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USA Car Hire — Additional Cover
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COVER
MAXIMUM POLICY LIMIT £2500
g ACCIDENTAL DAMAGE OR THEFT
* Costs not covered by the car hire
company relating to damage or theft of
the hire vehicle
+ Roof of the vehicle
+ Windows, windscreen or glass in sunroof
+ Undercarriage
+ Lights
+ Tyres
+ Upto the policy limit,
fesss] | UNUSED RENTAL DAYS
* Upto the Policy Limit
ADMINISTRATION CHARGES
+ £100
PERSONAL POSSESSIONS
Single article limit
+ Upto the poticy mit
+ £250
VEHICLE HIRE KEY COVER
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Up to the policy Limit
(MISFUELLING
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Up to the policy Limit
ROADSIDE AND TOWING
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Up to the policy Limit
PLEASE NOTE
Ths policy is subject to a maximum indemnity limit of
£2500.
POLICY
‘This document sets out the terms and conditions of your
cover and itis important that you read it carefully. It
explains what is covered and what is not covered.
‘Thore are exclusions and conditions that you must follow
{or the policy to work.
Page 1DISCLOSURES
Etrawler is an Appointed Representative of and collects
‘premiums on behalf of Inter Partner Assistance S.A. UK
Branch. which is a member of the AXA Group. Etrawier
trading as Cartrawler is an unlimited company registered in
Ireland under company £3433 whose registered office Is at
Classon House, Dundrum Business Park, Dublin 14,
Ireland
Insurer This policy is underwritten by Inter Partner
Assistance S.A. UK Branch, which is part of the AXA
Group
ELIGIBILITY
‘To be eligible for cover under this policy, you must meet
the following criteria: The rental vehicle must have no more
than 9 seats, including non-commercial vans. The rental
period must not be longer than 62 days. You must be the
person shown as a named driver on the rental agreement
for the hire vehicie. You must reside permanently with in
the UK. You should not buy this policy ifthe above criteria
are not met.
ABOUT US
Employees of Inter Partner Assistance are remunerated on
the basis of an annual salary and any bonus eamed is
calculated by reference to the performance of the business
and personal performance. They are not remunerated by
reference to individual policy sales.
‘You will not be charged any fees for any changes you wish
to make to your policy during its term, other than changes
Which impact the length or coverage of your policy which
‘may result in the payment of additonal premium for the
change in cover required.
We do not provide any advice or personal
recommendations with respect to this product. In selling
you any policy of insurance CarTrawler acts as an agent of
Inter Partner Assistance. You are solely responsible for
‘ensuring that this insurance policy meets your demands,
‘and needs, based on the information we have provided:
Inter Partner Assistance does not have any direct or
indirect shareholdings representing 10% or more of the
voting rights in CarTrawler.
DEMANDS AND NEEDS
This policy meets the demands and needs of a person
‘seeking to protect the amount they are liable to pay under
their car hire agreement in the event of an incident
affecting the vehicle during the period of hire and other loss.
Incidental to the hire where the eligibilly criteria are met.
WHAT MAKES UP THIS POLICY?
This Policy along with your Policy Schedule, form your
Insurance contract between you and us (Insurer).
HOW YOUR POLICY WORKS
Your Policy and Policy schedule is a contract between
you and us.
Damage Refund Insurance
We will pay for any claim you make which is covered by
this policy and happens during the period of insurance.
Unless specifically mentioned, the benefits and exclusions,
within each section apply to each person insured. Certain
words have a special meaning as shown under the heading
Definitions.
‘These words have been highlighted by the use of bold print
throughout the policy document.
CANCELLATION PERIOD
If you find thatthe cover provided under this policy does
rot meet your needs, you can cancel your policy up to 24
hours prior to your car hire agreement commencing.
Please email us at insurancesuppori@cartrawler.com
or via the customer portal wwww.cartrawlr.com/pertal-full
{and we will cancel this policy
‘You will receive a ful refund of your premium provided:
you have not started your journey; you have not made a
‘laim; and you do not intend to make a ciaim.
