Oregon Revised Statutes

Or. Rev. Stat. § 731.174 (2026)

“Marine and transportation insurance.”

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731.174 “Marine and transportation insurance.” “Marine and transportation insurance” includes:

(1) Insurance against any and all kinds of loss of or damage to:

(a) Vessels, craft, aircraft, cars, automobiles and vehicles of every kind, as well as all goods, freights, cargoes, merchandise, effects, disbursements, profits, moneys, bullion, precious stones, securities, choses in action, evidences of debt, valuable papers, bottomry and respondentia interests and all other kinds of property and interests therein, in respect to, appertaining to or in connection with any and all risks or perils of navigation, transit or transportation, including war risks, on or under any seas or other waters, on land or in the air, or while being assembled, packed, crated, baled, compressed or similarly prepared for shipment or while awaiting the same or during any delays, storage, transshipment, or reshipment incident thereto, including marine builders’ risks, and all personal property floater risks including bailees’ customers risks;

(b) Person or to property in connection with or appertaining to a marine, inland marine, transit or transportation insurance, including liability for loss of or damage to either, arising out of or in connection with the construction, repair, operation, maintenance or use of the subject matter of such insurance (but not including life insurance or surety bonds nor insurance against loss by reason of bodily injury to the person arising out of the ownership, maintenance or use of automobiles);

(c) Precious stones, jewels, jewelry, gold, silver and other precious metals, whether used in business or trade or otherwise and whether the same is in course of transportation or otherwise; and

(d) Bridges, tunnels and other instrumentalities of transportation and communication (excluding buildings, their furniture and furnishings, fixed contents and supplies held in storage) unless fire, tornado, sprinkler leakage, hail, explosion, earthquake, riot and civil commotion, or any of them, are the only hazards to be covered; piers, wharves, docks, and slips, excluding the risks of fire, tornado, sprinkler leakage, hail, explosion, earthquake, riot and civil commotion or any of them; other aids to navigation and transportation, including dry docks and marine railways, against all risks.

(2) Marine protection and indemnity insurance meaning insurance against, or against legal liability of the insured for, loss, damage or expense arising out of, or incident to, the ownership, operation, chartering, maintenance, use, repair or construction of any vessel, craft or instrumentality in use in ocean or inland waterways, including liability of the insured for personal injury, illness or death or for loss of or damage to the property of another person. [Formerly 745.005]

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 5 cases, 1973–2008 · leading case: Port of Portland v. Water Quality Ins. Syndicate, 549 F. Supp. 233 (D. Or. 1982).

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Port of Portland v. Water Quality Ins. Syndicate, 549 F. Supp. 233 (D. Or. 1982). · cites it 8× “If the other provisions of ORS 731.174 apply the WQIS policy is “general marine.”

Aqua-Marine Constructors, Inc. v. Banks, 110 F.3d 663 (9th Cir. 1997). · cites it 3× “Or.Rev.Stat. § 731.174. Unless the bond constitutes a contract of “marine and transportation insurance” under Section 174, it cannot be deemed a “wet marine” insurance contract under Section 194.”

Certain Underwriters at Lloyds v. Inlet Fisheries Inc., 518 F.3d 645 (9th Cir. 2008). “194 (1985); Or. Rev. Stat. § 731.174 (1985). Inlet’s argument fails for two reasons.”

Sanders v. Oregon Pac. States Ins., 840 P.2d 87 (Or. 1992). “164, marine and transportation insurance, ORS 731.174, mortgage insurance, ORS 731.”

Lewis v. Aetna Ins. Co., 505 P.2d 914 (Or. 1973). · cites it 2× “Today, when the typical owner of a pleasure craft seeks marine protection and indemnity insurance (ORS 731.174(2)), his objective is financial protection from all or most of the risks which reasonably flow from ownership and operation of his craft.”

— Or. Rev. Stat. § 731.174(1) — 1 case

Port of Portland v. Water Quality Ins. Syndicate, 549 F. Supp. 233 (D. Or. 1982). “If the other provisions of ORS 731.174 apply the WQIS policy is “general marine.”

— Or. Rev. Stat. § 731.174(2) — 3 cases

Port of Portland v. Water Quality Ins. Syndicate, 549 F. Supp. 233 (D. Or. 1982). “If the other provisions of ORS 731.174 apply the WQIS policy is “general marine.”

Lewis v. Aetna Ins. Co., 505 P.2d 914 (Or. 1973). “Today, when the typical owner of a pleasure craft seeks marine protection and indemnity insurance (ORS 731.174(2)), his objective is financial protection from all or most of the risks which reasonably flow from ownership and operation of his craft.”

Aqua-Marine Constructors, Inc. v. Banks, 110 F.3d 663 (9th Cir. 1997). “Or.Rev.Stat. § 731.174. Unless the bond constitutes a contract of “marine and transportation insurance” under Section 174, it cannot be deemed a “wet marine” insurance contract under Section 194.”

— Or. Rev. Stat. § 731.174(l)(b) — 1 case

Port of Portland v. Water Quality Ins. Syndicate, 549 F. Supp. 233 (D. Or. 1982). “If the other provisions of ORS 731.174 apply the WQIS policy is “general marine.”

— Or. Rev. Stat. § 731.174(l)(d) — 1 case

Port of Portland v. Water Quality Ins. Syndicate, 549 F. Supp. 233 (D. Or. 1982). “If the other provisions of ORS 731.174 apply the WQIS policy is “general marine.”

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