Proteus Marine Insurance

What Proteus Marine Insurance offers

Proteus Marine Insurance focuses on commercial marine insurance solutions. The website describes underwriting capabilities for cargo (including multi-modal and temperature-controlled consignments), carriers’ liability and commercial hull risks, along with marine liability products suitable for marine trades and operators.

Policy types and underwriting scope

• Cargo cover for imports and exports, including non-containerised and perishable goods.
• Carriers’ cover including liability and potential cover for refrigeration breakdowns.
• Commercial hull insurance for vessels used in harbour services, tourism, passenger and offshore support operations.
• Marine liability products for ship repairers, marina operators and other marine trades.

How they operate and where

The site states Proteus provides local underwriting and claims services via insurance brokers throughout Australia and New Zealand. It also identifies Proteus Marine Insurance as a business name of NM Insurance Pty Ltd and notes underwriting is provided by Zurich Australian Insurance Ltd under a binding authority (with historical arrangements noted for QBE for earlier policy periods).

Contact and claims

The website lists a national claims number and several contact emails for claims and customer service. A physical address in Walker Street, North Sydney NSW is shown on the directory record.

Important notes

The website presents general information and refers readers to Product Disclosure Statements, Policy Wordings and Target Market Determinations for specific terms, limits and exclusions. It also states advice on the site is general and recommends considering policy documents before buying or renewing insurance.