No premium is refunded for a policy cancelled less than 24
hours before your car hire agreement start.
We may cancel this policy by giving you at least 14 days
written notice at your last known address if you cease to
‘comply with the terms and conditions of this policy in any
significant respect.
We may cancel this policy without giving you prior notice
if, by law or other similar reasons we are prevented or
‘otherwise impeded from providing it
I we exercise our rights to cancel the policy under this
‘section, we wil refund the pramium paid proportionate to
the remaining period of insurance, unless you have
‘made any claims.
We may cancal this policy without giving you prior notice
‘and without refunding your premium if:
‘You make or try to make @ fraudulent claim under your
policy; you are abusive or threatening towards our staff
Please note: Ifthe Damage Refund Insurance has been
purchased as part of the hire vehicle package it cannot be
cancelled separately as it forms part of your hire vehicle
booking. If you cancel the hire vehicle booking the
Damage Refund Insurance will automatically be cancelled,
JURISDICTION AND LAW
Unless agreed otherwise English law will apply and all
‘communications and documentation in relation to this
ppolcy willbe in English. In the event of a dispute
‘conceming this policy the relevant court shall have
exclusive jurisdiction.
DEFINITIONS
‘Wherever the following words and phrases appear in bold
in this document, they will always have the following
‘meanings:
Page 2Policy Schedule means the document that contains the
name of the policyholder and gives details of the cover
provided by this policy.
Excess means the amount you must pay towards any
Incident which is not covered under the Collision Damage
Walver clause in your vehicle hire agreement.
‘Area of Cover Worldwide (excluding Afghanistan, Belarus,
Cuba, Congo, Iran, Iraq, Ivory Coast, Liberia, North Korea,
‘Burma, Sudan and Zimbabwe).
Incident means an unexoected event resulting in damage
to the hire vehicle caused by fire, vandalism, accident or
theft occurring during your rental period, for which you are
liable under the car hire agreement.
Hire Vehicle means the vehicle owned by a licensed rental
‘company or agency, which you have agreed to hire from
them according to the terms of your rental agreement.
Insurer means Inter Partner Assistance S.A. UK Branch,
Pair or set means a number of items of personal
possessions that belong together or can be used
together.
Period of insurance means your car hire period. All cover
‘ends on the expiry date shown on your Policy Schedule.
Personal money means cash, cheques, postal and money
‘orders, current postage stamps, travellers cheques,
‘coupons or vouchers which have a monetary value,
admission tickets and travel tickets.
Personal possession means each of your suitcases,
trunks and similar containers (including their contents) and
articles worn or carried by you (including your valuables
and passport) in your hire vehicle,
Public Highway means a main road or thoroughfare, such
as a street, boulevard, or parkway, available to the public
for use for travel or transportation
Car hire period means the dates for which you have
arranged to hire the hire vehicle.
Valuables means jewellery, watches, items made of or
containing precious metals or semi/precious stones, furs,
binoculars, telescopes, computer games, any kind of
photographic, audio, video, computer, tolovision, fax and
‘phone equipment (including mobile phones), MP3 players,
PDAs, electronic games, TVs and CDs, mini discs, DVDs,
cartridges, video and audio tapes.
WelUs/Our means Inter Partner Assistance S.A. UK
Branch and its authorised agents and suppliers
Policyholder means each person shown on the policy
schedule.
You, Your means who is named on the rental agreement
being authorised to drive the rental vehicle and for whom
Damage Refund Insurance
the appropriate insurance premium has been paid for this
policy.
‘Third Party means a person or group besides You the
Policyholder liable for ‘The incident
CLAIMS HANDLING
I you wish to make a claims please refer to the How to
‘make a claim section.
Page 3Damage Refund Insurance
COVER DETAILS
ACCIDENTAL DAMAGE OR THEFT
WHAT IS COVERED?
If your Hire Vehicle is involved in an incident.
We will reimburse you up to the policy limit for amounts
payable as a result of damage to or theft ofthe rental vehicle
‘not covered under the collision damage waiver clause of your
car hire agreement
WHAT IS NOT COVERED?
