Puerto Rico

Who we are

Blue Waters, a member of Sompo Group, is a leading provider of marine insurance solutions in Puerto Rico, combining decades of local market experience with specialist underwriting and marine risk expertise.

Through Blue Waters, businesses can access a broad range of Ocean Marine, Inland Marine and Environmental insurance solutions. Backed by Sompo's global capabilities, financial strength and international network, Blue Waters delivers tailored risk solutions for organizations operating across Puerto Rico.

Ocean Marine

We provide specialist ocean marine insurance solutions for a wide range of maritime businesses across Puerto Rico. From vessel operators and shipyards to terminals, stevedores and marinas, our team combines local market knowledge with deep marine expertise to help clients manage complex operational and liability exposures.

Ocean Marine coverage

Product Coverage features

Marine liability

  • Marine General Liability
  • Ship Yard Repair Liability
  • Stevedore’s Liability
  • Terminal Operator’s Liability
  • Marina Operators Legal Liability (MOLL)

Hull and P&I

  • Commercial Vessels
  • Recreational/Yachts Hull and P&I

Cargo

  • Cargo
  • Cargo & Warehouse
  • Logistics

Inland Marine

Our inland marine solutions are designed to protect the movement, storage and use of property beyond traditional property insurance programs. We offer tailored coverage for construction, transportation and logistics, communications equipment, fine arts, and other specialized property risks, supported by flexible underwriting and industry expertise.

Capacity

  • Varied by class and risk specifics, up to US $100m

Marine-Related Property*

  • Ability to pair our comprehensive property form with your inland marine policy to cover related business and personal property (including stock), buildings, and income exposures
  • Simplify and streamline your property and marine needs in a single policy

*(Commercial Output Policy)

Forms

  • A full suite of admitted AAIS Inland Marine forms as well as proprietary products
  • Able to customize coverage forms to address the specific needs of each insured

Inland Marine coverage

Product Target clients

Construction

  • Contractors’ equipment
  • Builders’ risk
  • Installation floaters
  • Riggers’ coverage

Transportation & logistics

  • Motor truck cargo
  • Transit
  • Warehouse legal liability

Communication/Technology equipment

  • Computer/Data processing equipment
  • Telecommunications equipment

Fine arts

  • Museums
  • Galleries
  • Dealers
  • Exhibitions
  • Churches and religious organizations
  • Historical societies
  • Private collectors

Property floaters and other

  • Scheduled property floaters
  • Equipment sales and rental coverage
  • Bailee coverage
  • Medical equipment
  • Camera equipment
  • Theatrical property
  • Renewables

Environmental

Environmental risks continue to evolve across industries and project types. Through Sompo's environmental practice, businesses can access specialized coverage designed to address pollution, remediation costs, environmental liabilities and related business risks, supported by experienced underwriting and claims professionals.

Core capabilities (across products)

  • Primary or excess capacity
  • Multi-year policy terms available
  • Emergency response and crisis management support
  • Coverage for broad pollution conditions (incl. microbial matter, waste, etc.)

Environmental coverage

Product Overview Targets Available coverage

Environmental Legal Liability

  • Claims made coverage
  • Site-based coverage for environmental risks tied to owned, leased or transacted properties
  • Worldwide coverage with local policy issuance
  • Coverage includes transportation and non-owned sites
  • Manufacturing
  • Distribution
  • Waste treatment/recycling
  • Commercial Real estate
  • Investment funds
  • Healthcare
  • Hospitality
  • Developers
  • Public entities
  • M&A
  • Energy
  • First- and third-party cleanup costs
  • Bodily injury, property damage, including Natural Resources Damage
  • Business interruption
  • Non-owned sites & transportation
  • Crisis and emergency response
  • Pollution Incident/Pollutant includes low level radioactive material or waste, microbial matter, legionella pneumophila, medical, infectious or pathological waste and EMF
  • Products pollution

Contractors Pollution Policy

  • Occurrence or claims made coverage
  • Coverage for environmental exposures from contracting operations
  • Worldwide coverage with local policy issuance
  • Annual all operations or single project coverage approach
  • Project specific coverage term up to 5 years + up to 10 years completed operations/extended reporting periods. Consideration for OCIP, CCIP and rolling wrap-ups
  • Coverage includes transportation and non-owned sites
  • Environmental service contractors
  • General contractors
  • Trade contractors
  • Infrastructure (road, pipeline, rail)
  • Energy services
  • Waste hauling
  • Industrial cleaning
  • Marine/dredging
  • Excavation
  • Drilling
  • Agriculture applications
  • Cleanup costs, bodily injury and property damage
  • Transportation and non-owned sites pollution
  • Crisis and emergency response

Storage Tank Liability

  • Claims made coverage
  • Coverage for pollution releases from storage tank systems
  • Coverage territory limited to Puerto Rico
  • Convenience stores
  • Real estate
  • Marinas
  • Airports
  • Storage terminals
  • Schools/universities
  • Corrective action and legal liability
  • Defense costs (outside limits)
  • Satisfies Federal and State Financial Responsibility Requirements
  • Above Ground and Underground Storage Tanks
  • Optional site pollution coverage for non-storage tank related incidents
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