Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-73not60

§936 Insurance Policies

Title 33 › Chapter 18— LONGSHORE AND HARBOR WORKERS’ COMPENSATION › § 936

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Insurance policies issued under this law must include a clause that follows the rules in section 935. They must also say that if the employer becomes bankrupt or is discharged in bankruptcy, the insurer still must pay benefits for disability or death that happened while the policy was in force. An insurer may not cancel a policy before its stated end date unless at least 30 days have passed after a cancellation notice was sent to both the deputy commissioner and the employer under the rules in subsection (c) of section 912.

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Title 33, §936

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(a)Every policy or contract of insurance issued under authority of this chapter shall contain (1) a provision to carry out the provisions of section 935 of this title, and (2) a provision that insolvency or bankruptcy of the employer and/or discharge therein shall not relieve the carrier from payment of compensation for disability or death sustained by an employee during the life of such policy or contract.

(b)No contract or policy of insurance issued by a carrier under this chapter shall be canceled prior to the date specified in such contract or policy for its expiration until at least thirty days have elapsed after a notice of cancellation has been sent to the deputy commissioner and to the employer in accordance with the provisions of subsection (c) of section 912 of this title.

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33 U.S.C. § 936

Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60