Passenger Transport Vessels Insurance

Ensure the tranquility of your business by covering your registered commercial vessels, for complete protection against the risks of passenger transportation.

  • Damages and losses suffered by the ship, its means of propulsion, its navigation equipment during a stay and/or navigation, including electrical damage, total and partial theft. Compensation is paid without deduction for obsolescence.
  • Civil liabilities of the maritime carrier in respect of passengers and their personal belongings, recourse against third parties for bodily injury, property damage and consequential loss, pollution risks, retirement costs. Civil liability of the shipowner towards the crew.
  • Defense costs and recovery in case of accidents or disasters
  • Risks of war and similar.
  • Responsibility towards the crews.

Your crews are guaranteed for bodily and material damages they may suffer in the performance of their duties.

  • Bodily injuries
  • Material damages
  • Consequential non-material damages.

These damages are covered by your current contract during navigation or execution of the service and during boarding and disembarking operations.

Our clients

  • Maritime shipowners
  • Operators
  • River Shipowners / Barge Operators
  • Fishing
  • Trading of raw materials - transported goods
  • Goods transported - Industry
  • T&L (freight forwarders, carriers, logisticians)
  • Yachting
  • Shipyards
  • Maritime experts
  • Ship financing banks

Why choose Howden?

Our specialized teams in maritime transport offer you tailor-made guarantees adapted to your activities. We advise and assist you in risk management and claims for optimal compensation.

We offer you a contract subscribed on the French and European markets with insurers:

  • Specialized in the maritime field
  • With which we have solid partnerships allowing for competitive negotiation for the pricing of your contract.

Contact

Photo of Jean-Baptiste De Malartic

Jean-Baptiste De Malartic

Director of Maritime and Transport Product Line and General Manager of Howden Marine France
Photo of Jean-Baptiste De Malartic

Jean-Baptiste De Malartic

Director of Maritime and Transport Product Line and General Manager of Howden Marine France

Jean-Baptiste graduated from EDHEC Business School with an MSc in Strategy and Organization. After an initial experience at Gan Patrimoine (a subsidiary of Groupama) in personal insurance, he worked for four years in Italy for an insurance captive of the Crédit Agricole group to develop its activity and partnerships. Upon his return to France, he joined the underwriting department of AXA XL (formerly AXA CS) to lead development and innovation projects before integrating the marine cargo underwriting team in France, of which he became responsible in 2020.

Currently serving as Director of the Maritime and Transport Product Line and General Manager of Howden Marine France, Jean-Baptiste is responsible for developing Maritime and Transport solutions, which are one of the pillars of Howden in France. Howden Marine in France is built on the historical foundations of Guian, superbly developed with Seasecure under the direction of Jean Brossollet, with Jean-Baptiste succeeding him.