§ 23-62-107 — Marine insurance

Arkansas § 23-62-107

• Jurisdiction: Arkansas
• Title: 23

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As used in the Arkansas Insurance Code, unless the context otherwise requires, "marine insurance" includes: (1) Insurance against any and all kinds of loss or damage to: (A) Vessels, craft, aircraft, cars, automobiles, and vehicles of every kind as well as all goods, freights, cargoes, merchandise, effects, disbursements, profits, moneys, 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, in respect to, appertaining to, or in connection with any and all risks or perils of navigation, transit, or transportation, including war risks, on or under any seas or other waters, on land or in the air, or while being assembled, packed, crated, baled, compressed, or similarly prepared for shipment or while awaiting shipment or during any delays, storage, transshipment, or reshipment incident thereto, including marine builder's risks and all personal property floater risks; (B) Person or property in connection with or appertaining to a marine, inland marine, transit, or transportation insurance, including liability for, loss of or damage to either, arising out of or in connection with the construction, repair, operation, maintenance, or use of the subject matter of the insurance, but not including life insurance or surety bonds nor insurance against loss by reason of bodily injury to the person arising out of the ownership, maintenance, or use of automobiles; (C) Precious stones, jewels, jewelry, gold, silver, and other precious metals, whether used in business or trade or otherwise and whether they are in course of transportation or otherwise; and (D) Bridges, tunnels, and other instrumentalities of transportation and communication, excluding buildings, their furniture and furnishings, fixed contents and supplies held in storage, unless fire, tornado, sprinkler leakage, hail, explosion, earthquake, riot or civil commotion are the only hazards to be covered; piers, wharves, docks and ships, excluding the risks of fire, tornado, sprinkler leakage, hail, explosion, earthquake, riot or civil commotion; other aids to navigation and transportation, including dry docks and marine railways, against all risks; (2) "Marine protection and indemnity insurance", meaning insurance against, 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, craft, or instrumentality in use in ocean or inland waterways, including liability of the insured for personal injury, illness, or death or for loss of or damage to the property of another person; and (3) Travel insurance, as defined in § 23-64-234 .

Legislative History

Amended by Act 2019, No. 698,§ 1, eff. for travel insurance sold on or after 10/1/2019. Acts 1959, No. 148, § 78; A.S.A. 1947, § 66-2407.