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§ 83-31-11. Kind of insurance authorized

MS Code § 83-31-11 (2019) (N/A)
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(a) Fire insurance. — Against loss or damage to property and loss of use and occupancy by fire, lightning, hail, tempest, flood, earthquake, frost or snow, explosion, fire ensuing, and explosion, no fire ensuing, except explosion by steam boilers or flywheel; against loss or damage by water caused by the breakage or leakage of sprinklers, pumps, or other apparatus, water pipes, plumbing, or their fixtures, erected for extinguishing fires, and against accidental injury to such sprinklers, pumps, other apparatus, water pipes, plumbing, or fixtures; against the risks of inland transportation and navigation; upon automobiles, whether stationary or operated under their own power, against loss or damage by any of the causes or risks specified in this subsection, including also transportation, collision, liability, for damage to property resulting from owning, maintaining, or using automobiles, and including burglary and theft but not including loss or damage by risk of bodily injury to the person.

(b) Liability insurance. — Against loss, expense, or liability by risk of bodily injury to death by accident, disability, sickness, or disease suffered by others for which the insured may be liable or have assumed liability, including workman’s compensation.

(c) Disability insurance. — Against bodily injury or death by accident and disability by sickness.

(d) Automobile insurance. — Against any or all loss, expense, and liability resulting from the ownership, maintenance, or use of any automobile or other vehicle, provided no policies shall be issued under this subsection against the hazard of fire alone.

(e) Steam boiler insurance. — Against loss or liability to persons or property resulting from explosions or accidents to boilers, containers, pipes, engines, flywheels, elevators, and machinery in connection therewith, and against loss of use and occupancy caused thereby, and to make inspection and issue certificates of inspection thereon.

(f) Use and occupancy insurance. — Against loss from interruption of trade or business which may be the result of any accident or casualty.

(g) Life insurance. — To carry on the business commonly known as life insurance on the mutual plan, or disability insurance; to contract for the payment of endowments or annuities, or make and enter into such other contracts conditioned upon the continuance or cessation of human life.

(h) Miscellaneous insurance. — Against loss or damage by any hazard upon any risk not provided for in this section, which is not prohibited by statute or at common law from being the subject of insurance.

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