We provide marine liability insurance for commercial vessel operators including fishing fleets, charter boat businesses, passenger ferries, tugboat operators, and workboat services supporting ports and offshore industries. Our team understands that maritime liability exposures extend well beyond standard public liability, encompassing crew injury and illness (including Jones Act equivalent claims), collision liability exceeding hull policy limits, pollution from fuel spills or cargo discharge, wreck removal obligations, and towage liabilities. We structure P&I policies that respond to these unique maritime exposures with limits appropriate to vessel size, passenger capacity, and operating areas. Coverage extends to quarantine expenses, repatriation of crew, damage to fixed and floating objects, and legal costs defending maritime claims in specialized tribunals.

As an independent broker, we access international P&I clubs and marine liability underwriters who understand Australian maritime operations and the legal framework established by the Navigation Act, Marine Safety Act, and Protection of the Sea legislation. We ensure coverage responds to claims from crew, passengers, stevedores, and other maritime workers under both common law and statutory compensation schemes. For passenger vessel operators, we arrange appropriate limits for mass casualty scenarios and ensure coverage includes trauma counselling and crisis management response. We coordinate P&I coverage with hull and machinery policies to ensure clear boundaries between first-party physical damage and third-party liability, particularly regarding collision and general average contributions.

Our services include arranging marine public liability for shore-based marine operations including marinas, boat yards, marine surveyors, and ship chandlers who face unique exposures around vessel lifts, dry-dock operations, and professional services to the maritime industry. We ensure coverage extends to pollution liability for fuel storage facilities, includes products liability for marine equipment suppliers, and responds to environmental damage claims under state and federal legislation. For businesses providing maritime services in multiple jurisdictions, we arrange coverage that responds across different legal regimes and includes appropriate limits for operations in high-risk areas.

From single-vessel owner-operators through to substantial commercial marine fleets and marine service businesses, we deliver liability solutions that address the distinctive risk profile of maritime operations. Our focus is on securing comprehensive P&I coverage from insurers with proven maritime claims expertise, ensuring your business is protected against the potentially catastrophic liability exposures that arise from incidents at sea or in port, where traditional commercial liability policies provide inadequate or no protection.