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2010/09
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Drinking Responsibly or I Lost a $1.3m Artwork
A man entrusted with helping to sell a painting by Corot said it disappeared while he was in a drunken haze according to the lawsuit filed in Manhattan
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2010/08
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Art & Antiquity Thefts
Thieves made off with two pieces of art and antiquity, one the well publicized van Gogh theft in Cairo, the other, the theft of a gold bar from the Mel Fischer Maritime Museum in Key West
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2010/08
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Distressed and Vacant Properties Fill a Void for Insurers
The vacant and distressed property segment, barely thought of two years ago, has boomed over the last couple of years as the economic downturn has forced the closure of many businesses and halted many construction projects
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2010/08
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ALR Recovers Valuable Dieppe Carved Ivory Box
Just 6 months after the box’s theft from a residence with the owner mere rooms away, the Art Loss Register [ALR] matched the stolen item with a Christie’s NY auction facilitating the box’s recovery
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2010/07
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International Through Bill of Lading and Inland Transit
Yet again the issue of whether an inland carrier can access/use/circumvent the terms and conditions of the international through Bill of Lading has surfaced and been adjudicated … this time by the United States Supreme Court … dealing in this case mainly with the forum selection clause
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2010/07
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The B M C – 32 – An End of an Era
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration [FMCSA] announced on June 22 in the Federal Register that it is eliminating the requirement for most for-hire motor (common) carriers and for freight forwarders to maintain cargo insurance in prescribed minimum amounts
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