해상선박보험의 역사를 통하여 보면 많은 경우에, 피보험자의 상당주의의무의 결여로 인하여 보험자가 보상을 거부한 경우가 많은 것을 볼 수 있다. 또한 과거 우리나라의 해상사고를 보아도 대부분의 사고가 인적요인에 의해 발생하였음을 알 수 있다. 따라서 본 논문은 이러한 해상손해에 중점을 두고 보험약간과 다른 제반 규칙들을 고찰함으로써 상당주의의무의 필요성에 대해서 강조하며, 나아가 사고사례를 분석하여 상당주의의무의 이행과 그 효과에 대해서 고착하고자 한다.
There may be some cases in which underwriters refuse to pay claims to the assured in case of his want of due diligence and actually, a lot of cases which an assured could not have been covered, existed through the history of marine hull insurance claims. Statistically, looking back the past marine accident cases in korea, the most parts of the accident are man-made disasters caused by want of due diligence. So, this study will focuss on this kind of marine losses and insurance clauses and other relevant rules containing due diligence such as due diligence of the assured in inchmaree clause, ITC-Hulls(1983), and due diligence of carrier in Hague-Visby Rule and so on. This study also shows what the disadvantages to marine enterprisers are, caused by want of due diligence and the advantages of doing due diligence are. In conclusion, this study contends that marine enterprisers should perform due diligence in dong their business for both financial stability and good management of their companies.
