AXIS CANADA
Ocean Marine appetite guide
Specialty Solutions, Elevated
In a world that never stands still – where the nature of risk is constantly evolving and the needs of your customers are continually changing – you need a partner that turns challenges into possibilities and possibilities into opportunities. A specialty insurer that elevates beyond the standard solutions.
Why AXIS Marine?
AXIS Canada's Ocean Marine team supports brokers with specialized underwriting expertise, responsive service, and tailored solutions for commercial marine risks, enabling them to meet the diverse needs of vessel owners, operators, marine contractors, cargo interests, and transportation clients.
AXIS Advantage
- Fast turnaround on new business and renewals
- Dedicated marine underwriting expertise
- Dedicated in-house claims personnel
- Flexible solutions for complex marine operations
- National underwriting capability
- Access to online cargo certificates
- Capacity to support both single-vessel operators and larger marine fleets
- Detailed vessel and fleet tracking (AIS enabled operators)
- Ability to write global admitted business with our underwriting partners in territories around the world
Marine Products
Hull & Machinery - Physical damage protection for commercial vessels
Protection & Indemnity - Liability protection for vessel owners and operators
Marine Liability - Coverage for marine service providers and contractors
Cargo - Domestic and international cargo solutions
Freight Forwarders Legal Liability - Tailored solutions for logistics operators and NVOCCs
Builders Risk - Coverage for vessel construction and major refits

Hull & Machinery
AXIS provides first-party hull and machinery coverage for commercial vessels. This includes protection for physical damage to vessels owned and operated by insureds.

Marine Liability
AXIS offers marine liability coverage, Primary (Marine General Liability [MGL]) and Excess, and Bumbershoot liability.

Cargo & Logistics
We are specialists in ocean marine with decades of industry experience. With a deep understanding of dynamic ocean marine risks, we are dedicated to addressing the real-world issues faced by all participants in the supply chain.

Contacts
Global supply chains generate some of the world’s most complex risks and business issues. It takes more than a checklist or an algorithm to deliver a properly tailored insurance program. We are out-of-the-box problem solvers — get in touch with your AXIS Canada Ocean Marine underwriters.
Product information is for descriptive purposes only, does not provide a complete summary of coverage, and is intended for use by licensed insurance producers. For our financial strength, individual insurance company ratings, and regulatory disclosures by jurisdiction, visit: https://www.axiscapital.com/product-information.