Car Isurace Policy documet Keep me safe
WELCOME TO ABC INSURANCE Thak you for choosig to purchase a ABC Isurace policy. ABC Isurace is part of the Liverpool Victoria group of compaies. Fouded i 1843 Liverpool Victoria, which also trades as LV=, is the UK s largest friedly society ad a major provider of isurace ad fiacial services products. As a friedly society ad mutual, Liverpool Victoria exists wholly for the beefit of its members. It has o shareholders takig a share of its profits. Istead it ivests its profits i makig its products competitive ad deliverig a outstadig customer service. Our claims service goes the extra mile. Committed to doig the right thig for policyholders, ABC aim to settle claims quickly ad efficietly, eve i the most difficult circumstaces. If you would like to lear more about ABC Isurace or Liverpool Victoria please visit our websites at: www.abcisurace.co.uk www.lv.com Joh O Roarke Maagig Director Liverpool Victoria Isurace Compay Limited Documet of car isurace 1
YOUR CAR INSURANCE POLICY You should read this policy, the schedule, edorsemets ad certificate of motor isurace as oe cotract. It is our agreemet with you, based o the iformatio you give to us ad o the iformatio i your proposal or statemet of facts. I retur for your premium we will give you isurace for liability, loss or damage which happes durig the period of isurace stated o your schedule. This will be i lie with the sectios of this policy documet, which are show as operative o your schedule. The laws that apply to this cotract Uless we agree with you to apply the laws of aother coutry, Eglish law will apply to this cotract. All commuicatios will be i Eglish. Joh O Roarke Maagig Director Liverpool Victoria Isurace Compay Limited 2 Documet of car isurace
CONTENTS Page Your car isurace policy 2 Defiitios 4 Importat Iformatio 6 Territorial limits 9 Car sharig 9 Coolig-off cacellatio right 9 Cacellig your policy (Outside the coolig-off cacellatio right) 10 Chages to your details 11 Sectio 1 Accidetal damage 12 Sectio 2 Fire ad theft 13 What is ot covered uder Sectios 1 ad 2 14 Basis of settlemet Sectios 1 ad 2 15 Sectio 3 Liability to other people 18 Sectio 4 Use by the motor trade, hotels ad car parks 20 Sectio 5 Foreig use 21 Sectio 6 Persoal accidet beefits 22 Sectio 7 Medical expeses ad physical assault beefits 23 Sectio 8 Persoal belogigs 24 Sectio 9 No claim discout 25 Sectio 10 Geeral exceptios 26 Sectio 11 Geeral coditios 29 Useful Iformatio 31 Makig a claim 32 Documet of car isurace 3
DEFINITIONS The followig words or phrases have the same meaig wherever they appear. These meaigs apply to the whole policy uless otherwise stated. Broker Certificate of motor isurace Gree Card Mai driver Market value Policy documet Schedule Stadard accessories Track days The perso or compay who has issued these documets o our behalf ad who sold you this policy. Legal evidece of your isurace. It is oe part of the cotract of motor isurace. It shows the cars we are isurig, who may drive the isured car (where ay authorised driver is stated, refer to the schedule for restrictios), what it may be used for ad the period of isurace. The Iteratioal Motor Isurace Card. This is the documet that some coutries eed as proof of compulsory isurace. The perso who drives your car most of the time whether for social purposes or for travel to ad from a place of busiess, duty or study. The cost at the date of the accidet or loss of replacig your car, if possible, with oe of a similar make, model, age, coditio ad mileage. We will usually ask a egieer to give us advice about the market value of the isured car, refer to guides of car values ad ay other relevat sources. This booklet, which sets out the details of cover ad all the terms ad coditios which apply. It is oe part of the cotract of motor isurace. Forms part of the cotract of motor isurace ad cofirms details of you, the isured car(s) ad the cover which applies. Accessories made available for the car by the maufacturer as optioal extras ad for which a receipt must be provided. Stadard accessories do ot iclude modificatios to the isured car, sigwritig or ay other accessory fitted to it ot provided by the vehicle maufacturer. Drivig or use o a motor racig track, circuit, airfield, derestricted toll road or at a off road evet. 4 Documet of car isurace
We, our, us Your car You, your Liverpool Victoria Isurace Compay Ltd. The isured car (icludig its accessories ad spare parts). This is show o your schedule. As well as ay motor car which is loaed or hired to you uder our Motor Damage Claims Service or by a member of the Motor Trade while the isured car is i the custody of the Motor Trader for service, repair or MOT. I Sectio 3 of your documet of isurace it also icludes a trailer, carava or broke-dow motor vehicle while they are attached to your car for towig. The perso amed as the policyholder o the schedule ad certificate of motor isurace. Documet of car isurace 5
