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Anything not validated by NATO/ USA is fake, rest of the world should adhere to their terms and definitions as the high seas are owned by them
by newyankee 1y ago
Anything not validated by NATO/ USA is fake, rest of the world should adhere to their terms and definitions as the high seas are owned by them
- throwawaysleep 1y agoThey were not truly insured.
- polotics 1y agoDefinitely no. The "fake" here is about certainty that no insurance payout would occur in case of issue, meaning for example an oil tanker accidently dumping tons of black goo onto some english seaside resort, no compensation would come out of anywhere.
- vintermann 1y agoHow reliable is liability insurance for that sort of thing, generally speaking?
- ceejayoz 1y agoQuite. The real insurers are large, old, and have long made a name for themselves in this regard. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lloyd%27s_of_London https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lloyd%27s_of_London
- SanjayMehta 1y agoSo existing legacy monopolies are real and all newcomers are fake. Got it.
- ceejayoz 1y agoNah. The smaller new ones reinsure via folks like Lloyds. It’s quite complex. The company in this article could have done that, but they forged documents to avoid it. They had no intention of covering accidents - it was just plain fake to get these ships into ports.