| | AAIS | American Modern | Northern Insurance | ACE American |
| PROPERTY | | | | |
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| Property covered | | | | |
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| Communication equipment | | X | | |
| Described boat | X | X | X | X |
| Described motor | X | X | | X |
| Described tender | | X | | X |
| Described trailer | X | X | X | X |
| Detachable equipment | X | | | |
| Dinghies and their outboard motors used to service covered property | X | | | |
| Navigation equipment | | X | | |
| Newly acquired property | X | | | X |
| Non-owned boats (any limitation) | | X | | |
| Operating equipment | | X | | X |
| Personal effects | X | X | X | X |
| Photo or electronic equipment | | X (with exceptions) | | |
| Portable accessories used in the navigation, operation, or maintenance of a boat | X | | | |
| Radios (CBs, ship-to-shore, radar systems, sonar, or other transmitting and recovering systems) while in or on covered property unless permanently attached | X | | | |
| Safety equipment | | X | | |
| Substitute boats (any limitation) | X Previous limit | X | | |
| Trolling motors | | X | | |
| Water skis and other sporting equipment | X | | | |
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| Open or named perils | Open | Open | Open | Open |
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| Exclusions | | | | |
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| Bubbling and delamination | X | | X | |
| Civil authority | X | | | |
| Commercial use | X | X | | |
| Contamination of deterioration | X | | | |
| Corrosion | X | X | X | X (except electrolytic) |
| Criminal acts or omissions | X | | | |
| Dampness of atmosphere, rot, dry rot, mold, or mildew | | X | X | |
| Delay, loss of use, or loss of value | | | X | |
| Diminution in value | | X | | |
| Dishonesty | | | | |
| Electrolytic of galvanic action | | | X | |
| Faulty maintenance | X | | | |
| Faulty materials, workmanship, design | | X | | X |
| Fines, penalties, tax liens | X | | | |
| Freezing, thawing, changes in temperature, overheating | X | X | X | |
| Governmental action | X | | | |
| Illegal transportation of property | X | X | | |
| Inadequate lubrication, fuel contamination, abnormal combustion, misalignment of mechanical components | | X | | |
| Ingestion (not caused by an accident) | | X | | |
| Insects, vermin, animals, or marine life | X | X | X | X (exception for some damage caused by zebra mussels) |
| Intentional acts | X | X | X | X |
| Lack of reasonable care or due diligence in maintenance | | | X | |
| Latent defect | X | X | X | X |
| Marring, scratching, denting, | X | X | X | X |
| Mechanical breakdown | X | X | X | |
| Nuclear | X | X | | X |
| Osmosis or blistering | | | X | X |
| Owned in whole or in part by someone other than the insured or insured's spouse | | X | | |
| Power surge | | X | | |
| Pressure of weight of water, snow, or ice, whether or not driven by wind | | | X | |
| Racing | X | X | | |
| Riot or revolt | | X | | |
| Rust, inherent vice, contamination | X | X | X | |
| Seizure by government | | X | | |
| Seizure by the lienholder | | X | | |
| Used as primary or permanent residence | X | | | |
| Unseaworthiness | X | X | | |
| War | X | X | | X |
| Wear and tear | X | | X | X |
| While being repaired | X | | | |
| While being transported over land | | X | | |
| While being used as a residence | X | | | |
| While carrying persons or property for a fee | X | | | |
| While outside of policy territory | X | X | X | |
| While rented to others | X | | | |
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| Loss adjustment basis | ACV | Replacement Cost | Replacement Cost | Replacement cost |
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| Wreck removal coverage | X | X (if removal required by law) | | |
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| LIABILITY | | | | |
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| Exclusions | | | | |
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| Care, custody, or control | | X | X | |
| Commercial use | X | X | | |
| Communicable diseases | X | X | | |
| Contractual liability | X | X | X | X |
| Controlled substances | X | | | |
| Corporal punishment or abuse | X | X | | |
| Costs for removal, transportation, or disposal of the insured watercraft | | X | | |
| Criminal acts | X | | | |
| Damage to owned or transported property | X | | | |
| Employees (bodily injury to) | X | | | |
| Fines or penalties | X | X | | X |
| Illegal transportation | X | X | | |
| Insured (bodily injury to) or insured's household members or family members | X | | X | X |
| Intentional acts | X | X | X | X |
| Jones Act (bodily injury to employees eligible for benefits) | | | X | |
| Kite sailing or skiing , parasailing, or other water sports involving tethering or towing | X | X | X | |
| Noise or vibration | | X | | |
| Nuclear | X | X | | X |
| Officers, shareholders, directors, or partners (bodily injury to) | | | X | |
| Owned in whole or in part by someone other than named insured or spouse | | X | | |
| Owned property | X | X | X | |
| Pollution | X | X | | |
| Professional services | X | | | |
| Public or livery conveyance | X | | | |
| Racing (any exceptions) | X (sailboats) | X | | |
| Rented property | X | X | X | |
| Riot or revolt | | X | | |
| Sailing | | X | | |
| Salvage charges | | X | | |
| SCUBA diving | | | X | |
| Sexual acts | | X | | |
| Spinnaker flying, hang gliding, or similar | | X | | |
| Tax liens | X | | | |
| Transportation of insured property | X | | | |
| Trespassers (bodily injury to) | | X | X | |
| Unseaworthiness | X | | | |
| Used without permission | X | | | |
| War | X | X | | X |
| Water sports accidents | | X | | |
| While being towed | X | | | |
| While being transported on land | X | X | | X (except where being hauled out of water or launched) |
| While engaged in the boat business | X | | | |
| While outside policy territory | X | X | X | |
| While rented to others | X | | | |
| Workers compensation (including Federal Longshore) | X | | | |
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| Defense expense | | | | |
| Inside limit | | X | X | |
| Outside limit | X | | | X |
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| Punitive damages | | | | |
| Excluded | | X | | X |
| Covered | | | | |
| Silent on issue | X | | X | |
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| MEDICAL PAYMENTS | | | | |
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| Time limit | 3 years | 1 year | 1 year | 1 year |
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| Coverage for named insured and family | X | | | |
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| Additional Exclusions | | | | |
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| Bodily injury occurring while insured property is being conveyed, hauled out, or launched | | | | X |
| Bodily injury occurring while watercraft being operated by any person without insured's or spouse's knowledge and permission | | X | | |
| Bodily injury to insured's employee when workers compensation is available or required | | X | | |
| Bodily injury to trespassers | X | X | | |
| Insured's employees | | | | X |
| Intended or expected bodily injury | | X | | |
| Workers compensation | X | | | X |
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| CONDITIONS | | | | |
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| Policy territory | U.S.,Canada, Great Lakes, coastal waters extending 100 statute miles or less from the coast of the U.S. or Canada (with exceptions for personal watercraft coverage) | No more than 50 miles from safe port, harbor, or anchorage in U. S. or Canada if watercraft is less than 24 feet long; 150 miles from safe port, harbor, or anchorage in U.S., Canada or Pacific coast of Mexico (Rio Santo Tomas or north) if greater than 24 feet long; also, international shared lakes of the U.S. and Mexico if launched from the U.S. and not docked in Mexico | Specified in declarations. | |
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| OTHER COVERAGES | | | | |
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| Additional Insureds | | X | | |
| Equipment on shore | | | | X |
| Longshore and Harbor Workers Compensation | | | X | X |
| Overland transport | | | | X |
| Towing | X | X | X | X |
| Uninsured boaters | X | | X | X |
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