外贸英语函电 作者 米芙铮 王建华 主编 Unit Ten.pptVIP

保险是国际贸易中涉及货物转移、交接的一个重要环节。 在不同的成交方式下，办理保险的责任属于不同的当事 人，在FOB和CFR条件下，保险由买方办理，有时买方会 委托卖方代为办理保险；在CIF条件下，保险则由卖方办理。 双方对于保险险种和投保金额还可能有进一步的磋商。 由于保险索赔的条件，使得买卖双方对于保险问题都非常 重视，尽可能的将风险置于保险公司承保责任范围内。 Case One We shall, of course, refund to you the premium upon receipt of your debit note or, if you like, you may draw on us at sight for the amount requested. We sincerely hope that our request will meet with your approval. Yours faithfully, Peter Smith We are making arrangements to ship the 45,000 dozen stainless steel tablewares by S.S. “Jinan”, sailing on or about the 10th of December. Yours faithfully, Li Ning Manager that the order is placed on CIF basis. So we would like to remind you to arrange the insurance in due course. Please cover the captioned goods against All Risks and Clash Breakage Risks for 130% of the invoice value. We know that in accordance with the usual practice the consignment are insured only for 10% plus the invoice value, therefore, the extra premium will debit our account. We sincerely hope that our request will meet with your approval and await your reply with keen interest. Yours faithfully, to a franchise of 5%. That means if the surveyor identify the breakage to be no more than 5%, no claims for damage will be entertained. Therefore, we would like to have you delete the word “Breakage” from the insurance clause in the credit. We understand your concerning but can’t really meet your request. We hope that the situation now is quite clear. Please fax the amendment of credit at your earliest convenience. Yours faithfully, Notes Group discussion: What a letter concerning insurance usually includes? Exercises 1. Exercise One. 2. Exercise Two. 3. Exercise Three 4. Exercise Four 5. 6. Exercise Six （10）Our CIF prices are calculated without taking into consideration insurance against any additional risks and we usually cover insurance against WPA.