Write a leter of reply to the previous letter on behalf of the suppliers

Reply to the letter of Exercise 7 on behalf of the producers.

Write a letter to your suppliers to inform them that some articles in three cases have been broken due to bad packing; you have the report of the insurance surveyor confirming this.

SPEECH PRACTICE

1. Role-play. Disagree with the following statements. Give your reasons. Use the formulas of disagreement:

Far from it. You are mistaken. I don’t think so.

1) The basic document used in insurance is a cover note.

2) General average means partial loss or damage accidentally caused to a particular lot of goods.

3) An insurance policy is issued for each shipment of goods.

4) Normally goods are insured for the CIF value of the consignment.

5) An insurance premium is the name given to the sum of money paid to the insured by an insurance company if something goes wrong to the goods.

6) If a customer is unsatisfied with the execution of his order he may sue the seller.

7) If the quality of goods is unsatisfactory, the customer sends the goods back to the seller.

8) If the supplier sends the wrong articles he asks the customer to sell them at a reduced price.

2. What do you think could happen if:

• a) imported goods were not insured?
• b) insurance companies didn’t demand the report on the damage?

3. Role simulation. Discuss in the form of the dialogue:

• 1) advantages of buying goods on the CIF terms for the seller;
• 2) the way of calculating the insurance premium;
• 3) the order of making a claim.

4. Speak on the following topics:

• 1) Main insurance documents.
• 2) Main types of goods insurance.
• 3) Main types of social insurance in the USA and Russia.