Winter Boating Safety Tips

If you’re missing the waves and have your boat insurance in place, winter boating can be a wonderful escape from the ordinary. It just takes some pre-planning to ensure you stay safe! Here are some winter boating safety tips from our boat insurance professionals: Lower your risk of hypothermia: Obviously when the temperatures dip below […]

Winter Boating Safety

The right boat or yacht insurance coverage is essential to protecting your investment in any weather, but knowing how to boat safely during the cooler months can go a long ways towards reducing your risk of needing to file a claim. Since we would all prefer to avoid danger here are a few tips to keep you safer and avoid needing your marine insurance company on speed dial.

Mild Winter Boating Weather

If you live in a northern region, your outdoor activities are likely limited by the onset of cold winter weather. Try as we might, boats simply do not travel well on frozen lakes and rivers. However, surprising mild winters and the ability to set your sails toward a tropical destination can extend your boating season […]

Global Marine Insurance: Life Jackets Even More Important in the Winter

According to the US Coast Guard, the single most important thing boaters can do for safety is to wear a life jacket. It reports there were 758 boating fatalities in 2011, 533 of which resulted from drowning. Of those who drowned, 84 percent of the victims reportedly did not wear a life jacket. Wearing a life jacket does not guarantee to prevent drowning, but there are few drowning deaths reported that occur while wearing a life jacket. It acts as your insurance should anything go wrong.