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Re: T&T: Full Time Cruiser or Livaboard?

From: John Kirven (no email)
Date: Thu Nov 01 2007 - 15:51:48 EDT

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    On 11/1/07, Al Golden <> wrote:
    >
    > >>Is there a different rating for someone living aboard at a specific
    > marina
    > vs. someone cruising about without a permanent mooring?<<
    >
    > Not necessarily but, obviously, someone living aboard in the Chesapeake
    > Bay
    > region is going to pay less than someone cruising down the coast and down
    > island.
    >
    > >>Seems that the difference between 'livaboard' & 'full time cruiser' is
    > hair
    > splitting.<<
    >
    > Not at all! The risks are quite different.
    >
    > >>How would I know all the expectations like this of the insurance
    > company.
    > Will they be supplying a check list of categories? For all I know, they
    > expect livaboard to be spelled live-aboard and if I spell it wrong, my
    > claim
    >
    > will be rejected. What I read in this is that your insurance companies
    > will
    > try anything they can to reject ALL claims and I will need a lawyer to
    > fight
    >
    > any claim, no matter how legitimate.<<
    >
    > That looks an awful lot like insurance industry bashing. FWIW, Most
    > insurance companies recognize that their very best form of advertising is
    > in
    > the way they handle claims. In the case of yacht policies, where the
    > policy
    > form is All-Risk, Agreed Value, Replacement cost it is exceedingly rare
    > for
    > a claim to be denied. HOWEVER, they do expect to have accurate information
    > provided to them on their applications.
    >
    > Al Golden
    > International Marine Insurance Services
    > 1-800-541-4647
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