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Re: Insurance Question
By:Tom
Date: 6/15/2001, 1:06 pm
In Response To: Insurance Question (Doug)

I found neither my house insurance or car insurance would adequately cover all my boats. My house insurance company (Maine Mutual Fire Insurance) however wrote me a separate policy to cover my several canoes, kayaks, and dingies against loss. They based the premium for each boat on the opinion of value I provided. Some coverage for accessories and for liability is also provided. It's expensive though, adding up to more than my house insurance, so I may drop coverage for at least some of the boats. Depends on what you comfortable with. A friend of mind lost a boat off his truck racks last year on the New Jersey Turnpike and heard a big truck behind run over it; he kept driving, there being no point in going back. Fortunately the boat was insured.
-Tom

Messages In This Thread

Insurance Question
Doug -- 6/15/2001, 9:20 am
Re: Insurance Question
Al -- 6/18/2001, 9:42 am
Re: Insurance Question
Rehd -- 6/18/2001, 10:03 am
What you say is what you pay.
Al -- 6/20/2001, 11:11 am
Torture your insurance agent for fun!
Jerry Siegel -- 6/15/2001, 10:18 pm
Re: Insurance Question
Tom -- 6/15/2001, 1:06 pm
No luck here either
Brian Nystrom -- 6/15/2001, 12:31 pm