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title: "46 U.S.C. § 53908"
description: "Additional insurance privately obtained"
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title_number: 46
title_name: "SHIPPING"
chapter_number: "539"
chapter_name: "WAR RISK INSURANCE"
section: "53908"
citation: "46 U.S.C. § 53908"
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# 46 U.S.C. § 53908 - Additional insurance privately obtained
## Text
With the approval of the Secretary of Transportation, a person having an insurable interest in a vessel may obtain insurance on the vessel with other underwriting agents in addition to the insurance with the Secretary. The Secretary is not entitled to the benefit of the additional insurance.
(Pub. L. 109304, § 8(c), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1630.)
## Notes
Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 5390846 App.:1293.June 29, 1936, ch. 858, title XII, § 1213, as added Sept. 7, 1950, ch. 906, 64 Stat. 777; Pub. L. 9731, § 12(141), Aug. 6, 1981, 95 Stat. 166.