Any claim where you have not followed the terms of|
your rental agreemer
Damage to the Hire Vehicle interior,
Mechanical failure of the Hire Vehicl
* General wear and tear;
* Items showing as defective atthe time the rental
‘agreement commenced;
Driving off the Public Highway;
* Commercial use.
Please refer to the Genoral Exclusions and General
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USED RENTAL DA’
WHAT IS COVERED?
WHAT IS NOT COVERED? |
‘You and any of your travelling party are covered for a pro
rata refund up to the policy mit of policy limit if the car rental
agreement is cancelled or cut short due to the following:
+ A Medical Condition that has affected yourself or one of the
travelling party. Please note a medical certificate will need to
be provided
+ A medical condition that has affected an immediate family
member of you or your traveling party. Please note a
‘medical carificate will need to be provided
+ An accident or mechanical breakdown which necessitates
the cancelation of your vehicle rental
> Any costs which exceed the maximum claim limit of £2500
X Any costs refunded by the rental Company
Page 4Damage Refund Insurance
ADMINISTRATIVE CHARGES
WHAT IS COVERED?
WHAT IS NOT COVERED?
¥ You are covered for up to £100 for administration feos
charged by the rental company for processing your
damage costs.
Any administration fees that are not related to you
substantiating your claim,
WHAT IS COVERED?
WHAT IS NOT COVERED?
Up to the policy limit including fees and taxes, in otal for
your personal possessions damaged following attempted
theft or stolen from the locked boot, covered luggage area or
glove box of the Hire Vehicle, during your vehicle hire
period.
‘The maximum amount we will pay for a single article, pair or
sot is £250.
Note:
It willbe our decision, taking your citcumstances into
account, either:
To pay the cost of repairing your items
¥ To replace your belongings with equivalent items; or
¥ To pay the cost of replacing your items.
Please refer to the General Exclusions and General
Conditions sections of this policy for further information on.
the cover we provide under this policy.
% Tobacco, alcohol, fragrances and perfumes.
Breakage of or damage to fragile articles, audio, video,
‘computer, television, fax and phone equipment.
Loss or damage due to the climate, wear and tear, loss
in value,
% Aclaim for more than one mobile phone per person
insured
% Loss or theft of, or damage to, the following:
— Films, tapes, cassettes, computer games, electronic
games, mini- discs, DVDs, video and audio tapes,
cartridges or disc;
= Goods which deteriorate, bottles or cartons, and any
damage caused by these ltems or their contents;
= Contact or corneal lenses, unless following fire or
theft,
— Bonds, share certificates, guarantees or documents
of any kind:
— Personal possessions unless they are on your,
person, or they are out of sight in the locked boot or
‘covered luggage area or glove box of the insured
vehicle:
‘You are not covered for more than £50 in total for:
~ Personal money.Damage Refund Insurance
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WHAT IS COVERED?
¥ We will pay up to the policy limit including fees and taxes,
in total to replace the car hire keys if these are lost, stolen,
‘or damaged during the rental period. This will also include,
‘where necessary, the costs to replace locks or for a
locksmith to broak into the Hire Vehicle,
WHAT IS NOT COVERED?
Please refer to the General Exclusions and General
Congitions sections for further information on the cover
‘we provide under this policy.
WHAT IS COVERED?
Draining and fushing the fuel tank on site using a
specialist roadside vehicle or
Recovery of the rental vehicle, the driver and up to six
passengers to the nearest repairer to drain and flush the
fuel tank.
Replenishing the fuel tank with 10 litres ofthe correct
fuel
You can only ciaim once per period of insurance.
Reimbursement for costs including fees and taxes, up to
the policy limit.
Please refer to the General Exclusions and General,
Conditions sections.
WHAT IS NOT COVERED?
