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Marine & Cargo Insurance

Secure your business with NTI’s Marine Insurance products, covering cargo, and marine liabilities. Tailored for Australian industries, Marine Protect offers reliable protection for shipping, freight, and commercial vessel operations.

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What We Offer 

All of our products are backed by NTI's award winning claims solution and an extensive network of international partners so, if the worst happens, you can have peace of mind that you will be supported by our local expertise with global reach. And, because no two marine claims are the same, we support our customers with Australasia’s largest specialist marine claims team.  

  • Carriers Protect: Commercial Carriers Insurance 

    Specialist carriers cover for Australian road transport operators. 

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  • Hull Protect: Marine Hull Insurance 

    Cover for commercial vessels engaged in harbour, inland and coastal operations. 

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  • Marine Liability Protect: Marine Liability Insurance 

    Specialist liability cover for marine businesses that aren't moving cargo - marine trades, ship repairers, marina owners and operators and more. 

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Cargo insurance design for Australia

Flexible, with customisation to find the cover you need, NTI's Marine Cargo Insurance covers goods while being exported from, imported to and transited within Australia, or around the world, by sea, air, road and/or rail. 

  • Cargo Protect: Marine Cargo Insurance

    Single and annual trip cover for cargo owners: both buyers and sellers. 

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  • Inland Transit Insurance

    Covers goods accidentally lost or damaged during a single transit within Australia. Road, rail, sea and air.

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  • Livestock Inland Single Transit Insurance

    Developed in partnership with Insurance Brokers and backed by NTI, Australia's largest transport and logistics specialist.

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Who We Insure

  • Cargo Owners 

    If you need it moved, you need to know it's safe from when it leaves you to the moment it arrives at its destination. 

  • Carriers 

    If your business is moving cargo, protect it with specialist insurance. 

  • Marine Liability 

    Coverage for the businesses that support cargo movement - repairers, trades marinas and more.  

  • Vessel Owners

    Cover for commercial vessels engaged in harbour, inland and coastal operations. 

Quality and Service Across Our Cover Options

Marine Expertise Through Our People

We have a team of local marine underwriting specialists located across the country. This is essential due to the highly customisable nature of the different marine insurance options. A single marine claims specialist takes care of the entire claim process meaning that you speak to the same person every time. We’re proud to have the largest marine claims team in Australasia, which includes specialists across cargo, hull and marine liability as well as specialists in niche cargo industries.

Marine Claims Experience

  • Local Specialists With Global Reach

    No two marine claims are the same. That’s why we have a global network and the largest team of marine claims specialists in Australasia. This ensures that we’re responsive and available to our customers at all times.

  • Network of Partners

    We have a global network of partners, which means that when something goes wrong, NTI can help no matter where the customer or cargo is in the world. While our national marine claims team give you direct access to claims decision-makers.

  • Award Winning

    NTI customers have access to our award-winning NTI Accident Assist service which handles incident scene clean-up, the forwarding of cargo, message relay and more. All of this is done with a focus on protecting your brand and reputation.

  • Experts at the Forefront

    Our team of Marine insurance specialists is one of the largest and most experienced in Australia. These experts apply their deep knowledge and work together behind the scenes to tackle even the most challenging claims.

Personal Service: It’s in Our DNA

As an NTI marine insurance customer, when there’s a claim to be made, you’ll receive service from a single consultant who will personally handle it.

Having one point of contact for your marine insurance makes the process more time efficient for you because we get a better, deeper understanding of how we can help you recover your situation. You also don’t have to keep explaining yourself to different operators.

Excellence in claims is part of the DNA of NTI and we believe it’s another way that we demonstrate the NTI difference. 

We’re Industry Leaders

The 268m cargo vessel YM Efficiency was on its way to Port Botany from Taiwan when gale force weather conditions worsened.

At 12:30am, the vessel was 16 nautical miles off the coast of Newcastle when it experienced a period of quick, heavy tolling that lasted between 60 and 90 seconds. During this time, the ship lost 81 containers and a further 62 were damaged. Obviously, a large number of insurance provider were involved as many businesses were affected. Multiple insurers with multiple assessors would have meant serious time delays and doubling of effort.

Due to our standing in the market and our large team of claims specialists, Marine Protect was appointed as the lead insurance provider to handle the assessment and management of the incident – a true acknowledgement of our position as Australia’s leading marine insurance provider.

How to Get Insured

NTI Marine Insurance is offered through brokers, who will assist you in understanding the coverage details and help you decide if it's the right fit for your business.

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