IMPORTANT INFORMATION How we use your persoal iformatio This iformatio explais how we may use your details ad tells you about the systems we use that allow us to detect ad prevet fraudulet applicatios ad claims. The savigs that we make help us to keep premiums ad products competitive. The way i which we may use your persoal data is cotrolled by the requiremets of the Data Protectio Act 1998. Liverpool Victoria Isurace Compay Limited is registered for the purpose of processig persoal data. Iformatio provided to us may be held, whether or ot you purchase a product, o computer, paper file or other format. We will hold this iformatio for a reasoable period of time to esure that a clear ad complete history of isurace equiries, applicatios, policy records ad trasactios is maitaied. Subject to paymet of a fee, you ca ask for a copy of the persoal iformatio we hold about you by writig to the CCA Departmet, LV=, Couty Gates, Bouremouth, BH1 2NF. For details of the Liverpool Victoria group of compaies please refer to www.lv.com The iformatio (some of which may be sesitive data) may be used to process ad admiister your isurace by us ad our agets (e.g. service providers both withi ad outside the Europea Ecoomic area with which we have agreemets). It may also be used or disclosed to regulators for the purposes of moitorig ad eforcig our compliace with ay regulatio. Occasioally, your persoal iformatio may be disclosed to selected third parties who are helpig us improve our service. All phoe calls may be moitored ad recorded ad may be used for fraud prevetio ad detectio, quality cotrol ad traiig purposes. If credit or debit card details are provided to us we may use this iformatio to automatically reew your isurace policies. We will oly do this where we have your permissio. If your details have bee obtaied through oe of our affiity associatios we may pass some of your iformatio, icludig product details ad ogoig iformatio, to that affiity orgaisatio for membership, busiess aalysis ad other relevat purposes. 6 Documet of car isurace
IMPORTANT INFORMATION CONTINUED If you move to a ew isurace provider we may cofirm certai details relatig to your isurace to them. We will oly do this where we are satisfied that it is a geuie request. If we receive a request for policy iformatio by a idividual other tha the policy holder we will check that the policy holder has give permissio to do this. Sesitive persoal data will ot be used for marketig purposes. Credit Search We use iformatio obtaied from a umber of sources icludig credit referece agecies. This helps us to cofirm your idetity, allows us to give you a quote ad decide which paymet optios we ca offer you, for example, payig mothly. You ll see a record of this search if you request a Credit Report. No other orgaisatio who may coduct credit searches will be able to see it. The search wo t affect your credit record or credit ratig i ay way. Fraud prevetio ad detectio We ll check your iformatio agaist a rage of registers ad ati fraud databases for completeess ad accuracy. We may also share your iformatio with law eforcemet agecies, other orgaisatios ad public bodies. If we fid that false or iaccurate iformatio has bee give to us, or we suspect fraud, we ll take appropriate actio. If fraud is idetified, details will be passed to fraud prevetio agecies. Law eforcemet agecies may access ad use this iformatio. We ad other orgaisatios, icludig those from other coutries, may also access ad use this iformatio to prevet fraud ad moey lauderig, for example, whe: checkig details o applicatios for credit ad credit related or other facilities maagig credit ad credit related accouts or facilities recoverig debt checkig details o proposals ad claims for all types of isurace checkig details of job applicats ad employees Documet of car isurace 7
IMPORTANT INFORMATION CONTINUED Please cotact us at GFC, LV=, Couty Gates, Bouremouth, BH1 2NF if you wat to receive details of the registers ad fraud prevetio agecies. Motor Isurace Database We ll add details about your isurace policy to the Motor Isurace Database ( MID ) which is maaged by the Motor Isurers Bureau ( MIB ). The MID ad the data stored o it may be used by the Police, the DVLA, the DVANI, the Isurace Fraud Bureau ad other bodies permitted by law for purposes ot limited to but icludig: electroic licesig cotiuous isurace eforcemet law eforcemet (prevetio, detectio, apprehesio ad/or prosecutio of offeders) the provisio of govermet services ad/or other services aimed at reducig uisured drivig. If you re ivolved i a road traffic accidet (either i the UK or abroad), isurers ad/or the MIB may search the MID to obtai relevat iformatio. Other persos (icludig their appoited represetatives) pursuig a claim i respect of a road traffic accidet (icludig foreig citizes) may also obtai relevat iformatio held o the MID. It s vital that the MID holds your correct registratio umber. If ot you risk the Police seizig your vehicle. You ca check that your correct registratio umber is show o the MID at www.askmid.com 8 Documet of car isurace
TERRITORIAL LIMITS Except where we say otherwise your isurace applies i Great Britai, Norther Irelad, the Republic of Irelad, the Isle of Ma ad the Chael Islads. This icludes while your car is beig trasported withi ad betwee them. CAR SHARING Acceptig paymets from passegers as part of a car sharig arragemet will ot affect your isurace cover if: they are beig give a lift for social or similar purposes; the isured car is ot built or adapted to carry more tha eight passegers; this is ot as part of a busiess of carryig passegers; ay moey received does ot produce a profit. COOLING- OFF CANCELLATION RIGHT Whe you receive your Policy, you have 14 days i which to cosider the cover provided. If the cover does ot meet your eeds, you have the right to cacel the Policy ad receive a refud, uless we have made a total loss paymet uder the policy whe o refud will be give. Ay refud will be subject to a deductio for the days you have bee covered. The deductio will be calculated o a proportioate basis ad will iclude a additioal charge of up to 25 to cover the admiistrative costs to us of processig the isurace. These charges are subject to Isurace Premium Tax where applicable. Documet of car isurace 9
