Title 33, Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-102

§936 Insurance Policies

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

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Insurance policies or contracts issued under this chapter must include a clause that follows section 935 and must say that if the employer becomes insolvent or goes bankrupt (or is discharged in that bankruptcy), the insurer still has to pay benefits for an employee’s disability or death that happened while the policy was in force. A carrier may not cancel such a policy before its stated end date until at least 30 days after a cancellation notice has been sent to both the deputy commissioner and the employer, as required by section 912(c).

Full Legal Text

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

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102