Marine
We take to marine coverage like a duck to water.
Zurich is one of the world’s leading underwriters of marine insurance solutions, serving customers in international trade, marine construction, terminal operations or other marine-related businesses.
- Zurich’s marine specialists can create customized ocean cargo and hull & liabilities coverage programs even for companies with challenging risks.
- We offer local marine coverage in more than 180* countries, with global capacity and limits to help you meet your ocean cargo and hull needs around the world.
- Zurich risk engineers** specialize in helping customers mitigate marine exposures, while a staff of highly trained marine claims specialists, including qualified average adjusters, help settle claims quickly and painlessly.
*as defined under ISO (International Organization for Standardization)
**Risk engineering services are provided by Zurich Services Corporation.
Zurich is one of the most experienced ocean cargo underwriters in the marketplace today. We offer a customized and comprehensive ocean cargo program that protects goods in transit by sea or air, almost anywhere in the world. Our seamless transportation coverage offers insurance protection from warehouse to warehouse. The basic policy covers ocean and air shipments, protecting merchandise for physical loss or damage from external causes. Coverages can be expanded to include inland transit risks, including storage and processing, consignment property and goods in storage, to name just a few.
Our risk engineers** are available to assist you in developing a program to help you limit your exposures and help you reduce losses associated with cargo transport and storage.
Our customers
Targeted classes include:
• Manufacturers - raw materials / finished goods
• Wholesalers / distributors
• Importers / exporters
• Freight forwarders / third party logistics providers
Our coverages
Features of our ocean cargo policy include:
• Underwriting tailored for each individual risk with a focus on specific coverage needs
• Comprehensive transit insurance covering merchandise warehouse to warehouse
Enhancements to our basic ocean cargo policy include coverage for:
• Domestic and foreign inland transit
• Warehousing / stock throughput
• Processing
• Installation
• Delay in start-up / business interruption
Contact Information
Patrick Hickey
(415) 538-7174
patrick.hickey@zurich.com
Zurich's experienced marine staff provides hull and liability coverage for customers involved in water transportation and maritime operations.
As one of the leading commercial hull and marine liability underwriters, our superior underwriting expertise and substantial global capacity enable us to tailor programs for even the most challenging marine risks. We work closely with other Zurich entities to dovetail marine coverages into a seamless overall commercial program. We offer primary liabilities, as well as specific excess and marine umbrella coverages.
Our customers
• Marine terminal operators
• Marine construction companies
• Passenger-carrying vessels
• Research vessels
• Vessel builders
• Vessel charterers
Our coverages
Hull
• Commercial hull and machinery
• Protection & indemnity (in conjunction with hull coverages)
• Vessel builders risk
Liabilities
• Terminals
• Ship repairers
• Wharfingers / safe berth
• Stevedores
• Charterers legal liability
• Excess marine liabilities
Packages, including marine general liability
• Shipyards / ship repairers
• Terminal operators
• Stevedores
• Marine construction companies
• Wharfingers
Contact Information
John Weber
(917) 534-4647
john.weber@zurich.com