Post history - 30 years ago: Insurers face £10m bill for Salem loss
Looking through Post's back catalogue paints a unique picture of more than 150 years of insurance news, as this article from 30 years ago reveals.
Marine insurers have been told they must pay more than £10m for the loss of the tanker Salem's 196 000 ton oil cargo in South Africa 15 months ago.
Judgment has been given in the UK High Court for the
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