2015 Insurance Policy
2015 Insurance Policy
This insurance is not valid in respect of any persons aged 70 years or over at the
date of departure or in respect of any persons aged 65 or over at the date of
departure for travel in excess of 31 days.
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INSURANCE POLICY
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W H AT T O DO I F Y O U W I SH T O M AK E A CLAI M
You can obtain a claim form online (other than for Legal Expenses) at:
www .foggtravelinsurance.com
or email to:
claims@foggtravelinsurance.com
or alternatively if You do not have internet access You can contact:
Fogg Travel Insurance Services Limited
Crow Hill Drive, Mansfield, Notts. NG19 7AE on telephone : 01623 631331
In all circumstances You should quote T r a v e l b o u n d , advising the section under
which You wish to claim.
When returning the claim form please enclose this insurance policy together with the
tour operators confirmation of booking invoice and if the claim is for cancellation, the
tour operators cancellation invoice.
For Legal Expenses claims or enquiries You must notify within 180 days of the
event giving rise to Your claim to:DAS Legal Expenses Insurance Company Limited,
DAS House, Quay Side, Temple Back, BS1 6NH Tel 0117 934 0548
IM PO RT ANT PO I NT S T O NO T E
Please read Your insurance policy in full before You travel making sure You
understand exactly what We will and will not pay for under each Section.
Section A - Cancellation or Curtailment
Section B Emergency Medical Expenses
Your state of health may affect the cover provided under Your insurance. Please
refer to the Cover and Exclusions to Cover in respect of Section A, B and C and to
the Pre Existing Medical Conditions section.
Section B Emergency Medical Expenses
You must contact the 24 hour medical Emergency Service for their Doctor's
opinion prior to :
i. You being admitted to hospital or
ii. You arranging to return Home early or extend Your stay because of any
illness or injury.
Hazardous Activity
Your attention is drawn to the Definition Section and the definition of Hazardous
Activity. If you are taking part in any sport not listed please contact us to find out
whether You are covered.
Section E - Personal Baggage
Section F - Personal Money
Take due care of Your Personal Baggage and Personal Money. The vast majority
of claims under these Sections arise as a result of leaving items Unattended at
restaurants, airports and hotels etc. Lack of proper care towards Your Personal
Baggage and Personal Money will result in Your claim being turned down.
Valuables and Personal Money should not be left Unattended at any time except
when left in Your locked personal accommodation or in a safety deposit box where
possible.
In Particular please note:
i. Your policy does not cover Valuables or Personal Money when left in motor
vehicles at any time.
ii. Valuables and Personal Money must be carried in Your hand luggage when
being transported by Airlines, Coach Operators etc.
Your policy contains a single article limit on Personal Baggage and an overall
Valuables limit. Expensive items, jewellery, photographic and electronic video
equipment, etc. should be insured under Your own home insurance.
Where cover applies to items that are stolen, lost and totally destroyed they will be
replaced as new less a deduction for any wear, tear and depreciation.
Policy section
A. Cancellation or curtailment
Loss of deposit
Maximum benefit
up to 3,000
up to 3,000
Excess
40
10
up to 5,000,000
40
up to 200
Nil
RE CI P RO C AL H E ALT H AG R E EM E NT E U CO U NT RI E S
Travellers to European Union countries and Switzerland should obtain the European
Health Insurance Card (EHIC) or form E112. Applications for the EHIC can be made
online at www.dh.gov.uk/travellers - the quickest route, or by Telephone on 0845
606 2030, or by post application forms are available from the Post Office. This will
entitle you to benefit from the reciprocal health arrangements which exist between
European Union countries. In other countries where reciprocal health arrangements
exist all reasonable steps should be made to utilise them.
In the event of liability being accepted for a medical expense which has been
reduced by the use of an EHIC card (or other reciprocal health agreements) or
Private Health Insurance, the applicable Emergency Medical Expenses Section
excess will not be applied. This does not apply where special excess terms have
been imposed.
Should You be admitted to hospital then contact must be made with Fogg Assist
and their authority obtained in respect of any treatment not available under the
reciprocal arrangements before such treatment is provided.
C. Personal accident
up to 25,000*
Nil
D. Departure delay
up to 100
Nil
up to 3,000
up to 1,000 (Area 1 500)
40
Nil
up to 1,000 (500)
up to 250
40
School property
up to 500
40
Delayed baggage
up to 250
Nil
up to 400 (250)
40
Delay cancellation
Missed departure
E. Personal baggage (under 18s)
Single article/valuable limits
G EO G R AP H I C AL AR E AS
United Kingdom
Europe, including all countries west of the Ural Mountains, Republic of
Ireland, Iceland, Morocco, Tunisia, Turkey, the Azores, Canary Islands,
Madeira and islands in the Mediterranean.
Worldwide including the United States of America, Canada.
up to 250 (150)
Student money
Emergency fund
up to 5,000
up to 5,000
40
40
up to 250
40
G. Personal liability
up to 2,000,000
40
H. Organisers liability
up to 5,000,000
100
up to 25,000
E XT E NS IO N O F CO V ER
1. In the event of death, injury or illness of any Insured Person travelling under this
policy, preventing any Insured Person from completing the Trip before the
expiry of this policy, cover will be automatically extended without additional
premium for the additional days necessary to complete the Trip.
2. In the event of delay to any vehicle, vessel or aircraft in which You are travelling
as a ticket holder and unable to complete the Trip before the expiry of this policy
the cover will be automatically extended without additional premium for up to 14
days for You to complete the Trip.
Nil
Cover for these conditions will only be provided following Our acceptance in writing.
Unless reported and agreed by the Referral Helpline in writing the above conditions
will be excluded and Your failure to provide full and accurate information in
response to Our questions may mean that Your policy will not cover You and it may
invalidate it altogether.
You need to keep copies of all letters We send You for future reference.
We reserve the right to charge an increased premium, decline, withdraw, increase
the policy excess, cancel or restrict cover for any person where the facts disclosed
are considered unacceptable to Us.
Should We require any additional premium, and You accept Our offer, this should
be paid to Fogg Travel either by credit card or cheque, made payable to Fogg
Travel, and sent within 14 days of receipt. Should You decide not to pay the
additional premium, the declared health condition or any other related condition will
not be covered. Full confirmation of Our terms and conditions will be sent out to
Your address after Your call. Any additional health conditions not declared to Us will
not be covered.
PLEASE NOTE. You are responsible for all costs incurred in reporting Your medical
condition to Us.
