About Us

Simon Winter Marine specialises in providing insurance services to UK and European sailing and motor yacht owners. Our company ethos is to provide the very highest of standards of service whilst ensuring insurance cover is appropriate to our client’s needs. Our independent status ensures competitive premiums and impartiality when handling claims on your behalf.

All policies are underwritten either at Lloyds, with major UK and European insurers or arranged through specialist insurance brokers and marine insurance agencies. Full details of policies offered are available on request.

We maintain a database of approved yacht surveyors based in the UK and across Europe many of whom specialise in classic/historic vessels. For details please contact us.


Background

Simon Winter Marine is a company which shares your passion for sailing and all things marine.  Simon Winter holds a Yachtmaster commercially endorsed ticket and has over 25 years experience of sailing mostly traditional vessels from east coast fishing smacks to Bristol Channel pilot cutters.  When not crewing on his brother’s 47’ fishing smack ‘Maria’ Simon sails aboard the 1904 pilot cutter ‘Mascotte’ based in the Bristol Channel.

-----Our range of insurance services offered includes:

• Hull values to £5 million
• Third party limits of indemnity from £3 million
• Private & pleasure /commercial use
• Builders risk, laid-up and in-commission insurance
• Employers and crew liability
• Marine Cargo and transit cover
• Marine legal expenses
• Personal Accident insurance
• Travel insurance