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MONKEYPOX: INSURANCE EXCLUSION TRIGGERED
Published: 18 August 2022
On 23 July 2022 the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the escalating global monkeypox outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). The full statement of the Director-General of WHO can be read here. For more information about monkeypox, including details about symptoms, treatments and outbreak news we suggest that members monitor the WHO’s online monkeypox dashboard here.
Members are reminded that Britannia’s FD&D insurance, Charterers’ Liability Insurance (CLI) and Additional Insurances (AI) Terms and Conditions contain an exclusion in respect of Communicable Disease Risks. The details of the scope of this exclusion and write back are set out in the terms of those insurances. Following the statement made by the Director-General of WHO, the exclusion has now been triggered with effect from 23 July 2022. This exclusion does not apply to instances of transmission which took place before 23 July 2022.