DE FI NIT IO N O F W O RD S
The following words or expressions carry the meaning shown below whenever they
appear in bold print within the wording of the policy.
ADVANCE BOOKING Any booking made at least 24 hours prior to the scheduled
departure time shown in Your ticket or booking confirmation invoice.
APPOINTED REPRESENTATIVE The Preferred Law Firm, law firm or other
suitably qualified person which DAS will appoint to act on Your behalf.
ASSURED Being the school, college, university or other group named on the
T r a v e l b o u n d confirmation of booking invoice.
CHILDREN Insured Persons under 18 years of age and in full time education
travelling as part of a school party.
CLOSE BUSINESS ASSOCIATE Your associate in the same employment as You
whose absence from work necessitates You having to cancel or Curtail Your Trip
as certified by Your Senior Director or Partner.
COSTS AND EXPENSES
(a) all reasonable and necessary costs charged by the Appointed
Representative and agreed by DAS in accordance with the DAS Standard
Terms of Appointment.
(b) the costs incurred by opponents in civil cases if the You have been ordered to
pay them, or You pay them with DAS agreement.
CURTAIL/CURTAILMENT means abandonment of the planned Trip by return to the
United Kingdom after commencement of the Outward Journey or where You
have been confined to hospital for the rest of Your Trip because of injury or
illness. The amount payable will be the unused proportion of Your irrecoverable
pre-paid charges calculated from the date of Your return to the United Kingdom.
All Curtailment claims will need authorisation from Fogg Assist or Us in advance.
CYBER-TERRORISM The use of disruptive activities, or the threat thereof, against
computers and/or networks, with the intention to cause real-world harm or severe
disruption of infrastructure.
DAS STANDARD TERMS OF APPOINTMENT the terms and conditions (including
the amount DAS will pay to Your Appointed Representative) that apply to the
relevant type of claim, which could include a conditional fee agreement (no win, no
fee).
DATE OF OCCURRENCE The date of the event that leads to a claim. If there is
more than one event arising at different times from the same originating cause, the
Date Of Occurrence is the date of the first of these events. (This is the date the
event happened, which may be before the date the Insured Person first became
aware of it).
EMERGENCY FUNDS - means bank and currency notes, cash and travellers
cheques held by a party leader only for use in case of emergency.
EXCESS The amount of money You will have to pay to contribute towards the cost
of each claim under the policy, after the application of the policy limits.
FAMILY The main Insured Person, his/her spouse or common law partner, and
their dependent Children under 18 years of age (in full time education and residing
with them).
GEOGRAPHICAL AREA The area or country to which You are booked to travel and
for which the appropriate premium has been paid, and will involve Your return to
the United Kingdom within the booked Trip period.
HAZARDOUS ACTIVITY - means any pursuit or activity where it is recognised there
is an increased risk of serious injury or can be reasonably expected to aggravate
any existing infirmity. The following activities are examples of Hazardous
Activity and are not covered by this insurance: mountaineering (requiring the use
of ropes and/or guides), pot-holing, racing (other than on foot), any form of winter
sports, scuba diving below 9 metres, parachuting, gliding, go-karting, hot-air
ballooning, any other activity that requires skill and involves increased risk of
injury, except where these form part of a published activity provided by
T r a v e l b o u n d and include where any additional premium has been paid to
provide cover for a particular activity. If You are taking part in any sport not listed
above please contact Us if You are in any doubt with full details of the activity for
Our consideration.
HOME - means Your normal place of residence in the United Kingdom.
HOME COUNTRY means both the country You live in within the United Kingdom
and Your country of nationality.
INSURED INCIDENT A specific or sudden accident that causes Your death or
bodily injury.
LEGAL EXPENSES INSURER means DAS Legal Expenses Insurance Company
Limited
MANUAL LABOUR means work involving the lifting or carrying of heavy items,
work at a higher level than two storeys or any form of work underground.
MEDICAL PRACTITIONER a fully qualified, registered and practising medical
physician, not being an Insured Person or Your Relative.
ORGANISER - the person on behalf of the school, college, university or other group
who is acting as party leader or other principal person of the whole group booking
and is included in the tour operator booking, and without whom the Trip would
not be able to take place or to continue to normal completion.
OUTWARD JOURNEY The initial journey by coach, train, aircraft or watercraft
undertaken in conjunction with the Trip in respect of the Outward Journey from
Your Home in the United Kingdom.
PAIR OR SET - means two or more items of Personal Baggage that are
complementary or used or worn together.
24 H O U R M ED IC AL EM E RG EN CY S E RV IC E
FOGG ASSIST provides immediate help in the event of Your illness or injury
arising outside the United Kingdom - they provide a 24 HOUR multi-lingual
emergency service 365 days a year and can be contacted by telephone.
If You are admitted to a hospital or clinic as an in-patient or repatriation is
necessary Our 24 Hour Emergency Medical Service must be notified as soon
as it is practical to do so, and at the latest within 48 hours before incurring
expenses in excess of 500.
Repatriation to Your Home will be arranged when this is considered to be
medically necessary in the opinion of the doctor in attendance and Our medical
advisers.
F O G G AS S I S T
You should advise them that you are insured under the scheme T r a v e l b o u n d
through ETI and have the following information ready to advise:
A contact telephone number
Name and age of patient
Location of hospital and doctors telephone number
The medical problem
When You call upon the services of Fogg Assist it is a condition of the service
that Fogg Assist shall solely be responsible for all decisions on the most suitable
and reasonable solution to any medical problem. The service includes, where
necessary:
1. Multi-lingual assistance with hospitals and doctors
2. Repatriation arrangements and necessary escorts by a medical attendant
3. Travel arrangements for other members of Your party or next-of-kin
4. On arrival in the United Kingdom, an ambulance service to hospital or Home.
(NOTE TO TREATING DOCTOR: Fogg Assist must be contacted prior to
treatment with full medical details. Failure to do this will mean medical expenses
incurred cannot be guaranteed).
In the event of Your injury or illness, We reserve the right to:
i.
move You from one hospital to another; and
ii. arrange for Your repatriation to Your Home
at any time during the journey or Trip in order to minimise the loss. We will do this
if in the opinion of the doctor in attendance and Our medical advisers, You can
safely be moved and/or can safely travel Home to continue treatment.
