Formerly branded as Boston Marine Insurance Services
We were founded on the principal that marine insurance is a people business. Our knowledgeable and client-oriented staff has more than 65 years of experience in the commercial and recreational marine insurance business, and our goal is to offer you unmatched expertise, service, and experience on your new or existing accounts.
With over 30 years of underwriting experience for both Inland and Ocean Marine Insurance, we are uniquely positioned to assist your agency in the placement of inland and ocean marine related risks through our in-house, exclusive programs or through the relationships we have developed with our marine underwriters.
Our Inland Marine capabilities include:
Motor Truck Cargo
Builder’s Risk
Bailee Customers
Contractor’s Equipment
Our Ocean Marine capabilities include:
Hull and Protection & Indemnity
Bumbershoots
Marine General Liability
Ocean Cargo
Maritime Museums are cultural institutions that need a flexible and comprehensive insurance package, that is tailored to their unique needs.
BMIS has several exclusive binding authorities for inland and ocean marine accounts with A rated carriers.
In addition to placing the below types of risks, we have exclusive in-house programs as well. These include a small business program for Contractor’s Equipment, Motor Truck Cargo, and Scheduled Equipment Floaters, for those accounts who do not meet the ever increasing minimum premiums found elsewhere in the marketplace. Our Minimum Premium is $750 for eligible risks. We also have a trip transit facility for single shipments. Please contact us for further details on these programs.
Boat Dealers
Bumbershoots
Charterer’s Legal Liability
Excess P&I and Legal Liability
Lobster Boats
Marina Packages
Marine Comprehensive Liability
Mega-Yacht Insurance
Single Shipment
Six-Pack Charter Boats
Terminal Operators
Builder’s Risk
Charter party Boats
Excess Marine Employer’s Liability
Hull and P&L
Marina Operators
Marine Contractors
Maritime Employer’s Liability
Ocean Cargo
Stevedores/Wharfinger Liability
Ship repairer’s Legal Liability
Yachts
In addition to placing the below types of risks, we have exclusive in-house programs as well. Our staff can underwrite and bind certain Hull and P&I, along with Marine General Liability accounts.
Please contact us for further details on these programs.
A new, competitively priced, proprietary program for Maritime Museums designed specifically to address the waterborne exposures that these institutions have. Maritime Museums are cultural institutions that need a flexible and Comprehensive insurance package that is tailored to their unique needs.
Applying to the Insured operation as a Maritime Museum including related activities
Limits: $1M per Occurrence, $2M Aggregate
Including:
Offering:
Broad Form Property Coverage With Gold Choice Property Enhancement Endorsement
Including:
Offering:
Broad Form Fine Arts Forms
Including:
Excess Marine/Bumbershoots/Umbrella
Please contact us for further details on these programs.