Coronavirus: P&I will cover seafarer illness and death, Standard Club confirms

Coronavirus: P&I will cover seafarer illness and death, Standard Club confirms
David Osler 18 Feb 2020

Shipowner liability where a seafarer contracts coronavirus in the course of duty is covered by P&I insurance, even were the illness to result in death, a Standard Club executive has confirmed

‘If there were an unfortunate incident with a seafarer who contracted the virus, then class cover would respond in the normal way as it does in any situation where seafarers develop an illness,’ says claims director Richard Stevens

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