PR E- E X I ST ING M EDIC AL CO N DIT IO N S
You will not be covered under this policy for any medical condition, if at the time of
taking out this insurance, as far as the persons insured are aware, You or any
person on whom this insurance may depend, including any person not travelling
(see also Important below):
i. has any medical condition or on-going medical condition for which treatment
has been received or is taking medication or has visited/been referred to a
specialist or has been a hospital in-patient during the 6 months period
immediately preceding the date of issue of this insurance, or
ii. is on a hospital waiting list for treatment, or where a terminal prognosis has
been given, or
iii. is awaiting investigation, results of tests or investigation or diagnosis for a
medical condition, or
iv. is travelling against the advice of a Medical Practitioner or in order to get
treatment, or
v. is currently suffering or has previously suffered from any of the following
medical conditions :
Heart related condition, Hypertension, Arterial Disease, Kidney Disease,
Malignant Diseases (Cancer), Lung and/or Respiratory Disease (including
Asthma where in-patient hospital treatment has been received), or had a Stroke
vi. has been diagnosed as suffering from any form of psychological or psychiatric
disorder, eating disorder, mental instability, anxiety, stress or depression before
the policy was issued.
IMPORTANT
If You have answered Yes to any of the above questions We may be able to offer
some cover and may be able to cover Your health condition, although an
increased premium may be required.
You will only need to contact the Referral Helpline if you are under 18 years of age
travelling outside Europe. Persons under 18 do not need to make a declaration if
travelling in the United Kingdom or within Europe. Persons 18 and over travelling
anywhere will need to make a declaration. Please also read Change of Risk
below to see if applicable to You.
In all cases you MUST tell us about anything concerning the health of a Relative
or Close Business Associate who is not insured on this policy but may make it
necessary for You to cancel or Curtail must be advised to the Referral Helpline as
soon as possible so We can advise You if We are able to insure the additional risk
and any terms We may require.
To enable Us to consider Your health condition or that of a Relative or Close
Business Associate please contact the Referral Helpline quoting
T r a v e l b o u n d on 0845 1300 198. This will be charged as a local call from
wherever You are calling in the United Kingdom. All calls will be treated in the
strictest confidence.
Change Of Risk:- If after You have paid Your insurance premium Your health or
Your ongoing medication changes (irrespective of age or destination), or that of
any person on whom Your Trip depends You do not have to disclose this to the
Referral Helpline. Provided that You were not aware of the change in health at the
time You purchased Your policy We will cover You under the existing terms of this
policy as long as You are not travelling against the advice of a Medical
Practitioner. It is a condition of this insurance that You obtain the approval of a
Medical Practitioner before You travel should Your new condition be any of the
following:Heart related condition, Hypertension, Arterial Disease, Kidney Disease, Malignant
Diseases (Cancer), Lung and/or Respiratory Disease (including Asthma where inpatient hospital treatment has been received), Stroke, a broken or fractured bone
other than fingers, any form of psychological or psychiatric disorder, eating
disorder, mental instability, anxiety, stress or depression.
If You are no longer able to travel on the covered trip due to Your change in
medical circumstances then You would be entitled to submit a claim under
Section A - Cancellation or Curtailment should the costs not be recoverable
from elsewhere. Please see Section A Cancellation or Curtailment and What
you need to do if you wish to make a claim.
PERIOD OF INSURANCE Cancellation cover commences from the date the Trip
booking was made and the policy was issued and expires upon commencement
of the Outward Journey other than as provided for under Section D1(ii)
Cancellation Compensation.
The remaining covers commences at the beginning of the direct Outward
Journey as shown on Your booking confirmation invoice and end upon
completion of the direct Return Journey but in any event not exceeding the
period of cover for which the premium has been paid.
PERMANENT TOTAL DISABLEMENT means Permanent Total Disablement
resulting in Your permanent and absolute inability to attend to a profession,
business or gainful occupation of any kind. Where You are not in any paid
employment or paid occupations, this shall be defined as all Your usual
activities, pastimes and pursuits of any and every kind.
PERSONAL MONEY - means bank and currency notes, cash, cheques, postal
and money orders, current postage stamps, travellers cheques, coupons or
vouchers that have a monetary value and travel tickets, lift passes, passports,
all of which are for your private use.
PERSONAL BAGGAGE - means each of Your suitcases and containers of a
similar nature and their contents and articles You are wearing or carrying
including Your Valuables (as defined below).
PRE-EXISTING MEDICAL CONDITION means any serious or re-occurring
medical condition which has been previously diagnosed, investigated or treated
in any way, at any time prior to travel, even if this condition is currently
considered to be stable and under control.
PREFERRED LAW FIRM A law firm or barristers chambers DAS choose to
provide legal services. These legal specialists are chosen based on their proven
expertise to deal with claims like Yours and must comply with DAS agreed
service standard levels, which DAS audit regularly. They are appointed according
to the DAS Standard Terms of Appointment.
PUBLIC TRANSPORT means buses, coaches, internal flights or trains that run
to a published scheduled timetable.
REASONABLE PROSPECTS For civil cases, the prospects that You will recover
losses or damages (or obtain any other legal remedy that DAS have agreed to,
including an enforcement of judgement), make a successful defence or make a
successful appeal or defence of an appeal, must be at least 51%. DAS, or a
Preferred Law Firm on DAS behalf, will assess whether there are Reasonable
Prospects.
RELATIVE Mother, father, step-mother or step-father, wife, husband, spouse or
common law partner of over six months, son, daughter, legally adopted son or
daughter, step-son, step-daughter, brother, sister, step-brother, step-sister,
grandmother, grandfather, grandchild, parent-in-law, legal guardian, or son or
daughter-in-law or fianc(e).
RETURN JOURNEY The initial journey by coach, train, aircraft or watercraft
undertaken in conjunction with the Trip in respect of the Return Journey to Your
Home in the United Kingdom.
STUDENT MONEY - means bank and currency notes, cash and travellers
cheques held by a party leader on behalf of a student.
TERRORIST ACTION The actual or threatened:
1. use of force or violence against persons or property, or
2. commission of an act dangerous to human life or property, or
3. commission of an act that interferes with or disrupts an electronic or
communications system
undertaken by any person or group, whether or not acting on behalf of or in
connection with any organisation, government, power, authority or military force,
when any of the following applies :
(a) the apparent intent or effect is to intimidate or coerce a government or
business, or to disrupt any segment of the economy;
(b) the apparent intent or effect is to cause alarm, fright, fear of danger or
apprehension of public safety in one or more distinct segments of the
general public, or to intimidate or coerce one or more such segments;
(c) the reasonably apparent intent or effect is to further political, idealogical,
religious or cultural objectives, or to express support for (or opposition to) a
philosophy, ideology, religion or culture.
