For insurance purposes, which is a...

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• General average in marine insurance: how losses and expenses are shared among ship, cargo, and freight interests • Conditions for a general average act: intentional sacrifice or expenditure, made reasonably, to preserve maritime property from a common peril • Difference between normal voyage outcome vs. special situation involving imminent danger

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• Ask yourself: does general average usually arise when everything goes smoothly, or when there has been a real danger to ship and/or cargo? • Think about whether a general average situation can still exist if some property is damaged or lost in the effort to save the rest. • Consider: Is the key factor that the venture is successful, or that a deliberate sacrifice was made in the face of danger?

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• Verify whether imminent peril or danger is required, or the absence of peril is required, for a general average act. • Check if losses or sacrifices can exist (and often must exist) in a general average situation. • Confirm whether a general average claim depends on the voyage being fully successful, or simply on the nature of the sacrifice and the common danger.

For insurance purposes, which is a requirement for a general average act?

It must be a successful venture

There must be no imminent peril

There are no losses

All of the above

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