CANCELLING YOUR POLICY (OUTSIDE THE COOLING-OFF CANCELLATION RIGHT.) You may cacel this cotract of motor isurace at ay time by tellig us, or your isurace broker, i writig or by email or telephoe ad cacellatio ca take effect immediately or from a later date, although it caot be backdated to ay earlier date. If you or someoe else has ot made a claim i the curret period of isurace, we will refud part of your premium. We will work out the refud o a pro-rata basis less a premium charge of 25 plus Isurace Premium Tax to cover our admiistratio costs. We will ot refud ay of your premium if the cotract of motor isurace is cacelled followig a claim, whether settled or ot. We, or your broker may cacel this cotract of motor isurace by givig you seve days otice i writig to your last kow address if there is a good reaso for doig so. Some examples are: if you do ot pay your premium, premium deposit or ay istalmet paymet o or before the due date; if you or ayoe else covered by this isurace has ot met all the terms ad coditios of this policy; if a chage i your circumstaces meas we ca o loger provide cover; where we idetify misrepresetatio or fraud or ay attempt to gai a advatage uder this isurace to which you are ot etitled. If you do ot provide us or your broker with documets requested to help validate your details. We will refud the balace of your premium that applies to the remaiig period of isurace uless fraud has bee idetified. If a refud is paid, a premium charge of 25 plus Isurace Premium Tax to cover our admiistratio costs will be deducted from the refud. If you produce a cacelled certificate of motor isurace to ay perso with the itetio of deceivig that perso ito acceptig it as geuie, you may be prosecuted. 10 Documet of car isurace
CHANGES TO YOUR DETAILS You must tell your broker as soo as possible if ay of your details chage icludig: chages made to your car which improve it s value, appearace, performace or hadlig. chagig your car. chages i the way you use your car. chage of Ower. chage of Registered Keeper. chage of address or where you keep your car. chage of occupatio, icludig part time work. chage i the mai user of the car. details of ay medical coditios for ay perso who may drive the car. details of ay motorig covictios, fixed pealty offeces or licece edorsemets for ay perso who may drive the car. details of ay crimial covictios for ay perso who may drive the car. details of ay accidets, thefts, loss or damage, regardless of blame or whether a claim was made or ot, for ay perso who may drive the car. This is ot a full list ad you should cotact your broker for advice if you are ot sure whether a chage will affect your cover. If you do ot tell your broker about ay relevat chages, we may: reject or reduce your claim. cacel the policy ad/or treat it as though it ever existed, or do both of the above. Whe you advise of ay permaet or temporary chages to your policy durig the period of isurace, or request duplicate documets, a premium adjustmet charge of 10 plus Isurace Premium Tax will be made i additio to ay other chage i premium to cover our admiistratio costs. This charge is i additio to ay admiistratio fees charged by your broker. If your chage i circumstaces meas that we ca o loger provide cover, we or your broker will give you otice of cacellatio. See sectio Cacellig your policy (outside the coolig-off right). Documet of car isurace 11
SECTION 1 ACCIDENTAL DAMAGE What is covered: If your car is damaged by accidet, vadalism or malicious damage, icludig stadard accessories o it or kept i your private garage, we may either; pay the cost of repairs to your car; or replace what is lost or damaged; or make a cash paymet for ot more tha the market value of your car at the time of the damage. Widscree ad widows What is covered: Damage to the car s widscree, widows ad glass su roof. If this is the oly damage you are claimig for, your No Claims Discout will ot be affected. The schedule shows the maximum amout we will pay: i ay oe period of isurace if the widscree, widows or glass suroof is replaced or repaired by Autoglass (Telephoe 0800 633 5430) or i ay oe period of isurace if ay other supplier carries out the repair or replacemet. What is ot covered damaged roof paels icludig damage to ay part of a covertible hood, lights or reflectors, eve if they are made of glass. extra costs for the work to be udertake outside ormal hours, uless the widscree is shattered, or the driver s visio or the security of the isured car, is affected. the excess show o the schedule. (The excess must be paid direct to the repairer or replacemet compay). 12 Documet of car isurace
SECTION 2 FIRE AND THEFT What is covered: If your car is lost or damaged by fire, lightig, explosio, theft or attempted theft, icludig stadard accessories o it or kept i your private garage, we may either: pay the cost of repairs to your car; or replace what is lost or damaged; or make a cash paymet for ot more tha the market value of your car at the time of the loss or damage. Documet of car isurace 13
