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Arkansas boating covers a lot of ground — deep clear reservoirs in the Ozarks, tailwater trout rivers, and the wide Arkansas River channel. Harvey Insurance writes watercraft coverage for all of it, including the liability a home policy leaves out.
Harvey Insurance is a trusted local agency serving families and businesses across Texas, Oklahoma & Arkansas — backed by America’s most reputable carriers.
It is worth being specific about Arkansas water, because the hazards are not uniform. The big Ozark reservoirs — Beaver, Bull Shoals, Norfork, Table Rock — are deep and clear with steep rock structure that punishes a hull in low water. Greers Ferry and Ouachita run heavy recreational traffic on summer weekends. The White River tailwaters below the dams carry fast, cold water and generation schedules that can change the river under you within an hour. And the Arkansas River navigation channel puts recreational boats in the same water as commercial barge traffic. A watercraft policy is written around these realities: hull and motor damage, trailer coverage, towing and wreck removal, uninsured boater protection, and liability limits that reflect what an injury claim actually costs.
Get a Free Boat QuotePhysical damage, liability, and the pieces owners forget until they need them.
Three conditions produce most of the losses on these waters.
Ozark lakes drop fast off steep banks and hide bluff rock and standing timber at fluctuating pool levels. Lower-unit and hull strikes are the routine physical-damage claim.
Below the dams on the White and Little Red, releases change depth and current quickly. Grounding and swamping incidents here are more common than owners expect.
Arkansas storms drop hail and hardwood limbs on boats stored under trees or sitting on lifts. Only the comprehensive portion of a watercraft policy responds to that kind of loss.
The decisions that matter are made when the policy is written.
We push for agreed value so a total loss settles at a known figure instead of a depreciation negotiation months later.
The cost of a serious passenger injury has nothing to do with what your boat is worth. Liability limits should reflect the injury, not the asset.
Arkansas boats winter in barns, driveways, and storage lots. We keep comprehensive in force through those months, where a surprising share of claims occur.
FAQ
Boat Insurance is not the only thing we write in Arkansas. Most households end up combining a few of these, which is usually where the savings turn up.
From a jon boat on the White to a bass rig on Beaver — we will quote hull, trailer, and liability together.
Get a Free Boat QuoteCoverage Areas
We write boat coverage throughout Arkansas — Beaver Lake and the Northwest Arkansas reservoirs, Bull Shoals and Norfork in the north, Greers Ferry in the center, Lake Ouachita and DeGray in the west, the White and Little Red tailwaters, and the Arkansas River corridor.