TRAVEL DOCUMENTS means current passports, valid visas, travel tickets,
European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) and reciprocal health form E112.
TRIP - means a holiday or journey that begins when You leave Home and ends on
your return to either (i) Your Home, or (ii) a hospital or nursing home in the
United Kingdom following Your repatriation, both during the Period of
Insurance. Any subsequent holiday or journey that starts after You have
returned Home or to a hospital or nursing home (as described above) is not
covered.
UNATTENDED - means left away from Your person where You are unable to
clearly see and are unable to get hold of Your Personal Baggage.
UNITED KINGDOM - means England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, the
Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.
VALUABLES - means cameras, photographic equipment, camcorders, video,
satellite navigation equipment, television and telecommunications equipment,
radios, cassette players, CD players, Ipods, MP3 players, audio equipment,
computers, Ipad, Tablets, Kindles, e-book readers, computer equipment/
accessories, hard drives, flash drives, computer games machines, spectacles,
prescription sun glasses, binoculars, telescopes, antiques, jewellery, watches,
furs, precious or semi-precious stones, articles made of or containing gold silver
or other precious metals, films, tapes, cassettes, cartridges, discs or Compact
Discs.
WE/OUR/US ETI - International Travel Protection, the United Kingdom branch of
Europische Reiseversicherung (ERV) A.G.
YOU/YOUR/INSURED PERSON Any person named on the T r a v e l b o u n d
confirmation of booking invoice for the holiday who is eligible to be insured and
for whom premium has been paid and in respect of a school, college or university
or other group those persons named on the list provided by the Assured to the
tour operator.
G E N ER AL E X CLU S IO N S
AP P L I C AB L E T O T HIS I N SU R AN C E PO L ICY
We shall not be liable for any claim caused by:1. (a) war, invasion, acts of foreign enemies, hostilities (whether war be declared
or not) civil war or any act condition or warlike operation incident to war
(b) warlike action by a regular or irregular military force or civilian agents, or
any action taken by any government, sovereign or other authority to hinder
or defend against an actual or expected attack.
(c) insurrection, rebellion, revolution, attempt to usurp power, or popular
uprising, or any action taken by government or martial authority in
hindering or defending against any of these
(d) discharge, explosion, or use of a weapon of mass destruction whether or
not employing nuclear fission or fusion, or chemical, biological, radioactive
or similar agents, by any party at any time for any reason
(e) Terrorist Action or any action taken by anyone to prevent real or perceived
imminent Terrorist Action or to address ongoing Terrorist Action (See
Definitions Section)
(f) Cyber-terrorism.
2. Any Pre-existing Medical Condition or health condition that has been
diagnosed, been in existence or for which you have received treatment from a
hospital or specialist consultant during the last few years or for which You are
awaiting or receiving treatment or under investigation unless We have agreed
cover in writing and any additional premium has been paid.
3. If You have not complied with the Pre-existing Medical Condition Section of
this policy unless We have agreed cover in writing and any additional premium
has been paid.
4. Any payments made or charges levied after the date of diagnosis of any change
in Your health or medication after the policy was bought unless this has been
advised to Us and any revised terms or conditions have been confirmed in
writing.
5. Cancellation or Curtailment of Your Trip due to a health condition of a person
travelling with You and included on Your booking or of a Relative or Close
Business Associate not travelling with You, where the risk attaching to that
health condition has not been accepted by Us in writing.
6. Any claim arising from any relevant information known by You at the time of
buying this policy or which occurs between booking and travel unless it has been
disclosed to Us and We have agreed in writing any terms applicable.
7. Any other financial loss of any kind.
8. Damage to, or loss or destruction of any property or any loss or expense
whatsoever arising from, or any other financial loss or any legal liability of
whatsoever nature directly or indirectly caused by or contributed to, by or arising
from:
(a) lonising radiation or contamination by radioactivity from any nuclear fuel or
from any nuclear waste from the combustion of nuclear fuel
(b) the radioactive, toxic, explosive or other hazardous properties of any
explosive nuclear assembly or nuclear component of such assembly.
9. Loss, destruction or damage directly occasioned by pressure waves caused by
aircraft and other aerial devices travelling at sonic or supersonic speeds.
10.Claims arising from flying or aerial activity of any kind (other than as a fare paying
passenger in a fully licensed passenger carrying aircraft).
11.Claims arising directly or indirectly from Your wilful, malicious or unlawful act.
12. Any claim or expense arising directly or indirectly from the failure of any
computer equipment, integrated circuits, computer chips or computer software to
correctly recognise any date change.
13. Any deliberate or criminal act by an Insured Person.
14. Manual Labour.
15. You travelling against the advice or recommendations published by the Foreign
and Commonwealth Office and applicable at the time of Your departure.
16. Air travel within 24 hours of scuba diving.
17. Any loss due to currency exchanges of any and every description.
18. Your carriers refusal to allow You to travel for whatever reason.
19.any trip of more than 31 days duration where You are aged 65 and over at the
date of departure.
20. Any reason if You are aged 70 or over.
21. The delay or cancellation of flights on the order or recommendation of any civil
authority, or at the initiative of the airline, due to atmospheric volcanic ash.
CO N DIT IO N S AP P L I CAB L E T O T HI S I N SU RAN C E P O L ICY
1. YOUR DUTY:
(a) At the time You purchase this insurance You are not aware of any
circumstances or any relevant information which are likely to cause
Cancellation or Curtailment of Your Trip. This includes any existing illness
or injury of any Relative which if this illness or injury continued or deteriorated
would mean You would have to cancel or Curtail Your Trip.
(b) You must provide full and accurate information in response to Our questions
as this will influence Us in the assessment or acceptance of Your insurance.
If You fail to do so Your insurance may be void.
(c) You must at all times act in a reasonable manner to prevent or minimise a
claim.
(d) You must check with Your doctor on the advisability of making the Trip if You
have any existing medical condition, taking into account Your chosen
destination, the climatic conditions, the stability of Your condition, the effect of
any additional drugs or vaccines necessary and the standard of the medical
services available. Cover will not be given if travel is against the advice of
Your doctor.
(e) You are not travelling specifically to receive medical treatment during Your
Trip or in the knowledge that You are likely to need treatment.
(f) Not requiring insurance for any health condition where a terminal prognosis
has been given by a registered doctor before buying this policy.
(g) Not requiring insurance for any health condition that is being investigated or
for which You are awaiting or receiving treatment in hospital at the time of
buying this policy.
