Current through Pa Acts 2024-53, 2024-56 through 2024-92
Such underwriters, when authorized as hereinafter provided, may insure the following classes of risks:
(a) On dwelling houses, stores, and all kinds of buildings and household furniture and other property,--against loss or damage, including loss of use or occupancy, by fire, lightning, and explosion, whether fire ensue or not, except explosion on risks specified in paragraph (5) of subdivision (c) of section two hundred and two (202), and by tornadoes, cyclones, windstorms, earthquakes, hail, frost, sleet, snow, or flood; against loss or damage by water to any goods or premises arising from the breakage or leakage of sprinklers, pumps, or other apparatus, erected for extinguishing fires, and of waterpipes; against accidental injury to such sprinklers, pumps, or other apparatus; against loss or damage caused by the caving in of the surface of the earth above coal-mines; and against loss or damage caused by bombardment, invasion, insurrection, riot, civil war, or commotion, and military or usurped power; and to effect reinsurance of any risk provided for in this clause.(b) Upon vessels, boats, cargoes, goods, merchandise, freight, and other property,--against loss or damage by all or any of the risks of lake, river, canal, and inland navigation and transportation; upon automobiles, airplanes, seaplanes, dirigibles, or other aircraft, whether stationary or in operation or in transit, against loss or damage by fire, explosion, transportation, collision, or by burglary, larceny, or theft; not including, in any case, insurance against loss by reason of bodily injury to the person; and to effect reinsurance of any risk provided for in this clause.(c) Upon vessels, freight, goods, wares, merchandise, specie, bullion, jewels, profits, commissions, bank notes, bills of exchange, and other evidence of debt, bottomry and respondentia interests, and every insurance appertaining to or connected with marine risks, and risks of transportation and navigation; and to effect reinsurance of any risk provided for in this clause.(d) Any form of insurance, other than life insurance, not included in this section, if such insurance is not contrary to law, and is allied or in harmony with the classes of insurance herein provided. Such additional insurance shall be transacted only on express license by the Insurance Commissioner, and upon such terms and conditions as are from time to time prescribed by him.1921, May 17, P.L. 682, art. IX, § 902.