‘You will be responsible for paying any costs in excess of
policy limit
Fuel, other than the 10 litres of correct fuel to replenish
the fuel tank after draining and flushing out the
‘contaminated fuel;
Any claim resulting from foreign matter entering the fuel
system except for diesel or petroleum;
Mechanical or component damage to your rental vehicle
‘whether or not caused as a result of misfuelling or the
cost of hiring an alternative rental vehicle in the event
mechanical or component damage is sustained;
‘Any defect which is deemed NOT to be a direct result of
misfuelling or a defect which existed before the incident
of mistuelling;
‘Any vehicle or vehicles other than the Hire Vehicle or
‘vehicles listed on the rental agreement.
Page 6Damage Refund Insurance
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WHAT IS COVERED?
WHAT IS NOT COVERED?
¥ Ifthe Hire Vehicle breaks down following an incident
which renders you unable to commence, continue or
‘complete a journey as a result of your vehicle being
Unsafe to drive or being immobilised, you will need to
‘contact the hire car company immediately and follow their
instructions.
¥ Ifyou are required to arrange or pay for the recovery of
the vehicle, we will refund the costs you incur including
{a0s, up to the policy limit (£2500) for a breakdown
Vehicle to attend the scene, try and restore the Hire
ity, and if required recover the vehicle to
the destination of choice,
Any costs where a
‘cannot be supplied,
‘The costs of the repairs
‘Arranging for the recovery of the vehicle,
yoice and evidence of payment
GENERAL EXCLUSIONS
‘The following exclusions apply to the whole of your policy.
We will not caver you for any claim arising from the
following:
4. War, invasion, act of foreign enemy, hostilities (whether
war is declared or not), civil war, civil commotion,
rebelion, revolution, insurrection, military force, coup
d'etat, terrorism or weapons of mass destruction.
Any epidemic or pandemic.
‘You do not follow any suagestions or recommendations
‘made by any government or other official authority
including the Foreign and Commonwealth Office during
the period of insurance.
4. Your property being held, taken, destroyed or damaged
under the order of any government or customs officals
5. lonising radiation or radioactive contamination from
nuclear fuel or nuctear waste or any risk from nuclear
‘equipment
‘Any currency exchange rate changes.
The failure or fear of fllure or inability of any equipment
‘or any computer programme, whether or not you own
It, to recognise or to correctly interpret or process any
date as the true or correct date, or to continue to
function correctly beyond that date.
‘You acting in an illegal or malicious way.
‘Any loss caused as a direct or indirect result of anything
you are claiming for.
10. Any damage covered by your vehicle rental agreement.
111, Any damage that occurs as a result of your use of
‘alcohol or drugs (other than drugs prescribed by a
medical practioner).
12, Anything arising out of misuse of the rental vehicle.
18, Failure to comply with any law or equivalent
requirements in the jurisiction in respect of which the
Hire Vehicle rental agreement has been made.
114, Any incidents if the Hire Vehicle is driven off a Public
Highway,
16.Hire Vehicles not named in the Hire Vehicle rental
‘agreement.
16. Any defect or damage which existed at the time that
‘you commenced your rental agreement.
17. We will not provide cover, pay any claim or provide any
‘benefit if doing so would expose us to any sanction,
prohibition or restriction under United Nations
resolutions or the trade or economic sanctions, laws or
regulations of the European Union, United Kingdom or
United States of America,
Page TGENERAL CONDITIONS
‘The following conditions apply to the whole of your policy
Please read these carafully as we can only pay your claim
if you meet these:
1. You take reasonable care to protect the Hire Vehicle
land your property against accident, injury, loss and
damage and act as if you are not insured and to minimise
any potential claim,
2. You have a valid rental agreement.
3. You accept that we will not extend the period of
insurance beyond the term of the orginal rental
agreement.
4.Your claim must be notified to us within 6 months of the
incident
5 Please provide us with full details of anything that may
result in a claim and give us all the information we ask for.
Please see section ‘How to Make a Claim’ for more
information.
6.You accopt that no alterations to the terms and
conditions ofthe policy apply, unless we confirm them in
writing to you.
7-This insurance contract is between you and us. Any
pperson or company who is not party to this policy has no
right to enforce any condition of this policy.
