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Written from the desk of a German underwriting agency: how claims actually get handled, what the small print in a boat policy is doing, and figures we gathered ourselves, with the source named.

Bordfunk: The podcast about what the small print says A fortnightly episode on one question from claims practice. It is recorded in German, so the episode pages are German only; this page lists what we publish in English. Bordfunk starts in autumn 2026 and is recorded in German.
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An open canvas tool roll on a teak deck with dividers and a folded chart News · New on nammert.com Sixty boating calculators, no sign-up The numbers you need on the pontoon, and for each of them the question of what the result means for a contract. 30 July 2026New on nammert.com A microphone on a boom arm beside a boat’s chart table, headphones next to it News · New on nammert.com Bordfunk: a podcast about the small print, in German Recorded in German, so there is no English edition. This is what it covers, in case you read German and want to listen. 29 July 2026New on nammert.com Two jet skis and a houseboat moored along the same wooden pontoon News · Market survey Six quotes, one boat: what a market survey actually shows The interesting part of a market survey is not the cheapest premium. It is the two providers whose wording turns out to insure something different. 1 July 2026Market survey A fresh gouge in a white hull above the waterline, the boat hanging in travel lift slings Magazine · Claims practice Reporting damage: the first three hours decide Make safe, document, report, in that order. Repair only after the insurer has seen it, or the basis for assessment is gone. 12 June 20267 min read A multi page document lying open on a boat’s chart table beside reading glasses Magazine · Policy wording Reading your own policy: seven sentences that count Insured value, navigation limits, deductible, gross negligence, limits of indemnity, exclusions, duties. There is nothing else you need to find. 20 May 20268 min read Three coiled ropes of different thickness side by side on wet pontoon planking Magazine · Background Underwriting agency, broker, insurer: who does what An underwriting agency underwrites and settles under a carrier mandate. The carrier holds the risk, the agency makes the decision. 8 April 20266 min read An empty boat trailer standing half submerged on an algae covered concrete slipway Magazine · Transport Trailering and launching: the underrated hours A trailer uncoupled on a slope is nobody else’s liability. That is where the gap in most arrangements sits. 18 March 20266 min read A row of yacht sterns moored to a stone quay, boarding gangways lowered onto the stone Magazine · Cruising Chartering: the deposit, the skipper, the handover The deposit is the owner’s deductible, not your protection. Those are two different things and they need two different answers. 11 February 20267 min read A stack of unlabelled files on a dark desk beside a banker’s lamp News · Law A German court bars a broker from calling itself an insurer Anyone using the word insurance in a trading name has to be an authorised insurance undertaking. That is the simplest test a buyer has. 22 January 2026Law A heavy spliced mooring line turned around a granite bollard on a quay News · Company Who carries the risk, and why you should ask We underwrite in the name of Wuerttembergische Versicherung AG. The distinction between agency and carrier is not a formality. 1 March 2025Company A sailing boat ashore under a fitted cover with a ridge pole, frost on the cradle Magazine · Season and care Laying up: what actually matters in October Drain, unload, cover, document. Frost damage is maintenance almost everywhere; a storm in the yard is a different matter. due 15 September 2026announced

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