Recommend boat insurance

[oldbilbo]

If you were asked to recommend a sailboat insurer from your experience of their service and freedom from restrictions, which of the following would you mention?

Curtis Marine?

Saga?

Pantaenius?

GJW?

Bishop Skinner/Bluefin?

Knox-Johnson?

 

[FullCircle]

Have a look at Yachtline?

 

[Pinnacle]

I would ask advice from jfm.

 

[NeilO]

Voted for Pantaenius - but Traffords have my business and they are not on the list

 

[oldbilbo]

I would ask advice from jfm.

Would that be 'jfm distributors'? Or the Journal of Fluid Mechanics..? 'JFM Associates, maybe...? Or * Electrical Ltd....? * Construction plc, maybe.....?

 

[Stork_III]

Where is the "other " option.

Y Yacht for me.

 

[Stork_III]

Would that be 'jfm distributors'? Or the Journal of Fluid Mechanics..? 'JFM Associates, maybe...? Or * Electrical Ltd....? * Construction plc, maybe.....?

jfm = http://www.ybw.com/forums/member.php?45-jfm

 

[bobgarrett]

Where is the "other " option.

Y Yacht for me.

+1

 

[Pinnacle]

jfm = http://www.ybw.com/forums/member.php?45-jfm

Thats the fella!

 

[Sans Bateau]

Should also ask for claims experience, any insurer is only as good as their ability to support you in your hour of need, GJW do.

 

[alan17]

I voted Pantaenius. I have had a claim whilst insured with them. No problem at all. They suggested that I involve a surveyor which I did. The choice of surveyor was totally mine not even a suggestion from insurer as to who to use. I disclosed my choice. Pantaenious asked if he was YBDSA recognised. I confirmed that he was. They then said that they also would use same surveyor and that would save me paying his fees! They further asked if I needed an advance payment to cover any deposit required by repairer. The answer was No. Cannot fault their service.

 

[sailorman]

If you were asked to recommend a sailboat insurer from your experience of their service and freedom from restrictions, which of the following would you mention?

Curtis Marine?

Saga?

Pantaenius?

GJW?

Bishop Skinner/Bluefin?

Knox-Johnson?

Pants & Y Yacht Ins

The remainder read the exclusions very carefully

 

[nickf]

Pants & Y Yacht Ins

The remainder read the exclusions very carefully

I would be interested in what you base this statement on. I certainly can't pass an opinion on other companies but have been with Bishop Skinner 5 years and had one claim which was promptly met. In light of your statement I have again read through the policy very carefully and can see no exclusions which would cause me concern. I would find it useful if you gave an example of an exclusion in the Bishop Skinner policy which you think is unreasonable?

 

[sailorman]

I would be interested in what you base this statement on. I certainly can't pass an opinion on other companies but have been with Bishop Skinner 5 years and had one claim which was promptly met. In light of your statement I have again read through the policy very carefully and can see no exclusions which would cause me concern. I would find it useful if you gave an example of an exclusion in the Bishop Skinner policy which you think is unreasonable?

#7 might be a start
I have only ever insured with
St Margrets many many yrs ago
Pantaenius ,
HKJ (changed due to exclusions)
Present insurer, Y Yacht (due to exclusions & YBW recommendations )

 

[nickf]

#7 might be a start

Apologies - not sure what you are referring to - Can you elucidate?

 

[sailorman]

Apologies - not sure what you are referring to - Can you elucidate?

As jfm states, Check the exclusions, NOT what you think you are insured for

 

[nickf]

As jfm states, Check the exclusions, NOT what you think you are insured for

As I said I just have - I would be grateful if you (or jfm) can give me an example of an exclusion in the Bishop Skinner (AXA) policy that I should have concerns about.

 

[Colvic Watson]

Where is the "other " option.

Y Yacht for me.

+ another 1

 

[oldbilbo]

One day on, and about one-third are satisfied with GJW and another third by Pantaenius.... I'm hoping the numbers will swell as the days pass, so that something 'statistically significant' might emerge.

I should mention that my selection of contenders reflected my limited, not comprehensive, knowledge of providers. There may well be others worthy of consideration and support.

 

[Nicholas123]

Yachting 24 & the none requirement for a survey do it for me.Why no mention? The rest in my experience quote high initial figures.