(h) Obtaining any recommended vaccines, inoculations or medications prior to
Your Trip.
2. CHANGE IN RISK - If after purchasing your policy and before You depart on
Your booked trip there is a change in Your health or Your prescribed
medication You must do the following:
(a) If You are fit to travel, are not travelling against medical advice and have
not been diagnosed with any of the medical conditions as listed in the box
below under 2 (b), then You can proceed without needing to notify Us.
(b) If You are fit to travel and have been diagnosed with one or more of the
following medical conditions listed in the box below, then You must obtain
confirmation from a medical practitioner to that effect before travelling.
You do not need to notify Us.
Any Heart related condition, Hypertension, Arterial Disease, Kidney
Disease, Malignant Diseases (Cancer), Lung and/or Respiratory Disease
(including Asthma where in-patient hospital treatment has been
received), Stroke, a broken or fractured bone other than fingers, any form
of psychological or psychiatric disorder, eating disorder, mental instability,
anxiety, stress or depression.
(c) If You are advised by Your medical practitioner against travelling on
medical grounds then You must notify Us immediately. Please also see
Section A Cancellation or Curtailment and What you need to do if
you wish to make a claim.
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b. You being under the influence of intoxicating liquor (where Your blood alcohol
level is greater than 200mg per 100ml or blood which is equivalent to You
being two and half times or more over the current United Kingdom Drink
Drive limit) or of a drug or drugs (unless prescribed by a Medical
Practitioner, except for those prescribed in the treatment of drug addiction)
or substance or solvent abuse
c. Psychological or psychiatric disorder, eating disorder, mental instability,
anxiety, stress or depression diagnosed before the policy was issued.
d. i. driving or being a passenger of a motor cycle, motor scooter or
mechanically assisted cycle exceeding 125cc in engine capacity during the
period of the Trip and/or
ii. motorcycling as either driver or a passenger unless the person driving
holds a current valid full motorcycle license permitting them to drive such
motorcycle, motor scooter or mechanically assisted cycle.
e. You travelling in an aircraft (other than as a passenger in a fully licensed
passenger carrying aircraft and for no other purpose).
f. Your participation in a hazardous activity except where forming part of the
published tour operator programme.
g. Pregnancy or childbirth where the expected date of birth is before, or within 14
weeks of expiry of the Period of Insurance.
W H AT T O DO I N T H E E V E NT O F A S E R IO US
M EDIC AL EM E RG EN CY
YOU WILL FIND FULL DETAILS OF YOUR 24 HOUR MEDICAL EMERGENCY
SERVICE ON PAGE 2 OF THIS POLICY. IN THE EVENT OF A SERIOUS
MEDICAL SITUATION WHILST ON HOLIDAY YOU MUST PHONE THE 24 HOUR
SERVICE ON THE TELEPHONE NUMBERS PROVIDED.
S ECT IO N B EM E RG E N CY M ED IC AL E X P EN S E S
What is covered:
If You sustain bodily injury or suffer illness outside the United Kingdom We will
indemnify You up to the amount of 5,000,000 against the following expenses
which You necessarily incur outside the United Kingdom:
1. Emergency medical expenses including hospital charges, in-patient treatment
authorised by Us, and ambulance charges for conveyance to hospital.
2. Emergency dental treatment is included up to 250 only for the alleviation of
sudden pain, and does not apply to the provision of dentures, artificial teeth or
work involving the use of precious material.
3. Reasonable additional travelling expenses in returning to Your Home in the
United Kingdom and reasonable additional accommodation expenses beyond
the number of days booked including in the event of serious injury or illness for
which a claim is admissible under (1):
i. such expenses of one Relative or friend required on medical advice and
authorised by Us or Our 24 Hour Medical Emergency Service to remain
with or to travel to You, and
ii. the expenses of a qualified medical attendant required on medical advice to
escort You Home
4. Cost of returning Your body or ashes to Your Home in the United Kingdom or
burial abroad in the country where death occurs up to 2,500.
5. If You sustain bodily injury or suffer illness outside the United Kingdom during
the Trip resulting in admission to a hospital overseas as an in-patient, We will
pay You a benefit of 10 per complete 24 hours which You are hospitalised up
to a maximum of 200 payable to the Organiser or other authorised party
leader or Your parent only for reasonable taxi fares incurred to visit You in
hospital or other reasonable items purchased for Your stay in hospital.
What is not covered:
1. Any in-patient, additional travel expenses or costs of any kind in excess of 500
not specifically authorised by Us or Our 24 Hour Medical Emergency Service.
2. Any costs in respect of pre-paid travel costs when We have paid to repatriate
You.
3. Any claims not confirmed as medically necessary by the attending doctor or the
24 Hour Medical Emergency Service.
4. Any expense which You incur more than 12 months after the occurrence of the
injury or illness to which the claim refers.
5. Any expense which is not usual, reasonable or customary for the medical
services supplied.
6. Any expense for non-essential or on-going treatment or where treatment can be
reasonably delayed until Your return to the United Kingdom or for any form of
cardiac or organ transplant surgery or any form of cosmetic surgery unless
authorised by Us in advance of being performed or for the cost of a single-bed /
ward unless authorised by the 24 Hour Medical Emergency Service detailed
below for medical reasons only or for the service of a chiropractor, chiropodist
or osteopath or for non-medical costs.
7. The cost of replenishing supplies of any medication You were using at the start
of the Trip, or further treatment for any condition You had at the start of Your
Trip.
8. The cost of taxi fares for anyone other than the patient.
9. Telephone calls, internet use, faxes or any expenses for food or drink.
10. Any services, treatment received by You within Your Home Country under 1.
and 2. of this section.
11. Any costs incurred in the Channel Islands (under Area 1) which are recoverable
under the local health service.
12. No more than 10,000 in total under 3. and 4. of this section for Trips in
respect of Area 1.
13. Repairs to or for the provision of dentures, artificial limbs or hearing aids.
14. Prescriptions for spectacles.
15. Any dental work involving the use of precious metals.
16. Any costs for treatment, including exploratory tests, that has no relationship
with the illness or injury on which the claim is being made.
17. Your burial or cremation in Your Home Country.
18. No payment will be made without appropriate medical certification.
19. Any Land, Air or Sea Search and Rescue not supported by a written statement
from the appropriate authority involved in the search and rescue of You.
20. Any Excess shown in the Summary of Cover except when you have used the
European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) or other mutual agreement between
countries to obtain a reduction in medical costs, when this is reduced to NIL.
