A boat insurance specialist with an office at 1/62 Riccarton Road in Riccarton, Christchurch. Nautical Insurance covers trailered boats, moored boats, jet skis and their trailers, jet boats and commercial vessels across New Zealand. It is an underwriting agency of Vero Insurance New Zealand.
The company was founded in 1988, when Lombard Insurance, a trailer boat insurer, merged its operations to streamline boat insurance. The website says it is now the largest arranger of boat insurance in New Zealand, with most of its customers in the South Island and Wellington.
Policies include assistance, salvage, recovery and loss-reduction cover, so a damaged boat can be taken to a repairer or to a place of safety. The website says claims are picked up in under 24 hours, and that the company works with more than 40 repair centres. Cover can be verified within minutes online. The company also works through many boat dealers in the South Island, where it can sell insurance at the point of sale. For a fast turnaround, the website gives the phone number 0508 628 8425.
Two other insurance businesses are within a kilometre of the Riccarton Road office: PSC Insurance Brokers (Christchurch) and General Insurance Ltd, both 1.0 km away.