Best Yachting Apps

While the best boating apps cannot replace proper preparation, boat maintenance, and yacht insurance, there are many that can make your life a lot easier when you set sail. Here are some of apps our yacht insurance specialists like to use: My Anchor Watch – this handy app, available for Android and iPhone, can be […]

Florida Boating Rituals

Florida boat insurance is the modern day replacement for the mariner’s rituals of old that would protect boaters from unforeseen mishaps and ease their fear of superstitions. The rituals, although not effective do have roots rich history and intrigue. Here are a few of the superstitions and rituals that have played a role in the […]

Finding Time for Boating

Is your yacht sitting at the dock more than she’s out in the water? (Are you making sure you have comprehensive yacht insurance to cover your investment when you’re sailing or docked?) We’re boating enthusiasts ourselves, and we get it. No matter how much you love boating, there are so many other things that can […]

Creating Boating Memories

Once you take care of the maintenance, trip planning, and administrative details like reviewing your yacht insurance, there’s more than fresh air to enjoy with your family when you head out on the water. It’s time to create family memories! Boating is a wonderful way to build relationships and an ideal way for families to […]

Environmental Insurance Claims

Does your marine business insurance cover you for environmental insurance claims? Is it adequate? Marine business owners and operators need to be mindful of a wide variety of potential pollutants that could wreak havoc on marinas and shipyards or cost into millions of dollars in liability. When you work in marine business insurance and process […]

Marina Emergency Prep

One of the most important things our marina insurance specialists would like to see in place at every single marina in America — aside from marine business insurance of course — is a well-defined emergency protocol. Too often as we process marine business insurance claims, we see situations where better planning and emergency preparedness might […]

Prevent Boating Accidents

Even the most careful, experienced boaters are not immune to boating accidents, which is why having proper yacht insurance coverage is so important. As the saying goes, however, safety doesn’t happen by accident. Here are some things you can do to prevent boating accidents (and the need to make a claim on your yacht insurance […]

Best Boating in Washington State

While Washington State’s gorgeous, towering forests have earned it the Evergreen State nickname, it seems to our Washington boat insurance specialists, that all the wonderful inland lakes and ocean escapes for boating deserve equal billing. The Pacific Northwest is one of the best destinations for boating, and Washington State frequently tops the list of best […]

Global Marine Insurance Expands Commercial Marine Department

TRAVERSE CITY, MI – Global Marine Insurance has announced that veteran marine insurance professional, Erin Deaton, has joined their team as a commercial marine specialist. She specializes in insurance for marinas and charter, rental and bareboat charter fleets. Erin brings with her an extensive knowledge of the marine insurance business with experience assisting a diverse […]

Boat Winterization

Lakeland boating published a useful article for preventing winter weather damage with proper winterization.   You can read it here.