National Marine Lenders Association

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PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE

Spring is in the air - well, everywhere except perhaps the Northeast :(  But, the worst is hopefully behind us and we can all start to focus on warmer weather and a busy boating season.

2018 has already brought us four new members - Luxury Law Group, PLLC, Ft. Lauderdale, FL (Danielle Butler) and Reliable Documentation, Inc., Costa Mesa, CA (Kathi Krencik Ford), BankNewport, Newport, RI (Austin Sedicum), Marathon Xpress, LLP, Wilmington, NC (Troy Tiedeman) and Flagstar Bank, Troy, MI (Garry Bryant). Please review their company's information found in this website's "Member Directory" (select the ABOUT US tab) and reach out to them if they can assist you in any way. Welcome aboard Danielle, Kathi, Austin and Troy!

This past February, we gathered in Ft. Lauderdale for our Marine Lending Workshop where we shared "best practices" with the 35 folks onhand. Covered by speakers and panelists was underwriting to collections and everything in between. If you weren't able to attend this year, please put it on your calendar for 2019. It's an educational program that you don't want to miss.

Our next big event will be our 39th Annual Conference at the Grand Traverse Resort and Spa in Traverse City, MI, September 9th -11th. The Conference Committee is already working on this year's agenda and registration information will be available soon via email announcement and also the link at the bottom of this Homepage. 

Also in the works is the NMLA 2018 Annual Report, the only compilation of marine lending data available anywhere. This year's survey has been distributed to our lender members for their completion, and we anticipate availability of the full report (again in convenient PDF format) at the end of the 2nd Quarter. 

Thank you all for your ongoing support of the NMLA and for making everything we do possible. Have a wonderful Spring and please, don't hesitate to contact me or any of our directors and staff members if we can assist you in any way.

Dennis Poer, President
 

 

2018 NMLA OFFICERS

PRESIDENT - Dennis Poer, Bank of the Ozarks

VICE PRESIDENT - John Haymond, Medallion Bank

SECRETARY - Nikki Bates, Intercoastal Financial Group

TREASURER.- William Otto, Lake Effect Financial Services

 

ABOUT US

Welcome to the National Marine Lenders Association

The National Marine Lenders Association (NMLA) was formed in 1979 by founding directors Bill Otto, Jackie Forese, and the late Don Mattocks. It was created, and continues today, to educate current and prospective lenders in marine financing procedures, promote the extension of credit to consumer and trade borrowers, maintain alliances with industry partners, measure and report on the vitality of the marine lending market, and actively maintain networking and communication benefits for its members.

The National Marine Lenders Association is made up of banks, loan origination companies (service companies), finance companies, credit unions and other industry professionals. For visitors to this website in search of financing options, please select the FOR BOAT BUYERS tab at the top of this screen. If you are involved in marine lending and interested in becoming a member of the NMLA, please select the JOIN THE NMLA tab for additional information and an application. 

Thank you for visiting this website. For additional information, please feel free to contact us at (410) 980-1401 or via email at info@marinelenders.org.

 

 WELCOME ABOARD TO OUR NEWEST MEMBERS!

BankNewport
Flagstar Bank
Luxury Law Group, PLLC
Marathon Xpress, LLC
Reliable Documentation, Inc.
 
 

CONTACT A NMLA SPONSOR COMPANY

All of our sponsor companies - banks, financial services providers, dealers, title and USCG documentation companies, marine surveyors, marine insurance companies, recovery/liquidators, maritime attorneys, and technology service providers, are involved in the marine industry. So, whether you are a current NMLA member, an industry affiliate, a boat dealer/broker, or a boat buyer, NMLA sponsors are the businesses you should be working with. 

It is our pleasure to provide you with the contract information of our sponsor companies as well as a brief description of the services each one offers. Please visit our “SPONSOR LINKS” tab at the top of this webpage.

 

CURRENT TOPICS

 

NMLA 2018 DIAMOND SPONSOR

2018 PLATINUM, GOLD, SILVER AND BRONZE SPONSORS

 

 

PLATINUM $5,000 

 

 

ManheimSpecialty 4c

 

 

MARATHON LOGOS wreath

 

 

 

  

 

    

 

GOLD $2,500 

 

 

 

    

 

 

  

       

    

  

 

 

    

 

 

 

SILVER $1,500 

Aqua Finance, Inc.

Cox, Wootton, Lerner, Griffin & Hansen, LLP

Dona Jenkins Maritime Document Service

Global Marine Insurance Agency

Huntington National Bank

Lenders Risk Services, Inc.

Merrick Bank

Sebrite Corporation

USALLIANCE Financial

U.S. Bank

 

 

 

BRONZE $750

ADESA Specialty Auctions

American Vessel Documentation Association (AVDA)

Annapolis Yacht Documentation

BB&T

Georgia's Own Credit Union

 Kotz Sangster Wysocki P.C.

Lending Associates

Luxury Financial Group

MB Financial Bank

Nielsen Beaumont

RV Lending Group

The Mary Conlin Company

 

 

  

 OTHER $250

JustBoatLoans by Vertisol, Inc.

Marwedel, Minichello & Reeb, P.C.

 Radius Bank

 

 

 

A VERY SPECIAL "THANK YOU"

The Board of Directors of the NMLA would like to extend a very special "Thank You" to ALL of our 2018 sponsors whose names appear above.

Without their generosity, we could not bring our members and others interested in the marine lending industry the NMLA Marine Lending Workshop, our Annual Report, or the venues, speakers, and events we all enjoy at the Annual Conferences.

Your ongoing support of the NMLA is greatly appreciated.