21.Any claims arising from:
a. Your intentional self-injury, suicide or attempted suicide or wilful exposure to
needless risk (except in the attempt to save a human life).
S ECT IO N C - P ER SO N AL AC C I D ENT
What is covered:
If You sustain bodily injury caused solely by accidental violent external and visible
means, and such bodily injury solely and directly results within twelve months in
Your death or permanent loss of limb or loss of sight or permanent total
disablement, We will pay to You benefits in accordance with the following items:
Amount of payment
Age 0 to
Age 16 to
15 years
65 years
Item 1
Death
10,000
25,000
Item 2 a Total loss of sight in one or both eyes
25,000
25,000
Item 2 b Loss of Limb: whole arm or whole hand
9,000
9,000
thumb
3,000
3,000
index finger
2,250
2,250
any other finger
900
900
Item 2 c Loss of Limb: whole leg or whole foot
7,500
7,500
big toe
750
750
any other toe
450
450
Item 2 d Loss of hearing: in both ears
6,000
6,000
in one ear
1,500
1,500
Item 3
Permanent Total Disablement after 104 weeks
except when compensation is paid under Item 2 25,000
25,000
all occurring within 12 months of the event happening.
PROVIDED THAT:
1. If You are under 16 years of age the benefit under item 1 is limited to 10,000.
2. If You are aged 66 years or over item 1 is limited to 1,000 and no compensation
will be payable under items 2 and 3.
What is not covered:
1. No compensation will be payable:
a) under more than one of the items 1, 2 or 3 and on payment of a claim under
any one of these items, all liability under this Section will cease in so far as
You are concerned.
b) in respect of claims arising from pregnancy.
c) any payment under 2 and 3 when Your age is 66 years or over at the time of
the incident.
d) without appropriate medical certification.
2. Claims arising from:
a. Your intentional self-injury, suicide or attempted suicide or wilful exposure to
needless risk (except in the attempt to save a human life).
b. the influence of intoxicating liquor (where Your blood alcohol level is greater
than 200mg per 100ml or blood which is equivalent to You being two and half
times or more over the current United Kingdom Drink Drive limit) or of a drug
or drugs (unless prescribed by a Medical Practitioner, except for those
prescribed in the treatment of drug addiction) or substance or solvent abuse.
c. psychological or psychiatric disorder, eating disorder, mental instability,
anxiety, stress or depression diagnosed before the policy was issued.
d. i. driving or being a passenger of a motor cycle, motor scooter or mechanically
assisted cycle exceeding 125cc in engine capacity during the period of the
Trip and/or
ii. motorcycling as either driver or a passenger unless the person driving holds
a current valid full motorcycle license permitting them to drive such
motorcycle, motor scooter or mechanically assisted cycle.
e. You travelling in an aircraft (other than as a passenger in a fully licensed
passenger carrying aircraft and for no other purpose).
f. Your participation in a hazardous activity except where forming part of the
published tour operator programme.
g. pregnancy or childbirth where the expected date of birth is before, or within 14
weeks of expiry of the Period of Insurance.
PLEASE NOTE: Where You are not in any paid employment or paid occupations,
this shall be defined as all Your usual activities, pastimes and pursuits of any and
every kind.
What you need to do if you wish to make a claim:
In the event of death We will require sight of an the original copy of the death
certificate. For other claims please write describing the circumstances of the
accident and its consequences, and You will be advised what further
documentation is required.
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S ECT IO N E P ER SO N AL B AG G AG E
S ECT IO N D - T R AV E L D EL AY AN D D EL AY C AN C ELL AT IO N
AN D M IS S E D D EP AR T U R E
What is covered:
TRAVEL DELAY AND DELAY CANCELLATION
1. If as a direct result of the outbreak of strike or industrial dispute, or weather
conditions or mechanical breakdown of the coach, train, aircraft or watercraft
which has been the subject of Advance Booking by You occurring after the
date of commencement of cover, the departure time of the Outward Journey
or Return Journey takes place more than 12 hours after the scheduled
departure time appearing on Your ticket We will indemnify You as shown
below:
i. Delay Compensation - An amount of 20 for the first full 12 hours and 10
for each subsequent 12 hours up to a maximum of 100 in all OR
ii. Cancellation Compensation - if You elect to cancel the Trip after a delay
exceeding 24 hours as described above We will indemnify You in respect of
non-recoverable travel or accommodation deposits or charges paid or
contracted to be paid under Section A OR
MISSED DEPARTURE
2. If You miss Your booked scheduled departure due to Your late arrival at the
departure airport, port or international coach or rail terminal due to an accident
or mechanical breakdown of the transport in which You are travelling or Your
Public Transport is delayed or cancelled in the course of Your direct journey
to the point of international departure immediately prior to commencement of
the Outward Journey from the United Kingdom or Your direct Return
Journey to the point of departure airport, port or international coach or rail
terminal immediately prior to commencement of the Return Journey to the
United Kingdom.
We will indemnify You up to the limit of 1,000 (500 in respect of Area 1) for
additional reasonable accommodation and travel charges which You
necessarily and reasonably incur in completing the planned journey.
PROVIDED THAT:
1. Any payment We make in respect of 1i. above will be deducted from any
subsequent payment made under 1ii.
2. In respect of 1. above You must check in according to the itinerary provided
by the Tour Operator or Carrier, and obtain written confirmation of the delay
from such Tour Operator or Carrier.
3. Compensation as described in 1ii. above is only payable in respect of delays on
the Outward Journey from the United Kingdom.
4. You must allow sufficient time for Your journey in order to meet the check-in
time specified by the transport providers or agent.
5. You must produce independent evidence in writing to support any claim.
6. Our limit of liability under 1ii. will not exceed the amount of 3,000 less
Insurance premiums for Section A - Cancellation.
Payment shall not be made under both this Section and Section E in respect of
the same event.
Specific Exclusions Applying To Section D
What is not covered:
1. Circumstances which could reasonably have been anticipated at the date the
policy was issued.
2. Withdrawal from service (temporary or otherwise) of an aircraft or sea vessel or
coach or train on the recommendation or instruction of the Civil Aviation
Authority or a Port Authority or any similar body in any country.
3. Under item 1ii. in respect of any Excess shown in the Summary of Cover.
4. The cost of any accommodation, food, drink, internet use, telephone calls or
faxes.
5. Any compensation when Your tour operator has rescheduled Your flight
itinerary.
