Self-Insurance Programs for the Commercial Fishing Industry. Workshop Summary Report: National Workshop on Fishing Vessel Insurance and Safety Held at Washington, D.C. on February 4-6, 1987

摘要

The report is a summary of three insurance panels presented at the National Conference on Fishing Vessel Safety and Insurance held February 4-7, 1987, in Washington, DC. The objective of the conference was to bring together leaders of the fishing and insurance industries to discuss the existing insurance market for fishing vessels and the potential for new organizational alternatives. Insurance companies, brokers, and fishing industry leaders from the U.S., Canada, and the United Kingdom were represented. The report is divided into three parts. First, the alternative methods of insurance organization are described and analyzed. Second, existing self-insurance programs are evaluated and compared. Third, proposals for several new groups are examined.