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Limitations to AfterShip Protection Coverages

To buy protection coverage would need to follow the limitations from the insurance company:

  1. Insured value limitation per order: Order value less than $10,000 and larger than $10.

  2. Commodities that are not included: Contraband, illicit goods; accounts receivable; fish meal; nuclear fuel and substances; fireworks, explosive agents, fire-starting devices or aids; live plants, animals and insects, human tissues or organs, human remains, corpses or body parts; bullion; stamps; cash; currency; money; coins; deeds; notes; securities; bills; evidence of debt; precious stones; and fine arts and jewelry. Commodity-specific coverage terms may apply.

  3. Excluded Risks: As with all insurance, coverage under the Insurance Policy is subject to exclusions, which specifically include:

  • war risks for U.S. (continental) domestic shipments;

  • radioactive contamination;

  • delay, whether or not caused by an insured peril;

  • temperature variation, whether or not caused by an insured peril;

  • inherent vice;

  • fraud or infidelity by you, the shipper or consignee;

  • misrepresentation / false information by you, the shipper or the consignee;

  • cyber attacks;

  • illicit trade;

  • capture, seizure, arrest or detainment of goods by a public authority;

  • nuclear contamination;

  • rust, oxidation, discoloration, scratching, marring, denting, chipping and/or electrical or mechanical derangement to used goods, whether or not caused by an insured peril;

  • consequential and indirect damages, such as loss of market, depreciation, or diminution in value as a result of repair;

  • improper, inadequate or otherwise unsuitable packing or preparation of the cargo, provided this exclusion will not apply to the extent that: (i) such packing or preparation was carried out by a third party other than you, the shipper, consignee or anyone bearing an interest in the cargo; and (ii) the deficiency was unknown to you, the shipper, consignee and anyone bearing an interest in the cargo;

  • fraud or infidelity by you, the shipper or consignee;

  • misrepresentation / false information by you, the shipper or the consignee;

  • a shipment of cargo being rerouted, stopped in transit or retrieved at a point other than the original consigned delivery point pursuant to any instruction or representation to the transport carrier by a fraudster or imposter;

  • a shipment of cargo being sent as a result of fraud or trickery upon the Customer, the shipper and/or consignee (including but not limited to product orders made by impostors); and package labels being changed or revised in the course of transportation for the purpose of fraudulent redirection.

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