Tex. Ins. Code § 1807.001 (2026)

Sec. 1807.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:

(1) "Insurable property and interests" includes:

(A) goods, freights, and cargoes;

(B) merchandise;

(C) effects;

(D) disbursements;

(E) profits;

(F) money, bullion, and precious stones;

(G) securities;

(H) choses in action;

(I) evidences of debt;

(J) valuable papers; and

(K) bottomry and respondentia interests.

(2) "Marine insurance" means:

(A) insurance and reinsurance that covers:

(i) loss or damage to:

(a) a hull, vessel, or craft of any kind, an aid to navigation, a dry dock, or a marine railway, whether complete, under construction, or awaiting construction; or

(b) insurable property and interests in respect to, appertaining to, or in connection with a risk or peril of navigation, transit, or transportation:

(1) on or under a sea, lake, or river or other water, in the air, or on land in connection with or incident to export, import, or waterborne risks;

(2) while being assembled, packed, crated, baled, compressed, or similarly prepared for shipment;

(3) while awaiting shipment; or

(4) during any delay, storage, or transshipment or reshipment incident to the initial shipment;

(ii) a marine builder or repairer risk;

(iii) a marine protection or indemnity risk; or

(iv) a war risk regarding any insurable property or interest described by this section; and

(B) insurance defined as marine insurance by another statute, lawful custom, or rule adopted by the commissioner.

Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 727 (H.B. 2017), Sec. 2, eff. April 1, 2007.