Any company organized under this chapter is empowered to make contracts of insurance or to reinsure or accept reinsurance or any portion thereof, to the extent specified in its articles of incorporation, for insurance:

(1) Against loss or damage to property and loss of use and occupancy by fire, lightning, hail, tempest, flood, earthquake, frost or snow, explosion, fire ensuing and explosion, no fire ensuing, except explosion by steam boilers or flywheels; against loss or damage by water caused by the breakage or leakage of sprinklers, pumps or other apparatus, waterpipes, plumbing or their fixtures, erected for extinguishing fires, and against accidental injury to the sprinklers, pumps or other apparatus, waterpipes, plumbing or fixtures; against the risks of inland transportation and navigation; upon automobiles, whether stationary or operated under their own power, against loss or damage by any of the causes or risks specified in this subdivision (1), including also transportation, collision liability for damage to property resulting from owning, maintaining or using automobiles, and including burglary and theft, but not including loss or damage by reason of bodily injury to the person;
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 56-19-108

  • Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
  • Person: means any association, aggregate of individuals, business, company, corporation, individual, joint-stock company, Lloyds-type organization, organization, partnership, receiver, reciprocal or interinsurance exchange, trustee or society. See Tennessee Code 56-16-102
  • Property: includes both personal and real property. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
(2) Against loss, expense or liability by reason of bodily injury or death by accident, disability, sickness or disease suffered by others for which the insured may be liable or have assumed liability, including workers’ compensation;
(3) Against bodily injury or death by accident and disability by sickness;
(4) Against any or all loss, expense and liability resulting from the ownership, maintenance, or use of any automobile or other vehicle; provided, that no policies shall be issued under this subdivision (4) against the hazard of fire alone;
(5) Against loss or liability to persons or property resulting from explosions or accidents to boilers, containers, pipes, engines, flywheels, elevators and machinery in connection therewith, and against loss of use and occupancy caused thereby, and to make inspections and issue certificates of inspection of the machinery;
(6) Against loss from interruption of trade or business that may be the result of any accident or casualty; and
(7) Against loss or damage by any hazard upon any risk not provided for in this section that is not prohibited by statute or at common law from being the subject of insurance, excepting life insurance.
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