6. Any additional costs where the scheduled public transport operator has offered
reasonable alternative travel arrangements
7. Any missed departure claim following Your failure to allow sufficient time for
Your journey to the departure point to check-in by the time shown on Your
travel itinerary.
8. Any missed departure claim arising from the failure of Public Transport
services due to a strike or industrial action that started or that had been
announced before the date of Your departure from Home.
9. Any claim where You have not pre-booked, where You have a stand-by ticket
and do not have confirmed space or that is due to the aircraft being
overbooked.
10.Any claim that is due to the failure of any transport or accommodation provider,
their agent or anybody who is acting as Your agent.
11. Any claim that is due to failure to service the vehicle in accordance with the
manufacturers instructions.
12. Additional mechanical wear and tear or depreciation of the vehicle in which
You are travelling or for mileage charges other than additional fuel and oil.
13.Any travel delay compensation unless You have obtained written confirmation
from Your airline, railway company, shipping line or their handling agents that
shows the reason for the delay, the scheduled departure time and the actual
departure time of Your flight, international train or sailing.
14. Any delayed arrival compensation unless You have obtained written
confirmation from Your airline, railway company, shipping line or their handling
agents that shows the reason for the delay, the scheduled arrival time and the
actual arrival time of Your flight, international train or sailing.
15. Any missed departure claim unless You have obtained written confirmation
of the delay from the authority in attendance at the accident or breakdown
affecting the vehicle in which You were travelling.
16. Any missed departure claim unless You have obtained written confirmation of
the delay from the Public Transport provider confirming that the service did
not run on time.
What you need to do if you wish to make a claim:
1. Obtain a letter from the airline, railway company or shipping line or their
handling agents that shows (a) scheduled departure time, (b) actual departure
time, and (c) reason for the delay. You are only covered for the delay benefit if
the delay is more than 12 hours.
2. Obtain written confirmation of the delay from the authority that went to the
accident or breakdown affecting the vehicle in which You were travelling.
3. Obtain written confirmation of the delay from the Public Transport provider
confirming that the service did not run on time.
What is covered:
1. We will indemnify You up to a total of 1,000 (500 if you are under 18 years of
age) for Your Personal Baggage to cover the cost of repair of items that are
partially damaged or provide a replacement item up to the market value of the
item, based on the original purchase price and allowing for age wear and tear, if
the items are stolen, totally lost or destroyed during the Period of Insurance.
2. We will pay up to a total of 500 for school property (single article limit, Pair or
Set of articles) taken on the Trip during the Period of Insurance for which
authorised party leaders are responsible and such property is not insured
elsewhere.
3. We will pay You up to 50 to cover the purchase of essential items if Your
Personal Baggage is misplaced, lost or stolen on Your Outward Journey from
the United Kingdom for over 12 hours from the time You arrived at Your Trip
destination. If Your Personal Baggage is not returned to You after 24 hours We
will pay a further sum of up to 50 for each subsequent 12 hours. You must keep
all receipts for these items and send them in to Us with Your claim and any
amount paid will be deducted from the final claim settlement if the items are
permanently lost.
PROVIDED THAT:
1. You take all reasonable precautions for the safety of the property insured.
2. You must take all reasonable steps to recover any lost or stolen article.
3. Our liability in respect of Valuables is limited to a total amount of 250. A
camera or camcorder with all accessories, a bracelet or necklace with any
attachment and any similar Pair or Set of items will be considered as one article.
4. Any claims made in respect of temporary deprivation of Personal Baggage will
be deducted from any subsequent claim where the property insured proves to be
permanently lost. You must retain receipts for all replacement purchases and
obtain written confirmation from the Carrier confirming the delay.
5. You must retain all hire receipts, tags and baggage labels and in the event of
delay or misdirection in delivery of Your Personal Baggage, must obtain a
Property Irregularity Report from Your airline or other carrier confirming the
delay
What is not covered:
1. More than 250 for any one article, Pair or Set of any kind, whether they are
solely or jointly owned.
2. More than 250 in total for Valuables whether solely or jointly owned.
3. Loss or damage arising from wear and tear, depreciation or deterioration, dents
or defacement, any process of cleaning, repairing or restoring, atmospheric or
climatic conditions, moth or vermin, mechanical breakdown or derangement
4. Loss or theft or damage to contact or corneal lenses, sunglasses (unless
provided to You under prescription), artificial limbs, dentures, hearing aids,
prescribed medications, samples or merchandise or property used in connection
with Your business or trade, tobacco products, alcohol products, bonds,
coupons, securities, stamps or documents of any kind, vehicles or accessories,
antiques, Musical Instruments whilst in the custody of any person other than You,
pictures, pedal cycles, sports equipment whilst in use, boats and/or ancillary
equipment including windsurfing equipment and sailboards, caravan awnings,
glass, china or any other articles of a brittle or fragile nature and any damage
caused by them or their contents.
5. Loss, theft or damage to mobile telephones, SIM cards, mobile telephone
prepayment cards, lost or stolen mobile telephone call charges or mobile
telephone accessories.
6. Loss or damage to property shipped as freight or under a bill of lading.
7. Loss due to delay, detention, confiscation, requisition or damage by Customs or
other Officials or Authorities.
8. Loss or theft unless You have reported the loss or theft to the nearest Police
authority within 24 hours of discovery and You have obtained a written Police
Report .
9. Loss or theft of:
i. Valuables from an Unattended vehicle or coach
ii. All other Personal Baggage from an Unattended motor vehicle unless the
vehicle was securely closed and locked, and such property placed out of
sight in the locked boot or in a locked compartment within the vehicle and
the vehicle shows all signs of forced entry, but in any event excluding all
property insured whilst left in an Unattended motor vehicle between 2000
hours and 0800 hours local time or
iii. All other Personal Baggage from an Unattended coach unless the coach
was securely locked, and such property placed out of sight and the coach
shows signs of forced entry.
10. Theft of property left Unattended other than as provided above or whilst in Your
securely locked holiday accommodation.
13.Loss or theft of Valuables whilst in a suitcase or holdall or bag or similar
receptacle outside Your immediate control.
14.Valuables left Unattended except where they are locked in a safe or safety
deposit box where these are available or left out of sight in Your locked personal
holiday or Trip accommodation.
15.Claims will not be considered unless substantiated by an original sales receipt or
original valuation for any item, Pair or Set exceeding 100. In respect of
Valuables claims will not be considered unless an original sales receipt or preloss valuation is provided.
16.Any Excess shown in the Summary of Cover (the Excess does not apply to
temporary deprivation of Personal Baggage).
