tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1450549177005150594.post4634212083407341184..comments2014-05-08T03:35:13.276-08:00Comments on Prince William Sound Regional Citizens' Advisory Council: Crowley Situation Report #2, December 29, as of 5:00pmPWSRCAChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12217548421943123989noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1450549177005150594.post-34662165792639659052014-05-08T03:35:13.276-08:002014-05-08T03:35:13.276-08:00The boat surveyor’s Dubairole in its investigatio...<a href="http://www.constellationms.com" rel="nofollow">The boat surveyor’s Dubai</a>role in its investigation and reporting.<br />Because my principal experience as a surveyor over the years has been<br />as an underwriters’ surveyor, my comments in this paper are<br />understandably slanted towards insurance claims but many of the<br />principles will not be lost on surveyors appointed by other principals.<br />The role of <a href="http://www.marinesurveyordubai.com" rel="nofollow">independent marine surveyors</a><br />It is well established that a surveyor’s principal role is to establish<br />the facts as they relate to nature, cause and extent (three words<br />with which I am sure you are all very familiar) when instructed to<br />carry out a damage or loss survey but, of the three, we are<br />principally concerned in this paper with cause/causation.<br />However, before becoming immersed in discussion on this<br />fundamental role I am going to remind you briefly that a surveyor<br />has at least two other important functions.<br />A marine insurance policy will often contain a clause specifically<br />alerting the assured to their responsibilities to take appropriate<br />steps to mitigate a loss and to claim on third parties.<br />The assured is required to do both of these as a condition of<br />acceptance of any claim under the policy but in any event, under<br />English law, it a common law requirement for a claimant to<br />mitigate a loss, as it is under the law of many other countries.<br />Mitigation of loss<br /><a href="www.constellationms.com" rel="nofollow">Hull and machinery Surveyors</a>, from their wide experience of marine claims in one form<br />or another, are often in a very good position to advise a claimant on<br />both their need to mitigate a loss, and also in many cases on the<br />best method of doing so.<br />However, surveyors must bear in mind that it is not their role to<br />actually involve themselves with the appropriate action unless<br />otherwise instructed by their principals.<br /><br />chintamreddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04678642037319466454noreply@blogger.com