A Compendium of the Law of Marine Insurance, Bottomry, Insurance on Lives, and of Insurance Against Fire: in Which the Mode of Calculating Averages Is Defined, and Illustrated by Examples

A Compendium Of The Law Of Marine Insurance, Bottomry, Insurance On Lives, And Of Insurance Against Fire: In Which The Mode Of Calculating Averages Is Defined, And Illustrated By Examples by Alexander Annesley. The work is a comprehensive treatise on maritime insurance law, presenting a structured survey of policy formation, warranties, and the various branches of insurance including marine, life, and fire. It begins with a prefatory introduction on the rise of navigation, commerce, and the development of marine jurisprudence, then organizes the law under headings such as policy, losses, fraud, bottomry, respondentia, insurance on lives, and insurance against fire. It explains open versus valued policies, the effects of deviations, perils of the sea, detention, barratry, salvage, abandonment, and general and partial average, as well as the rules governing re-assurance and double insurance. The text cites adjudged cases to illustrate legal principles and provides procedures for bringing actions, the rights of brokers, and the methods by which insurers and the insured settle accounts. It is a foundational reference in English maritime insurance law.