33-1-209 . Marine protection and indemnity and wet marine insurance.
(1)Marine and transportation insurance means insurance against loss of or damage to:
(a)vessels, craft, aircraft, vehicles, goods, freights, cargoes, merchandise, effects, disbursements, profits, money, securities, choses in action, evidences of debt, valuable papers, bottomry, respondentia, and any interest therein, with respect to risks and perils, including war risks, marine builder's risks, and personal property floater risks, of navigation and transportation or while being assembled, packed, crated, baled, compressed, or similarly prepared for shipment, while awaiting shipment, or during any delays, storage, transshipment, or reshipment;
(b)person or property in connection with marine, transit, or transportation i
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33-1-209 . Marine protection and indemnity and wet marine insurance. (1) Marine and transportation insurance means insurance against loss of or damage to:
(a) vessels, craft, aircraft, vehicles, goods, freights, cargoes, merchandise, effects, disbursements, profits, money, securities, choses in action, evidences of debt, valuable papers, bottomry, respondentia, and any interest therein, with respect to risks and perils, including war risks, marine builder's risks, and personal property floater risks, of navigation and transportation or while being assembled, packed, crated, baled, compressed, or similarly prepared for shipment, while awaiting shipment, or during any delays, storage, transshipment, or reshipment;
(b) person or property in connection with marine, transit, or transportation insurance, including liability for loss or damage to either person or property incident to the construction, repair, operation, maintenance, or use of the subject matter of the insurance, but not including life insurance, surety bonds, or insurance against bodily injury arising out of the ownership, maintenance, or use of an automobile;
(c) jewels, jewelry, or precious metals, whether in the course of transportation or otherwise; and
(d) bridges; tunnels; and other instrumentalities of transportation and communication, excluding buildings and their 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; slips; and other aids to navigation and transportation, including drydocks, marina railways, and dams and appurtenant facilities for the control of waterways.
(2) Marine protection and indemnity insurance means insurance against liability of the insured for loss, damage, or expense incident to ownership, operation, charter, maintenance, use, repair, or construction of any vessel, craft, or instrumentality for use in ocean or inland waterways. The term includes insurance against the liability of the insured for personal injury, illness, death, or loss or damage of the property of another person.
(3) For the purposes of this code, wet marine and transportation insurance is that part of marine insurance that includes only:
(a) insurance upon vessels, crafts, and hulls and of interests in or relating to the vessels, crafts, and hulls;
(b) insurance of marine builders' risks, marine war risks, and contracts of marine protection and indemnity insurance;
(c) insurance of freights and disbursements pertaining to a subject of insurance subject to this subsection; and
(d) insurance of personal property and interests in the personal property, in the course of exportation from or importation into any country and in the course of transportation coastwise or on inland waters, including transportation by land, water, or air from point of origin to final destination, with respect to risks or perils of navigation, transit, or transportation or while being prepared for or awaiting shipment or during any delays, storage, transshipment, or reshipment incident to preparation or shipment.