United Marine Insurance is Australia's leading marine liability insurance broker and is able to provide a complete liability insurance program for Commercial Vessel operators requiring Protection and Indemnity Insurance. [P&I] – with cover available from USD$100,000,000+

While there are no Australian registered and domiciled Protection & Indemnity Clubs [P&I Clubs], United Marine Insurance has access to all the main P&I Clubs registered and operating in the United Kingdom and many in the United States of America;  in fact  approximately 90% of the world’s ocean-going tonnage is covered by thirteen principal underwriting member clubs of the International Group of P&I Clubs (UK) Click here for more information about P&I Clubs

Protection and Indemnity Insurance – is a broad type of marine legal liability coverage specifically designed to cover commercial vessels operating on the high seas as many ship owners desire the much broader coverage offered by protection and indemnity insurance since it offers a worldwide coverage and includes protections against liabilities arising from a broader range of risks then standard marine liability covers offered to pleasurecraft; such as,

• Injury, illness and death of crew, passengers and stevedores.
  
• Repatriation of crew and substitute expenses.
  
• Diversion and other expenses incurred in landing refugees, sick persons and stowaways.
  
• Collision liability.
  
• Excess collision liability.
  
• Pollution by oil or other substances.
  
• Property damage.
  
• Towage contract liabilities, and liability under other contracts and indemnities.
  
• a Cargo loss, shortage and damage.
  
• Unrecoverable general average contributions.
  
• Salvor's expenses under the 1980 Lloyd's Standard Form of Salvage Agreement.
  
• Fines, certain legal and other costs.
  
• Wreck removal.
  
• Excess War Risks liability.