33 USC § 936 - Insurance policies

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identifier: "/us/usc/t33/s936"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "33 USC § 936 - Insurance policies"
title_number: 33
title_name: "NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS"
section_number: "936"
section_name: "Insurance policies"
chapter_number: 18
chapter_name: "LONGSHORE AND HARBOR WORKERS’ COMPENSATION"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Mar. 4, 1927, ch. 509, § 36, 44 Stat. 1441.)"
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# § 936. Insurance policies

**(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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**Source Credit**: (Mar. 4, 1927, ch. 509, § 36, 44 Stat. 1441.)