{"id":43481,"date":"2002-08-07T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2002-08-07T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/?p=43481"},"modified":"2023-05-06T17:38:41","modified_gmt":"2023-05-06T21:38:41","slug":"multihull-insurance-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/sailboats\/multihull-insurance-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"Multihull Insurance Issues"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Nowadays, cruising catamaran owners may enjoy a discount on their insurance premiums because their loss ratio is smaller than monohulls&#8217;. This favorable ratio has nothing to do with red-herring safety issues; it has to do with actual paid-out losses. Astute insurance agents recognize the advantage and seek out high-quality production boats to insure. Multihull insurers include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>International Marine Insurance Services, phone (410) 643-8330 (MD)<br\/>\nSeaward Marine Insurance, phone (305) 538-0474 (FL)<br\/>\nBerg Williams Insurance, phone (800) 749-8800 or (305) 767-9500 (FL)<br\/>\nBOAT\/U.S., phone (800) 283-2883 or (703) 461-2850 (VA)<br\/>\nJack Martin &#038; Associates, phone (410) 267-8755 (MD)<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>A full description of your vessel as a catamaran sailboat or a trimaran sailboat will help the paperwork flow through other companies&#8217; underwriting departments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>-Chuck Kanter<br\/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<br\/>\nChuck Kanter and his wife Corinne are both successful authors. Chuck&#8217;s Cruising On More Than One Hull and Sailor&#8217;s Multihull Guide compose part of his 25 years&#8217; experience sailing, surveying, delivering and otherwise messing about in multihulls. The Kanters can usually be found plying the waters of the Bahamas, Caribbean or Florida Keys.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nowadays, cruising catamaran owners may enjoy a discount on their insurance premiums because their loss ratio is smaller than monohulls&#8217;. This favorable ratio has nothing to do with red-herring safety issues; it has to do with actual paid-out losses. Astute insurance agents recognize the advantage and seek out high-quality production boats to insure. 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