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In a Global economy, moving goods around the world can be a risky business. Organizations and individuals need to protect their cargo in order to remain in business.


Whether you ship by sea or air, Heritage Insurance Marine Cargo cover provides you with solid protection from the moment your goods leave the warehouse until they arrive at their eventual destination.


Our Warehouse-to-Warehouse insurance policy covers physical loss of or damage to your goods from external causes, including the following:

  • Expenses incurred to prevent or mitigate a loss.
  • General Average losses and General Average contributions.
  • Landing, warehousing and forwarding charges incurred as the result of an insured peril.
  • Loss or damage resulting from war risks, strikes, riots and/or civil commotion.
  • Theft and Hijacking.
  • Shortage and Non-delivery.
  • Loading and unloading


We at HERITAGE INSURANCE, understand the issues that impact your business, including just-in-time delivery, supply chain complexities and business interruption exposures. And we tailor our terms and conditions to suit specific transportation and protection needs.
 

Marine Cargo Insurance  Basic requirements​ in Kenya

In the 2016/2017 budget statement the Minister for Finance directed KRA (Kenya Revenue Authority) to ensure compliance with the Insurance Act Section 20, that requires placement of  Kenyan Insurance  business locally.


Following various consultative meetings between Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA), Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KMA), Association of Kenya Insurers (AKI) and other Stake holders, an implementation process was agreed upon and a roll out date of 1st  Jan,  2017.


KENTRADE was appointed as the Implementing Agency through their Single Window system.

The following was agreed upon as the implementation process:-

  • All importers are required to register on the Ken Trade Portal (Single Window System) through the assistance of their clearing agents or directly.
  • Insured  to select preferred insurer from the list uploaded in the Ken trade system, it is assumed the client will have engaged with the insurer or agent before hand to know the pricing offered.
  • Once the importer has Keyed in their Personal details, and  select preferred insurer from the list uploaded in the Ken trade system,  the application is submitted online. The Underwriter will get an e- alert on the request upon which  officers from the Insurer  will verify the details in the Ken trade system and provide details of  Premium, certificate number , stamp duty and other details
  • Once the Insurer approves, the system will auto generate the Marine Cargo Insurance certificate (MCI) for clearing purposes and will have details of the officers from the Insurance company. All Insurers have provided details of their officers to Ken trade


Early in January it was possible to clear goods using the Manual Marine certificates, since most importers and clearing agents had not been assigned password in Ken Trade , however, as from mid of Jan, 2017 no imports initiated from 1st Jan are being cleared without the online certificate.
 

CUSTOMER REGISTRATION PROCESS IN KENTRADE

The following are the Key steps in the registration process:-

  • Either the Importer or their Clearing agent can register Shipment in the Portal
  • The Importer will be required to contact Ken trade for registration and training, they can be contacted via  [email protected] or Tel. 4965000 (Call Ms. MwanauluIssa or [email protected] ; Billy Ngumi  [email protected]
  • Upon the Importer acquiring the access Credentials they will be required to capture details of each shipment in the portal and indicate the insurance company they are working with and intermediary where applicable. 
  • Insurer/Underwriter will compute Premium and approve the online requisition.
  • The Importer & Insurer  can view and Print online certificate which  can be   presented to customs for Clearance of goods
     

NB:  It is Important to note that only Marine Cargo Insurance certificates, issued through Ken Trade Portal are Valid for Cargo clearance by KRA officials.

For more information on our Marine Cargo Insurance please contact [email protected] or [email protected] 

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