WHAT IS NOT COVERED UNDER SECTIONS 1 AND 2 We will ot pay for the followig: wear ad tear, your car losig value or for ay repairs which improve your car beyod its coditio before the loss or damage happeed. mechaical, electrical, electroic or computer failures or breakdows or breakages. damage to tyres caused by brakig, puctures, cuts or bursts. ay additioal damage resultig from the isured car beig moved by you after a accidet, fire or theft more tha the maufacturer s latest list price i the Uited Kigdom of ay part or accessory. If such a list price is ot available the most we will pay is the maufacturer s latest list price i the Uited Kigdom for a equivalet part or accessory. additioal storage costs caused by the uavailability of ay part or accessory or the cost of importig ay part or accessory ito the Uited Kigdom. loss or damage to your car caused directly by pressure waves from aircraft ad other aerial devices travellig at soic or supersoic speeds. loss of use of your car or ay other idirect loss. loss or damage to your car by theft or attempted theft if your car has bee left ulocked. loss or damage to your car by theft or attempted theft if the igitio key or other igitio device is left i, o or attached to or left i the immediate proximity of your car. loss or damage to your car by theft or attempted theft if the egie has bee left ruig. loss or damage to your car by theft or attempted theft, if we have advised that your vehicle must have a trackig device which is operative ad activated, ad ay service cotract relatig to the trackig device is curret ad valid. loss or damage to your car by theft or attempted theft if the isured car has bee left with a widow or roof ope. 14 Documet of car isurace
WHAT IS NOT COVERED UNDER SECTIONS 1 AND 2 CONTINUED loss of or damage to your car caused by deceptio, fraud or trickery, icludig whe you are offerig your car for sale. where your car is drive or used without your permissio by a member of your family or household uless you report the perso to the police for takig your car without your coset. loss of or damage to your car as a result of it beig cofiscated or destroyed by or uder official order of ay govermet, public or local authority. deliberate damage caused to your car by ay perso isured uder your policy. loss from your car beig take ad retured to its rightful ower. loss of or damage to ay trailer or carava whether or ot it is beig towed by or attached to your car. damage caused by frost, uless you have take care to stop the damage happeig ad have followed the maufacturer s istructios to avoid liquid freezig i your car. If your car belogs to someoe else, or is uder a hire purchase or leasig agreemet, we may pay the legal ower. BASIS OF SETTLEMENT SECTIONS 1 AND 2 Repairs If this isurace covers the loss or damage ad the cost will ot exceed the market value of your car: we will pay for the ecessary or emergecy repairs to protect your car from further loss or damage. you may arrage ecessary repairs to be started if you sed a estimate first ad we have details of the cause of the damage; ad we will also pay the cost of removig your car to the earest competet repairer ad after repair returig it to the address show o your schedule. (We will ot pay the cost of ay trasport outside the territorial limits uless we agree to do so first). Documet of car isurace 15
BASIS OF SETTLEMENT SECTIONS 1 AND 2 CONTINUED We may use parts or accessories which are ot made or supplied by your car s maufacturer but are of similar type ad quality to the parts ad accessories we are replacig. New car replacemet If this isurace covers the loss or damage ad withi oe year of registratio as ew i your ame your car is: damaged so that repairs will cost more tha 60% of its list price icludig taxes whe the damage happeed; or stole ad ot recovered; we will replace your car with a ew car of the same make, model ad specificatio if it is available i the Uited Kigdom. If a replacemet car is ot immediately available i the UK, ew car replacemet will ot apply ad we will pay you the market value of your car ad its fitted accessories ad spare parts at the time of the loss or damage. The lost or damaged car will the become our property. I-car etertaimet, telephoe ad satellite avigatio equipmet We will pay for the loss or damage to audio, telephoe, i-car etertaimet, ad satellite avigatio equipmet if permaetly fitted to your car. If the equipmet is ot part of the car maufacturer s origial specificatio we will pay up to 250. Replacemet of locks ad keys If this isurace covers the loss or damage, we will pay for all the locks to be replaced if oe or more is damaged. If your car keys, lock trasmitter or etry card are lost or stole we will pay for replacemet locks ad keys providig they were ot left i or o your car while it was uatteded. 16 Documet of car isurace
BASIS OF SETTLEMENT SECTIONS 1 AND 2 CONTINUED Child car seats If you have a child car seat i your car ad your car is ivolved i a accidet that results i impact damage to your car, we will replace the child seat with a ew oe of the same quality. Excesses that apply If your schedule shows that you have to pay a excess, you must pay the first part of ay claim. If this amout is paid i error by us you must refud the amout immediately o request. Temporary replacemet car We will pay for a temporary replacemet car if this cover is show o your schedule. We will oly provide a temporary replacemet car: after loss or damage covered by this isurace, if we maage your claim, if you use our Selected Repairer Service ad; while repairs to your car are beig carried out. Temporary replacemet cars are usually small hatchbacks uder 1200cc. We will isure the temporary replacemet car uder this isurace i exactly the same way as we isure your car ad you will oly have to pay for the fuel used. You must retur the temporary replacemet car whe the ower or we ask you to or if this isurace expires ad you do ot reew it. Documet of car isurace 17
