Insurance in International Trade - Intl Payment Terms
Insurance in International Trade - Intl Payment Terms
International
Trade
INSURANCES IN INTERNATIONAL LOGISTICS
CONTENTS
1. Freight Insurance
2. Factors that affect the Insurance
Contract
3. Criteria to purchase an Insurance
1. Freight Insurance
At times, the goods get lost or damaged in
transit at the time of their buying and selling.
FREIGHT
INSURANCE
Linking 3
Elements
IMPORTER OR
THE INSURED
EXPORTER
The
BROKER
INSURANCE
THE INSURER COMPANY
LOAD OR
INSURED OBJECT CARGO
PARTICIPANTS IN FREIGHT INSURANCE
TYPES OF RISK
TYPES OF INSURANCE
1.-Dangers of the Sea: sinking, shipwreck, temporal, beaching, grounding and collision.
3.-Minor Dangers: Represented by the fall of the goods into the sea during loading and
unloading tasks, the fall and damage during transfer moves.
6.-Social and Political Dangers: War, civil war, capture, sabotage, strikes and
civil commotion, malicious damage, vandalism and terrorism.
TYPES OF INSURANCE
THE CLAIMS
Types of loss or failure
Total constructive loss: When the costs of the damaged materials, plus the costs
for reconditioning and forwarding them to the destination, equal or exceed its sales
value placed on the site of destination.
THE CLAIMS
DEDUCTIBLE AGREED 1%
MINIMUM AMOUNT 250
DEDUCTIBLE AGREED 1%
MINIMUM AMOUNT 250
DEDUCTIBLE AGREED 1%
MINIMUM AMOUNT 250
✓ Immediate Payment (“Cash on delivery” -COD or “Payable on Receipt” – Payment is due at the
same time as a product or service is delivered.)
✓ Net 7, 10, 30, 60, 90 days - agreed Payment terms; depending on the shipment date; Invoice
date; presentation of documents.
✓ Open Account terms – Payment is done within a certain time after receiving (30 to 180 days).
✓ Consignment - payment is sent to the exporter after the goods have been sold by the foreign
distributor to the end customer.
▪ Failure to comply with the dates of any of the processes involved with
the import.
= DISCREPANCIES
KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS (KPI´S)
IN THE SUPPLY CHAIN
SERVICE EFFICIENCY QUALITY
AND PRODUCTIVITY
WAREHOUSE MANAGEMENT
TRANSPORT MANAGEMENT
Generated Orders Quality = Orders Generated without problem/ Total Orders Generated
On time Delivery = No. of Orders delivered on time / Total Number of Orders Delivered
Fill Rate = Number of Complete Orders dispatched / Total Number Dispatched Orders
Deliveries on time and complete = Number of Orders dispatched on time and complete /
Total Number Dispatched Orders
Thank
you