Clause 26: Nuclear Exclusion

In no case shall this insurance cover loss damage liability or expense arising from any weapon of war employing atomic or nuclear fission and/or fusion or other like reaction or radioactive force or matter.

Comments to ITCH

This clause excludes loss, damage, liability or expense arising from any weapon of war employing atomic or nuclear fission and/or fusion or other like reaction or radioactive force or matter.

The exclusion is limited to the use of any weapon of war. However in practice all marine policies today included the so called RACE clause see below.

NMIP Comparison

NMIP Cl. 2-8 and Cl. 2-9 incorporates the co called RACE II clause. The RACE II clause is broader than the ITCH Cl. 26 Nuclear Exclusion Clause in that it excludes nuclear threats from all sources e.g. it is not necessary that the threat comes from a “weapon of war.”