SECTION 3 LIABILITY TO OTHER PEOPLE What is covered: We will pay all sums you are legally resposible for: followig death of or bodily ijury to other people; up to 20,000,000 for damage to property. This amout is iclusive of all costs ad expeses up to 5,000,000: as a result of ay accidet ivolvig your car or ay other vehicle your certificate of motor isurace allows you to drive. If your certificate of motor isurace says so, you are isured uder this sectio to drive a private motor car ot owed by you ad ot hired to you uder a hire purchase or leasig agreemet, as log as: the car has ot bee hired to you uder a car retal agreemet; the car is ot a va which has bee adapted to carry passegers; you have the ower s permissio to drive the car; the car is registered ad ormally kept i Great Britai, Norther Irelad, the Isle of Ma or the Chael Islads; you are ot covered by ay other isurace to drive it; you still have your car ad it has ot bee damaged beyod cost effective repair; you do ot use it to secure the release of ay private motor car which has bee seized or cofiscated by or o behalf of ay govermet or public authority; ad use of a private motor car uless there is a curret ad valid policy of isurace i force for the vehicle beig drive uder this sectio. Other people I the same way as you are isured, we will isure: ay perso drivig or usig your car with your permissio, as log as this is allowed by your schedule ad certificate of motor isurace; ay passeger travellig i or gettig ito or out of your car; 18 Documet of car isurace
SECTION 3 LIABILITY TO OTHER PEOPLE CONTINUED the employer or busiess parter of ay perso who is drivig or usig your car for their busiess, as log as this is allowed by your schedule ad certificate of motor isurace; ad the legal represetative of ay perso who has died who would have bee etitled to protectio uder this sectio. Legal costs We will pay ay legal costs ad expeses that you icur with our prior writte coset, icludig: solicitors fees for represetatio at a coroer s iquest, fatal accidet iquiry or court of summary jurisdictio; ad defece of ay legal proceedigs that are take for maslaughter or causig death by careless, dagerous or reckless drivig. I assessig whether legal costs ad expeses are reasoable the followig will be cosidered; the level of experiece required of the legal represetative takig ito accout the ature of the case. the level of costs charged by the legal represetative. whether legal represetatio for a defece of prosecutio is likely to affect the outcome. We may, at ay time, stop payig the legal costs. Emergecy treatmet charges We will pay for emergecy treatmet charges as required uder the Road Traffic Acts. If this is the oly paymet we make, it will ot affect your o claim discout etitlemet. What is ot covered We will ot pay for: death of or bodily ijury to ay employee arisig out of or i the course of their employmet by ay perso who is covered by this sectio, uless the employee is a passeger i ay vehicle for which isurace is provided by this sectio; legal resposibility which is covered by ay other isurace; Documet of car isurace 19
SECTION 3 LIABILITY TO OTHER PEOPLE CONTINUED loss of or damage to ay car which is covered by this sectio; loss of or damage to ay trailer, carava or vehicle (ad their cotets) while beig towed by or attached to ay car which is covered by this sectio; loss of or damage to ay property which belogs to or is i the care of ay perso who is claimig uder this sectio; legal resposibility, loss or damage whe your car is beig used i the operatioal boudaries of ay airport or airfield except whe we have to meet the requiremets of the Road Traffic Acts; more tha 20,000,000 for ay oe icidet or series of icidets arisig from oe evet that causes loss or damage to property. This amout is iclusive of all costs ad expeses up to 5,000,000. SECTION 4 USE BY THE MOTOR TRADE, HOTELS AND CAR PARKS We will give you the cover uder Sectio 1 Accidetal damage ad Sectio 2 Fire ad theft, if show as operative o your schedule, but will ot apply ay drivig ad use restrictios or ay excess while your car is i the custody ad cotrol of: a member of the motor trade for service ad repair; or a hotel, restaurat, car park or similar commercial orgaisatio for parkig purposes. 20 Documet of car isurace
SECTION 5 FOREIGN USE Your isurace provides the miimum compulsory isurace i: Europea Uio (EU) coutries; ad ay other coutry which has agreed to follow EU directives o compulsory motor isurace ad is approved by the Commissio of the Europea Uio; icludig whe your car is beig trasported withi ad betwee them. These coutries are show o your schedule As well as this miimum cover, your isurace also gives the cover show o your schedule i these coutries if your car is: registered ad ormally kept i Great Britai, Norther Irelad, the Isle of Ma or the Chael Islads; ad ot used abroad for more tha 30 days i ay oe aual isurace period; If you wat to use your car i these coutries for more tha 30 days i ay oe aual isurace period you must obtai our prior permissio ad pay ay extra premiums. The EU coutries ad the other coutries metioed above which follow EU directives ad have bee approved by the Commissio of the EU, agree that a Gree Card is ot ecessary for travellig betwee them. Your certificate of motor isurace is proof of compulsory motor isurace i these coutries. If you wat to use your car i coutries that are ot show o your schedule the as log as we give you our prior permissio, ad you pay ay extra premiums, we will exted the full beefits of this isurace to apply: i the coutries we have agreed, icludig whe your car is beig trasported; ad for the period agreed. We or your broker will sed you a Gree Card as proof of your isurace upo request. The Gree Card will show the coutries we have agreed to exted this isurace to ad the period for which we are providig this extesio. If your car is lost or damaged i ay foreig coutry that we have agreed to give cover for, you may be charged customs duty. If we cover the loss of or damage to your car, we will also refud you the customs duty. Documet of car isurace 21
