Do you require a licence to hold yourself out as a Broker in the US, how about
surveyers, must they be licenced?


Anyone can sell boats. But to survey for insurance companies requires
affiliation with one of several surveyor orgs. Even then only certain groups
are accepted by BoatUS, while Travelers Yacht Insurance has different criteria.
Most insurance surveyors lack the detailed knowledge to fully and properly
survey sailboats and many avoid sailboats altogether. There's a bunch of guys
running around with moitsure meters and Costco tools calling themselves
surveyors. Pretty common. My good friend only does sailboats and conducts brand
specific surveys after researching a models. Very nice.

RB