HOW TO MAKE A CLAIM
Your claim will be handled by us or a service provider
appointed by us.
All settlement payments will be made in the currency
listed in your Damage Refund Insurance terms and
conditions.
Visit our claims web site
‘httos:/www.myexcesselaim.com
You will be able to register your claim online and upload
Copies of the following documentation:
For all claims: Your original Policy Schedule, signed
rental agreement, confirmation of the condition of the
vehicle atthe time the rental agreement commenced and
‘evidence from the rental company that you are being held
liable in relation to your claim,
Original bills oF invoices you are asked to pay.
Details of any other insurance you may have that may
cover the same loss.
‘As much evidence as possible to support your claim.
‘A copy of the driving license of the person driving the rental
vehicle at the time of any incident.
Detaled account of the circumstances surrounding the
‘event, Including photographs and video evidence (if this
applies).
Detailed account of the circumstances that led to the
‘damage of the rental vehicle, including where appropriate a
\written police report.
Damage Refund Insurance
‘Additional documentation in relation to Personal
possessions and Rental vehicle key claim.
Report the theft, damage or loss to the police within 24
hours of discovery and ask them for a written police report.
It appropriate, you should also report the theft, damage or
loss to your courier or hotel | apartment manager and ask
for a written report.
Keep any damaged items as we may need to inspect them,
Ifwe make a payment, or we replace an item, the item wil
then belong to us.
‘Obtain an estimate for repair for all damaged items.
Please note that if you make a claim following an incident
involving a Third Party who accepted the responsibilty,
Yyou will need to inform us of any refund from the Third
Party or the rental company.
Iyou have a query please email:
carhireciaims@axa-assistance.co.
FRAUD, MISREPRESENTATION AND
NON-DISCLOSURE
It we discover, have reason to believe or reasonably
‘suspect that you, your family or anybody insured by this
policy or acting for you has:
* Acted in a fraudulent manner, either in applying
for cover or making a claim; or
‘+ Misrepresented any answer to our questions
(online or in personivia telephone), or withheld
Felevant information, to influence our decision to
offer you cover (or the terms and conditions of
‘said cover, of to obtain a better price for your
cover) or accept a claim; or
+ Acted in a way to give rise to any offence,
We reserve the right to all ofthe following:
‘+ Amend the policy details to record the right
information about you, the hire vehicle(s) or any
‘ther relevant data, collecting any adcitional
premium due (as we would have done had we
known the correct details when you took out the
policy) and charge any administration cost;
‘+ Cancel your policy, and treat it as ifit never
existed, from the date ofthe fraud.
misrepresentation or non-disclosure;
‘+ Keep any premium which you have paid for cover
under this policy;
‘+ Refuse to pay the whole of a claim, ifwe suspect,
part or all of it may be fraudulent or deliberately
‘exaggerated or misrepresented;
‘+ Take action to recover from you any costs, which
we have incurred in investigating a fraudulent,
‘exaggerated or misrepresented claim, andior any
payment we already made for it
We will also pass your details, and details ofthe fraud as
relevant, to the Police, other authorities or fraud prevention
Page 8agencies, as well as other insurers to prevent fraud in the
future,
COMPLAINTS PROCEDURE
We are committed to providing you with an exceptional
level of service and customer care. We realise that things
‘can go wrong and there may be occasions when you feel
that we have not provided the service you expacied. When
this happens, we want to hear about it so that we can try to
put things right.
Ifyou have a complaint about our service, you can use
the below details to contact us:
If your complaint is not related to an existing claim or you
require a premium refund please email
insurancesupport@cartrawler.com
If you have a complaint relating to an existing claim or you
are having problems logging your ciaim please eral
cathiroclaims@axa-assistance.co.uk
Please put Complaint in subject heading,
We will deal with your dissatisfaction as soon as we can
and try to reach an amicable resolution.
If we are unable to reach a resolution within 8 weeks or if
you are not happy with our resolution, you may have the
right to refer the mattar to the Financial Ombudsman,
Service Exchange Tower, London E14 9SR.
