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Guidelines for presenting claims in the tourism sector

Contents

1. Introduction to the International Oil Pollution Compensation Funds 4
What are the IOPC Funds? 4
What does the 1992 Fund do? 4
How is money raised to pay compensation? 4
When does the 1992 Fund come into play? 4
Why are tourism businesses compensated? 5
2. Who can claim? 6

3. What should you do if there is oil pollution? 9

2 4. What losses are covered? 10
Property damage 10
Consequential loss 10
Pure economic loss 10
Area-wide mitigation marketing 11
Use of advisers 11
5. What claims can be compensated? 12

6. When should you make a claim? 13
7. How can you make a claim? 14
Where can you get a claim form and how should you submit it? 14
What information should you provide? 14
Fraud 20
What if you have poor records or no evidence? 21

8. How are claims assessed and paid? 22
9. Contacting the IOPC Funds 24