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Show AUTOS COVERED BY MARINE RISKS fio Insurance Law Especially, Es-pecially, Applies to Erratic Machines, y OLYMPIA, Wash.,, April 10. In answer an-swer to an inquiry from the Insurance commissioner , asking how Automobiles ought to be classified for. purposes of insurance, the Attorney-General has replied re-plied that they may be classed with marine risks. ' - , ' " "The automobile appears to be a nul-llus nul-llus Alius in our Insurance laws. The Idea of protecting these modern machines ma-chines against accident, breakdown, explosion, fire,, injury by the elements, or running amuck appears as yet not to have engaged the attention of the Legislature. Leg-islature. No niche clearly appears in the insurance laws for such risks. "While this modern machine is a thing of beauty, It la an inanimate object, ob-ject, and for that reason live-stock, casualty or life Insurance ' would not over the risk. This leaves only marine Insurance, and. Indeed, there are many points of similarity 4n the risks assumed as-sumed between an automobile and a ship. ' "Both are liable to collision, fire, breakdown, explosion, injury from the elements and running amuck, and insurance in-surance that meets the risks of a floating float-ing vessel apparently covers -the risk of an automobile.? - ; ,: i . |