Charter Insurance

Deposit insurance covers the full or partial retention of the deposit amount by the charter company for damage that has occurred to the chartered boat, including the motor and dinghy. Whether justified or unjustified.

Available options: 

• Deposit amount from €500 to €20,000, selectable in €500 increments.

In the event of cancellation by the non-commercial skipper, one or more crew members, the Trip Cancellation Insurance reimburses the contractually owed cancellation costs for charter and arrival and departure, as well as the additionally incurred return travel costs and pro rata charter costs in the event of interruption of the trip. If selected, additional accommodation costs immediately before or after the charter trip are also insured.

Available options:

• Travel costs from € 1,000 to € 40,000, selectable in € 1,000 steps.
• with or without excess
• Additional cover against insolvency of the charter or travel provider. Please note that there is always a 10% excess within this additional insurance.

Skippers Liability Insurance provides cover for damage to third parties culpably caused by the skipper or crew through the use of the chartered boat and any dinghies. Damage caused to the charter vessel due to gross negligence and claimed e.g. via the hull insurance of the charter company is also included. Further components are: Charter loss cover, seizure cover, hotel and transport costs cover and financial losses.

Available options:

• Sum insured of € 5 million or € 10 million applies for property damage and personal injury. Financial losses are always covered up to € 5 million.

In addition to the costs for medical treatment, medication costs and hospitalisation, the foreign travel health insurance reimburses the return transport of the patient to the home country as well as the repatriation costs in the event of death.

Accident insurance offers protection in the event of death or disability, including numerous benefits that are not covered by general accident insurance. Skipper and crew are insured during private use of the charter yacht, dinghies and water sports equipment as well as during shore excursions of up to 48 hours.

Pantaenius no longer offers the previous packages. You can now put together your own charter package tailored to your needs. This allows you to take out only the cover you need for the trip you are planning.

You only want to insure the deposit, but you also want to take out overseas travel health insurance? This was not possible in the past, but it is now possible.
You already have an annual policy for skipper's liability insurance? You do not need to take out this cover again.

The deposit, skipper's liability, foreign travel health and accident insurance can be taken out or added at any time up to the contractual start of the charter trip.

The Trip Cancellation Insurance can be taken out until the takeover of the boat if your charter contract was concluded within the last 21 days before the start of the charter.

In addition, Trip Cancellation Insurance can always be taken out up to 30 days before the start of the charter.

Charter insurance can only be taken out by an association (no commercial use) and by natural persons who have their permanent residence in the European Union, Switzerland, Norway or Iceland. Persons with Italian residence can only take out insurance in Italian through Pantaenius GmbH in Monaco. Since Brexit, persons with permanent residence in the United Kingdom (UK) can unfortunately no longer take out charter insurance, but can be an insured person.

If you would like to take out a policy for an association, please contact us. Charter companies and charter agencies cannot take out charter insurance. However, paid skippers can be policyholders.

Yes, all additions, changes and deletions to the crew can be made online in your LOGIN as soon as they become known, but no later than departure, and the crew list can thus be updated.

Add to the price for the charter (without running costs such as fuel, food, board cash etc.) the arrival and departure costs for each person to be insured.
Please add to this amount the costs for the overnight stays booked before or after the charter (hotel, holiday flat, etc.), should you also wish to insure these cancellation costs.