COMPENSATION SCHEME
We are covered by the Financial Services Compensation
‘Scheme (FSCS). You may be entitled to compensation
from the scheme in the unlikely event we cannot meet our
obligations to you. This depends on the type of insurance
and the circumstances of the claim. Further information
about the compensation scheme arrangements is.
available from the FSCS (www{8cs.0°g,Uk) or call them on
0207 741 4100,
DATA PROTECTION
Details of you, your insurance cover under this policy and
claims wil be held by us (acting as data controllers) for
‘underwriting, policy administration, claims handling,
‘complaints handling, sanctions checking and fraud
prevention, subject to the provisions of applicable data
protection iaw and in accordance with the assurances
‘contained in our website privacy notice (see below),
We collect and process these delails as necessary for
performance of our contract of insurance with you or
‘complying with our legal obligations, or otherwise in our
lagitimate interests in managing our business and providing
our products and services.
These activities may include:
‘use of sensitive information about the health or
‘vulnerability of you or others involved in your insurance
claim, in order to evaluate your claim and provide other
services as described in this policy
b. disclosure of information about you and your insurance
‘cover to companies within the AXA group of companies, to
Damage Refund Insurance
‘our service providers and agents in order to administer and
service your insurance cover. to provide you with an
Insurance excess claims service, for fraud prevention, to
collect payments, and otherwise as required or permitted
by applicable lam,
c. monitoring andlor recording of your telephone calls in
relation to cover for the purposes of record-keeping,
training and quality control;
6. obtaining and storing any relovant and appropriata
‘evidence of the condition ofthe property subject ofthe
excess claim, which you have provided forthe purpose of
validating your claim; and
«sending you feedback requests or surveys relating to our
services, and other customer care communications.
We will separately seek your consent before using or
cisclosing your personal data to another party or the
purpose of contacting you about other products or services
(direct marketing). Marketing activities may include
‘matching your data with information from public sources, in
‘order to send you relevant communications. You may
withdraw your consent to marketing at any time, or opt-out
(of feedback requests, by contacting the Data Protection
Officer (see contact detaiis below).
We carry out these activities within the UK and the
European Economic Area (the European Union plus
Norway, Liechtenstein and Iceland) and Switzerland,
‘across which the data protection laws provide a similar
level of protection. We may also transfer your information
to other countries outside the UK the EEA. Where we do
‘so, we will ensure your data is given a similar level of
protection to that required under United Kingdom data
protection law.
‘By purchasing this policy and using our services, you
‘acknowiedge that we may use your personal data, and
consent to our use of sensitive information,
I you provide us with details of other individuals, you agree
to inform thom of our use of their data as described here
‘and in our website privacy notice.
‘You are entitled on request to a copy of the information we
hhold about you, and you have other rights in relation to how
we use your data (as set out in our website privacy notice;
see below),
Please let us know if you think any information we hold
‘about you is inaccurate, so that we can correct it.
I you want to know what information is held about you by
Inter Pariner Assistance or AXA Assistance, or have other
requests or concems relating to our use of your data,
please write to us at:
Data Protection Officer
The Quadrangle
106-118 Station Road
Redhill RH1 1PR
Email: dataprotectionenquiries@axa-assistance co.uk
Page 9(Our full data privacy notice is available at:
hitos://www axapartners. com/enipage/en.privacy-
i
Altematively, a hard copy is available from us on request
‘There may be a charge for this service, as permitted by
law. Any information which is found to be incorrect will be
‘corrected promptly. Information about you is only held for
so long as itis appropriate for the above.
We monitor and record phone calls to help maintain our
ually standards and for security purposes.
Please let us know if you think any information we hold
about you is inaccurate, so that we can correct it. The
information we hold about you is confidential. We will only
ever disclose it to another party with your consent, or if the
law requires us to disclose it. f your complaints related to
data privacy, you have the right to refer it to the Information
Damage Refund Insurance
‘Commissioner's Office. For further information, please visit
womw.ico.ora.uk
CUSTOMER SERVICES
For CarTrawler customer services please contact +44 203,
740 9859.
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