SECTION 6 PERSONAL ACCIDENT BENEFITS What is covered We will pay the amout show o your schedule if you or your husbad or wife or civil parter are accidetally ijured i ay car or gettig ito or out of ay car, ad withi 90 days, idepedetly of ay other cause, the ijury results i: death; permaet loss of ay limb above the wrist or akle; or complete ad irrecoverable loss of sight i oe or both eyes. We will pay the ijured perso or their legal represetative. What is ot covered We will ot pay: ayoe failig to wear a seat belt whe required by law more tha the amout show o your schedule durig ay oe period of isurace for ay oe perso; uder more tha oe motor isurace you or your husbad or wife or civil parter have with us; for ay ijury or death resultig from suicide or attempted suicide; or if the driver of the car is covicted of a alcohol or drugs related offece as a result of the accidet; if as a result of the accidet the driver of the car is uder the ifluece of alcohol, drugs or ay other substace ad this is a offece uder the drivig laws of the coutry i which the accidet happeed. 22 Documet of car isurace
SECTION 7 MEDICAL EXPENSES AND PHYSICAL ASSAULT BENEFITS Medical expeses We will pay up to the amout show o your schedule for each perso for ay medical expeses resultig from a accidet while travellig i your car. Physical assault beefits Road rage We will pay the amout show o your schedule if you or your husbad or wife or civil parter are physically assaulted as a result of your car beig i a accidet. We will pay the ijured perso or their legal represetative. What is ot covered We will ot pay whe the icidet: is caused by a relative or a perso kow to you or your husbad or wife or civil parter; is ot reported to the police as soo as possible; happes outside Great Britai, Norther Irelad, the Republic of Irelad, the Isle of Ma or the Chael Islads; or is caused or cotributed to, by aythig said or doe by you or your husbad or wife or civil parter or by a passeger i your car, after the accidet. Car jackig We will pay the amout show o your schedule if you or your husbad or wife or civil parter are physically assaulted as a result of your car beig subjected to a aggravated theft or attempted aggravated theft. We will pay the ijured perso or their legal represetative. What is ot covered We will ot pay whe the icidet: is caused by a relative or a perso kow to you or your husbad or wife or civil parter; is ot reported to the police as soo as possible; or happes outside Great Britai, Norther Irelad, the Republic of Irelad, the Isle of Ma or the Chael Islads. Documet of car isurace 23
SECTION 8 PERSONAL BELONGINGS What is covered We will pay up to the amout show o your schedule for persoal belogigs i your car if lost or damaged due to accidet, fire, theft or attempted theft. What is ot covered We will ot pay for: the theft or attempted theft of persoal belogigs, if your car has bee left ulocked, left with the keys i or o your car, or left with a widow or roof ope; the theft of persoal belogigs uless kept out of sight i the locked boot or other eclosed storage compartmet of your car; moey, stamps, tickets, documets or securities; goods, tools, samples or equipmet carried i coectio with ay trade or busiess; or property covered uder ay other isurace. 24 Documet of car isurace
SECTION 9 NO CLAIM DISCOUNT If o claim is made, we will apply the premium discout i lie with our o claim discout scale curret at the time of reewal. If a claim is made, your o claim discout etitlemet will be reduced i lie with our o claim discout scale curret at the time of reewal. Your o claim discout will ot be affected if we oly pay emergecy treatmet charges uder the Road Traffic Acts or if your claim is oly for repair or replacemet of widows or suroof. You caot trasfer your o claim discout to ayoe else. If more tha oe car is isured, the o claim discout is eared separately for each car. You may ask us for iformatio o how a claim may affect your o claim discout. Documet of car isurace 25
SECTION 10 GENERAL EXCEPTIONS 1 Chage of car otificatio ad acceptace This isurace will ot apply uless: you have give your broker details of your replacemet car; ad your broker has issued a ew certificate of motor isurace. 2 Drivig ad use This isurace will ot apply if ay vehicle your Certificate of motor isurace allows you to drive was beig drive or used: other tha i lie with your Certificate of motor isurace; by ay perso ot described o your Certificate of motor isurace as a perso who is etitled to drive; by ay perso who is disqualified from holdig or obtaiig a licece or does ot have a drivig licece which is valid i the territory where the icidet happeed; by ayoe perso who does ot meet the terms ad coditios of their drivig licece as required by DVLA / DVANI rules ad regulatios ad ay relevat law; for hire or reward, racig, pacemakig, testig, trials, de-restricted toll road (icludig Nurburgrig), rallies or track days, for ay use i coectio with the Motor Trade other tha by a member of the Motor Trade for the purposes of overhaul, upkeep or repair; for towig for reward a carava, trailer or mechaically disabled vehicle; for towig more tha oe carava, trailer or mechaically disabled vehicle at ay oe time; by ayoe who does ot meet all the coditios described i the edorsemets o your schedule ad all the geeral coditios i this policy. 3 Cotractual liability We will ot make a paymet for ay liability resultig oly from a cotract or agreemet you have with aother party. 26 Documet of car isurace
