"Marine and Transportation Insurance" and "Wet Marine and Transportation Insurance" Defined.

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26-5-107. "Marine and transportation insurance" and "wet marine and transportation insurance" defined.

(a) "Marine and transportation insurance" includes:

(i) Insurance against any kinds of loss or damage to:

(A) Vessels, craft, aircraft vehicles of any kind, all cargoes, effects, disbursements, profits, monies, bullion, precious stones, securities, choses in action, evidences of debt, valuable papers, bottomry and respondentia interests and all other kinds of property and interests therein, incident thereto or in connection with any risks of any type of navigation, transit or transportation, or while being assembled or prepared in any manner for or awaiting shipment or during any delays, storage, transshipment or reshipment incident thereto, including marine builder's risks and all personal property, floater risks; and

(B) Person or to property in connection with or appertaining to a marine, inland marine, transit or transportation insurance, including liability for loss of or damage to either because of or in connection with the construction, repair, operation, maintenance or use of the subject matter of the insurance, excluding life insurance, surety bonds and insurance against loss by reason of bodily injury to the person because of the ownership, maintenance or use of automobiles; and

(C) Any jewels or precious metals used in any manner and whether in transportation or otherwise; and

(D) Bridges, tunnels and other instrumentalities of transportation, excluding buildings, their furnishings and fixed contents and supplies held in storage, unless fire, tornado, sprinkler leakage, hail, explosion, earthquake, riot or civil commotion or both, are the only hazards to be covered, piers, wharves, docks and slips, excluding the risks of fire, tornado, sprinkler leakage, hail, explosion, earthquake, riot or civil commotion or both, and other aids to navigation and transportation including dry docks and marine railways, against all risks; and

(ii) "Marine protection and indemnity insurance", meaning insurance against the insured or against legal liability of the insured for, loss, damage or expense arising out of or incident to the ownership, operation, chartering, maintenance, use, repair or construction of any vessel or craft in use in ocean or inland waterways, including liability of the insured for personal injury, illness or death or for the loss of or damage to the property of another person.

(b) For the purposes of this code, "wet marine and transportation" insurance is that part of "marine and transportation" insurance which includes only:

(i) Insurance upon vessels, crafts, hulls and of interests therein or with relation thereto;

(ii) Insurance of marine builders' risks, marine war risks and contracts of marine protection and indemnity insurance;

(iii) Insurance of freights and disbursements pertaining to a subject of insurance coming within this definition; and

(iv) Insurance of personal property and interests therein in course of exportation from or importation into any country, or in course of transportation coastwise or on inland waters, including any form of transportation from point of origin to final destination in respect to or in connection with any risks of navigation, transit or transportation, and while being prepared for or awaiting shipment, and during any delays, storage, transshipment or reshipment incident thereto.


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