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Interesting Claims

We intend to build up examples of interesting Engineering Insurance claims and the following are examples of some already received:

Contractors' All Risks (CAR) including ALOP

• foundation for bridge pylons CAR
• Harbour construction CAR
• Retention wall CAR
• Harbour outfall structures CAR
• Tetrapods protected harbour structures CAR
• The sewage tunnel damage CAR_ALOP50
• Road collapse after heavy rains CAR52
• Road collapse CAR 54
• Landslides caused damage to road CAR53
• Metro tunnel damage CAR_ALOP51
• Fatal injury to Third Party
• Damage to a dam due to overtopping
• Hurricane Loss to a Hotel Project
• Bridge Construction - Scaffolding and formwork fire
• Underground parking - Collapse
• Road construction - Subsidence
• Building construction - Terrorist attack
• Fire damage to condominium complex
• Damage to Buisness Centre Building
• Collapse of tunnel
• Subway Tunnel Collapse
• Damage to Culvert
• Cross Liability Claim caused by fire damage
• Fire Damage - refractory lining of Gasifiers
• Distortion of Tunnel
• Destruction of buildings during tunnel boring
• Overheating of motors driving mill
• Flood damage - Hydro Power Plant
• Fire damage at hotel complex
• Fire damage - construction of office block
• Destruction of coffer dams - power plant
• Collapse of water tower

Civil Engineering Completed Risks (CECR) including LOP

• Highway bridge - Collapse
• Harbour - Storm damage
• Concrete silo - Collapse

Contractors' Plant and Equipment (CPE)

• Damage to a rail bed service machine CPM
• Fire damage to the loco diesel engine CPM
• Plant and temporary equipment - Flood at dam construction site
• Mobile crane - Toppling over

Erection All Risks (EAR) including ALOP

• Sawmill during extension works EAR
• Faulty material or workmanship at boilerEAR
• Rotor of a gas turbineEAR
• pulp tower loss EAR_ALOP
• erection losses at offshore wind farm EAR55
• Damage to Stepper machine during installation
• Tornado Loss to Wind Turbine
• Small hydro power plant - Mudslide
• Oil storage tanks - Collapse due to windstorm
• Gas pipeline - Flood
• Damage to Bucket-wheel Excavator
• Damage to Gas Turbine
• Damage to Chemical Waste Treatment Plant
• Damage to High Speed Train
• Damage to crane hitting power cable
• Fire in a chemical vapour deposition machine (CVD)
• Fire during repair work on piping
• Explosion of Electrostatic Precipitator

Industrial All Risks (IAR)

Machinery Breakdown (MB), Boiler Explosion and Guarantee including LOP

• 300 KVA transformer and cable MB
• ice cream making plant MB
• Electric solenoid coil at a hatchery MB
• Damage to a heat storage vessel MB
• Damage to a 62 MW gas turbine MB
• Loss to a 650 MVA power transformer MB
• Wheat Silo Collapse MB
• 151107 windmill casesMB
• Damage on a drying tumble drum for chips MB56
• Explosion in Odorous gas collecter MB49
• Crack on Yankee dryer MB48
• Breakage of Gear case of limekiln MB47
• Lime Kiln Cracking MB46
• Chipper damage MB45
• Dissolving tank MB44
• Lime Kiln Failure MB39
• Steam turbine in paper mill MB43
• Paper machine MB42
• Recovery boiler MB41
• Bearing failure on a papermachine MB40
• Boiler - Overheating
• Gas turbine - Failure of turbine blade
• Steam turbine - Loss of blades
• Steam pressure vessel - Explosion
• Damage to Lime Kiln
• Cracked Generator Rotor Spindle
• Damage to Sulphuric Acid Process at a phosphate processing facility
• Guarantee- Damage to Locomotive Traction Transformers
• Failure of gas turbine generator
• Macro crack of Turbine blade
• Damage to boiler
• Failure of guide roll
• Explosion of Steam Roll
• Water damage to equipment due to flooding
• Damage to High Voltage Generator (136kV)

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