SECTION 10 GENERAL EXCEPTIONS CONTINUED 4 Radioactivity We will ot pay for direct or idirect loss, damage or liability caused by, cotributed to or arisig from: ioisig radiatios or cotamiatio by radioactivity from ay uclear fuel or from ay uclear waste from the combustio of uclear fuel; or the radioactive, toxic, explosive or other hazardous properties of ay explosive uclear assembly or uclear compoet of this type of assembly. 5 Earthquake, war, terrorism, riot, civil urest We will ot make a paymet i the evet of: earthquake; war, civil war, terrorism, rebellio or revolutio except whe we have to meet the requiremets of the Road Traffic Acts; or riot or civil urest that happes outside Eglad, Norther Irelad, Scotlad, Wales, the Isle of Ma or the Chael Islads. 6 Misrepresetatio If you or ayoe represetig you: provides us with misleadig or icorrect iformatio to ay of the questios asked whe applyig for, amedig or reewig this isurace; deliberately misleads us to obtai cover, gai a cheaper premium or more favourable terms; provides us with false documets makes a fraudulet paymet by bak accout ad/or card; We may: agree to amed your policy to record the correct iformatio, apply ay relevat policy terms ad coditios ad collect ay additioal premium due icludig ay premium adjustmet charge to cover our admiistratio costs; reject a claim or reduce the amout of paymet we make; cacel or void your policy (treat it as if it ever existed), icludig all other policies which you have with us, ad apply a cacellatio premium charge. Documet of car isurace 27
SECTION 10 GENERAL EXCEPTIONS CONTINUED Where fraud is idetified we will: ot retur ay premium paid by you. recover from you ay costs we ve icurred. pass details to fraud prevetio ad law eforcemet agecies who may access ad use this iformatio. Other isurers may also access this iformatio. 7 Claims Fraud If you or ayoe represetig you: makes a claim or part of ay claim that is fraudulet, false or exaggerated; We may: reject the claim or reduce the amout of paymet we make; cacel your policy from the date of the fraudulet act ad ot retur ay premium paid; recover from you ay costs we ve icurred relatig to the fraudulet claim ad ay further claims otified after the date of the fraudulet act; pass details to fraud prevetio ad law eforcemet agecies who may access ad use this iformatio. Other isurers may also access this iformatio. 8 Pollutio We will ot make a paymet for ay accidet, ijury, damage, loss or liability caused by pollutio or cotamiatio, uless the pollutio or cotamiatio is caused by a sudde, idetifiable ad uexpected icidet ad it occurs etirely at a specific time ad place durig the period of isurace. 9 Deliberate Acts Ay death, ijury, loss or damage caused directly or idirectly as a result of ay deliberate act by you or ay perso drivig the isured car. 28 Documet of car isurace
SECTION 11 GENERAL CONDITIONS 1 Duty ad revealig iformatio We will oly provide cover uder this isurace if: you or ay other perso claimig uder this isurace has met all the terms ad coditios that apply; ad the iformatio you gave to us whe applyig for or reewig this isurace, is true as far as you kow. You must: have asked all the other drivers covered by this isurace ay relevat questios to obtai the iformatio about them requested by us; tell us as soo as possible about ay chages, which have happeed sice the isurace started or was last reewed. tell us if your vehicle has bee altered or modified after maufacture. Failure to do so may ivalidate this isurace. We will be etitled to examie your drivig licece ad the drivig licece of ay other perso we isure. You must immediately sed to us ay drivig licece we ask to see. 2 Care of your car You or ay perso i charge of your car must take precautios to: maitai your car i a efficiet ad roadworthy coditio; ad protect your car from damage or loss. You must have a valid Departmet for Trasport Test Certificate (MOT) for your car if oe is eeded by law. You must give us reasoable access to examie your car. Documet of car isurace 29
SECTION 11 GENERAL CONDITIONS CONTINUED 3 Accidet ad claims procedure You or ay other perso claimig uder this isurace must: give us full details of ay icidet as soo as possible; iform the police as soo as possible if your car or its cotets are stole ad provide us with the crime referece umber; sed to us immediately all commuicatios from other people ivolved which must ot have bee replied to; immediately tell us of ad sed to us ay otice of iteded prosecutio, iquest, fatal iquiry or ay writ, summos or process which must ot have bee replied to; ad give us all the iformatio ad help we eed. You must ot, without our coset: egotiate or admit resposibility; or make ay offer, promise or paymet. We will be etitled to: have total cotrol to coduct, defed ad settle ay claim; ad take proceedigs, i your ame or i the ame of ay other perso claimig uder this isurace, at our ow expese ad for our ow beefit to recover ay paymet we have made. 4 Other isuraces If ay loss, damage or liability covered by this isurace is also covered by ay other isurace, we will oly pay our share. This coditio does ot apply to Sectio 6 Persoal accidet beefits. 5 Compulsory isurace laws If uder the law of ay coutry we must make a paymet which we would ot otherwise have to make, you must repay that amout to us. 30 Documet of car isurace
