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Seafood Insurance

Seafood Insurance For

  • Growers & Harvesters
  • Processors & Packers
  • Wholesalers & Retailers
  • Restaurants
  • Shippers
  • All others in between

We Offer

  • Competitive industry pricing
  • Experience with prompt, courteous service
  • Spoilage coverage available
  • Available in ALL states

Single Lines or Complete Commercial Packages

  • Property
  • General Liability
  • Commercial Auto / Truck
  • Umbrella / Excess Liability / Bumbershoot
  • Workers Compensation
  • Equipment
  • Business Income
  • Protection and Indemnity (Hull & Liability)
  • Crew (Jones Act)

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At Bankers Insurance, the client is always in control.

You’ve worked hard to develop your brand.  Bankers can help you protect it.

 

The seafood industry is filled with fiercely independent and hardworking people.  Although there may be some similarities, no two businesses are the same.  Bankers Insurance earned a niche offering seafood insurance by working to understand our clients.  You know your business better than anyone.  We’re here to help protect what you built.  Let our experience work for you.

Concerned about a seafood insurance claim for foodborne illness?  What about spoilage?  Paying too much for workers’ compensation?  Are your watercraft and crew properly insured?  Whatever your toughest insurance questions or needs, we can help.

If you grow or handle live clams, oysters, conch, whelk, fish, or other live seafood, you need to talk to us about covering your stock which is excluded from most machinery breakdown/spoilage policies as “live animals”.

Seafood Insurance Quote Request

Seafood Insurance Quote Request

  • Prefer a quote by phone? Call (877) 606-1375.
  • We currently only quote new clients located in DC, MD, NC, SC, TN, VA, & WV.
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Risk Exposures

  • Product:  Contamination may be caused many factors and is often difficult to determine.  Contamination can occur during handling, processing, or may be in the product when harvested.  This is one of the largest exposures in seafood industry since contamination can cause severe illness, permanent injury, or even death of customers.
  • Equipment breakdown:  Particularly for refrigerated stock.  Pump breakdown for live stock.
  • Inland Marine:  For product in transit, there is a risk of loss should the truck break down or its cooling system fail.
  • Cooking / Steaming / Canning:  Boilers, heating, and cooking equipment must be well maintained to prevent fire or explosion.
  • Property:  Proper valuation needed for refrigerated premises.
  • Commercial Auto & Truck: Especially prevalent if a business delivers their product.  Driver controls are recommended.  Reference our article on establishing a proper Driver Hiring Program.
  • Premises Liability:  Clearly identified locations for customers verses shipping and receiving.  Truck movements must be controlled.  Slip-and-falls in association with premises.  Parking lots must be well maintained and lit.
  • Workers Compensation:  Due to moving equipment, cleaning, scaling, shucking, slicing, cooking, lifting, water exposure, United States Longshore and Harbor Workers Act.
  • Jones Act.:  See below.
  • Hired and Non-Owned Auto:  Exposure due to employees driving their own vehicles between locations or doing business errands in their own vehicles.  Company renting/leasing of vehicles, even as a temporary replacement, is sometimes an overlooked exposure.
  • Further seafood insurance risk detail

Recommended Coverages

  • General Liability
  • Property:  Buildings, inventory, stock (including live stock), computer systems, equipment, and goods in transit.
  • Inland Marine:  Equipment breakdown, including consequential loss of stock.
  • Commercial Auto & Truck
  • Workers Compensation – including USL&H or Jones Act in some circumstances.  Reference white paper above.

Why Bankers Insurance?

Anyone can be an order-taker.  Bankers Insurance is different.

We don’t expect clients to be seafood insurance experts. Take advantage of our experience. We can explain options and help you determine coverage that suits your needs.

As your insurance agent, we strive to know you. Only then can we suggest coverage that fits your specific business. We look for coverage gaps and offer protection. With us, you get the benefit of:

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