks. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.