USEFUL INFORMATION How to complai If you have a complait about your policy or the service you have received, please cotact the broker, itermediary or aget that arraged it. If they are uable to resolve your complait you may refer your complait to the Fiacial Ombudsma Service withi six moths of receivig their fial respose letter. Should you be uhappy with the service provided by ABC please cotact us by phoe o 0800 633 5386 (TextDirect please dial 18001 first) or email us at abccomplaits@lv.com or write to us at ABC Isurace, 69 Park Lae, Croydo, Surrey, CR9 1BG. Please quote the Policy Number i all correspodece. A copy of ABC s complait hadlig procedure is available o request. If we caot resolve your complait, you may refer your complait to the Fiacial Ombudsma Service withi six moths of receivig our fial respose letter. The address is: Fiacial Ombudsma Service, Exchage Tower, Harbour Exchage Square, Lodo, E14 9SR. Telephoe: 0800 023 4567 or 0300 123 9 123 (from mobile or o BT lies) E-mail: complait.ifo@fiacial-ombudsma.org.uk Makig a complait will ot affect your right to take legal actio. Compesatio What happes if we are uable to meet our liabilities? If we are uable to meet our liabilities to our policyholders, you may be able to claim compesatio from the Fiacial Services Compesatio Scheme (FSCS). There are differet levels of compesatio, depedig o what kid of isurace you have: Compulsory isurace such as third party motor isurace, is covered for 100% of the claim. No compulsory isurace, such as home isurace, is covered for 90% of the claim. You ca get further iformatio from the Fiacial Services Compesatio Scheme. 10th Floor, Beaufort House, 15 St Botolph Street, Lodo, EC3A 7QU. Telephoe 0800 678 1100 or 0207 741 4100 or e-mail, equiries@fscs.org Documet of car isurace 31
MAKING A CLAIM If you are ivolved i a accidet or your vehicle is stole call us first o 0800 633 5430 as soo as possible after the icidet has occurred. Assistace is available o this umber 24 hours a day. You will eed to provide us with the followig iformatio: your policy/certificate umber; your persoal details ad those of the driver; the date, time, locatio ad full circumstaces of the icidet; details of ay other persos, vehicles or property ivolved i the icidet; details of ay ijuries sustaied i the icidet; if you are reportig the theft of your vehicle ay crime referece give to you by the police whe you reported the theft to them. If your car eeds to be repaired (ad the damage is covered by this policy) we have a atiowide etwork of selected repairers who ca arrage to start work o your car with the miimum of delay. Whe you first report the icidet to us we will help you to arrage the repair of your car by oe of our selected repairers, icludig collectio ad redelivery to your home if required. If you have a Comprehesive policy ad eed the use of a car while your ow is udergoig repair by oe of our selected repairers we will provide you with a temporary replacemet car full details ca be foud i the Temporary replacemet car sectio of this policy (Basis of settlemet Sectios 1 ad 2). Whe repairs are completed arragemets will be made for you to collect your car (or for the car to be redelivered to your home). Whe you collect the car you will eed to pay the repairer ay policy excess or cotributio which may be applicable. These will be cofirmed to you before repairs are completed. Selected repairers have bee chose by us to provide both a high stadard of service ad quality repair work. Repairs are guarateed for as log as you ow the car or 5 years whichever is the shorter. If your car ca ot be repaired we will deal with the damage o a total loss basis. I these circumstaces a temporary replacemet car will ot be provided. 32 Documet of car isurace
MAKING A CLAIM CONTINUED If the icidet relates solely to breakage of the widscree or widows i your car please call our approved supplier Autoglass o 0800 633 5430. If you have a Comprehesive policy all you will have to pay is the amout of ay policy excess that may apply. Repairig the glass rather tha replacig it will mea you will ot have to pay ay excess please ask about repair whe cotactig Autoglass. If you do ot have a Comprehesive policy you may still use this umber to cotact Autoglass but you will be resposible for payig the costs i full ad you will ot be able to recover the cost from us. You will, however, beefit from discouts available to you from Autoglass. Need to make a claim? Follow these simple steps 1. Call us as soo as possible after the icidet. 2. Give us as much iformatio about the icidet as you ca. 3. If possible, speak to us before you make ay arragemets for replacemet or repair. 4. Do t forget to tell the police if your car is stole. Call us first o: Accidets, thefts ad widscree/glass damage 0800 633 5430 Documet of car isurace 33
If there is a accidet, theft or widscree/ glass damage, rig us o 0800 633 5430 www.abcisurace.co.uk ABC ad ABC isurace are registered trade marks ad are tradig styles of the Liverpool Victoria group of compaies. Liverpool Victoria Isurace Compay Limited, registered i Eglad ad Wales umber 3232514 is authorised by the Prudetial Regulatio Authority ad regulated by the Fiacial Coduct Authority ad the Prudetial Regulatio Authority, register umber 202965. Registered address: Couty Gates, Bouremouth BH1 2NF. Tel: 01202 292333. 21549038 6/15