The B form of the Institute Cargo Clauses, issued by the Joint Cargo Committee of the Lloyd’s Market Association and the International Underwriting Association, sits between A and C. It is a named-perils wording: it responds only to causes of loss the clauses list, and the assured must bring the claim within one of them rather than simply proving that a loss occurred. B is broader than C, picking up categories of damage that C leaves out, while remaining well short of A’s all-risks approach. Because the difference between the three forms is a difference in what must be proved, not merely in price, a buyer comparing quotations should establish which form each is written on before comparing anything else.
Why nothing is quoted here. This lexicon quotes only text it has actually read, from the body that issued it. The instrument described above has a real owner, named in the paragraph, but that owner does not publish the operative wording openly, and reproductions circulating on brokers’, carriers’ and consultants’ websites are not the issuing body’s publication and are not treated as the source. So this entry describes the instrument’s role and structure and stops there. For the wording that will actually govern your transaction, go to the issuing body — and read the version your contract incorporates, since these texts are revised.