17.Loss of, or damage to, property that does not belong to You or any member of
Your family.
What you need to do if you wish to make a claim:
1. For all loss or damage claims during transit you need to (a) retain your tickets
and luggage tags, (b) report the loss or damage to the airline, railway
company, shipping line, coach company or their handling agents, and obtain a
Property Irregularity Report (PIR) form or its equivalent within 24 hours. If,
luggage is delayed longer than 12 hours on Your Outward Journey, You may
need to buy some essential items, You must keep all the receipts to prove
Your claim.
2. For all damage claims You should retain the items in case We wish to see
them. You will need to obtain an estimate for repairs or a letter confirming that
the damage is irreparable. You should keep receipts or vouchers for any items
lost or damaged as these will help to prove Your claim.
3. In the case of lost or misplaced Personal Baggage on the Outward Journey.
You must produce receipts for the purchase of essential replacement items
4. You must report all losses report to the Police as soon as possible, and within
24 hours of discovery, and obtain a written report and reference number from
them. You should also report the loss to Your tour operators representative or
hotel/apartment manager wherever appropriate.
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that falls on the Organiser by agreement and would not have done if such
agreement did not exist, any liability for injury, illness or disease suffered by
the Organiser.
3. Compensation or any other costs caused by accidents involving the Organisers
ownership, possession or control of any:
land or building or their use either by or on behalf of the Organiser other than
temporary Trip accommodation.
mechanically propelled vehicles and any trailers attached to them.
aircraft, motorised waterborne craft or sailing vessel.
firearms or incendiary devices.
4. Any claim for an incident already notified under Section G.
What you need to do if you wish to make a claim:
1. Never admit responsibility to anyone and do not agree to pay for any damage,
repair costs or compensation.
2. Keep notes of any circumstances that may become a claim so these can be
supplied to Us along with any supporting evidence We may require.
3. We are entitled to take over the defence and settlement of any claim against
you in your name.
S ECT IO N F P E RS O N AL M O N EY
What is covered:
1. We will indemnify You for an amount not exceeding 400 (250 if you are
under 18 years of age) in respect of accidental loss or theft of Personal Money
whilst on Your person, or in a safety deposit box within a hotel or bank or in
securely locked holiday accommodation.
2. We will pay up to 5,000 in total for the loss or theft of Student Money carried
by the Organiser or authorised party leader during the Period of Insurance.
3. We will pay up to 5,000 in total for the loss or theft of Emergency Funds held
by the Organiser or other authorised party leader during the Period of
Insurance.
4. If Your Travel Documents are lost or stolen outside the United Kingdom
during the Period of Insurance We will pay You up to 250 for the reasonable
additional travel and accommodation expenses You incur abroad to obtain a
replacement passport.
PROVIDED THAT:
1. You take all reasonable precautions for the safety of the property insured.
2. You must take all reasonable steps to recover any lost or stolen Personal
Money.
What is not covered:
1. More than 250 (150 if you are under 18 years of age) in total in cash or
currency whether solely or jointly owned.
2. More than 250 in total for Your lost, stolen or damaged or destroyed lift pass.
3. More than 1,000 in total in cash or currency carried by each Organiser or
authorised party leader.
4. Any claim for loss or theft where You have not notified the Police and Your
carrier or tour operators representative and obtained a written reports.
5. Loss or theft of Personal Money, Student Money, Emergency Funds or
Travel Documents that are not :
on Your person
S ECT IO N I L EG AL E X P E N S E S
Important Cover under this section is underwritten and administered by DAS
Legal Expenses Insurance Company Limited (DAS).
What is covered:1. In the event of an Insured Incident which causes your death or bodily injury
DAS will pay up to 25,000 for the Costs and Expenses of an Appointed
Representative, to provide legal advice and where there are Reasonable
Prospects to take legal action on your behalf to recover losses or damages
against negligent third-parties.
What is not covered:Exclusions applying to this section
DAS will not pay for the following:
1. A claim where at any point, DAS or the Appointed Representative assess that
there are not Reasonable Prospects of success.
2. Any legal proceedings not dealt with by a court of law or by another body agreed
by us.
3. A claim where you have failed to notify us of the Insured Incident within a
reasonable time of it occurring and where this failure adversely affects the
Reasonable Prospects of a claim or DAS considers that DAS position has
been prejudiced.
4. An Insured Incident arising before the start, or after the end of an Insured
Journey.
5. Costs and Expenses incurred before DAS written acceptance of a claim.
6. In the event that you decide not to use the services of a Preferred Law Firm,
any Costs and Expenses in excess of those which DAS would have incurred
had you done so under DAS Standard Terms of Appointment.
7. Any claim relating to any illness or bodily injury that happens gradually or is not
caused by a specific or sudden accident.
8. Any claim relating to psychological injury or mental illness unless the condition
follows a specific or sudden accident that has caused your physical bodily injury.
9. Defending your legal rights (DAS will however, cover defending a counter-claim.)
10. Any claim relating to clinical negligence.
11. Fines, penalties, compensation or damages that a court or other authority orders
you to pay.
12. Any legal action which you take that which DAS or the Appointed
Representative have not agreed to, or where you do anything that hinders DAS
or the Appointed Representative.
13. A dispute with DAS which is not otherwise dealt with under section condition 7.
14. Costs and Expenses arising from or relating to judicial review, coroners inquest
or fatal accident inquiry.
15. Any Costs and Expenses which are incurred where the Appointed
Representative handles the claim under a contingency fee arrangement.
16. A claim against Us, DAS, Our agent, Fogg Assist, Travelbound or any tour
operator, travel agent, carrier or any provider under a tour operator package
arrangement.
17. Any claim where you are not represented by a law firm or barrister.
18. A claim relating to Deep Vein Thrombosis or its symptoms that result from an
Insured Person travelling by air.
S ECT IO N G - P E R SO N AL LI AB I L IT Y
What is covered:
We will indemnify You against all sums up to the amount of 2,000,000 which You
are legally liable in a personal capacity to pay in respect of accidents happening
during the Period of Insurance resulting in:
1. Bodily Injury, death or disease to any person not being a Relative of Yours or a
member of Your household or in Your service.
2. Damage to property not:
i. belonging to You or
ii. in the charge of or under the control of You or a Relative of Yours or a
member of Your household or of a person in Your service.
The indemnity provided by this Section extends to cover costs and expenses
recoverable by any claimant, provided they were incurred before the date (if any)
on which We paid or offered to pay either the full amount of the claim or the total
amount recoverable in respect of any one occurrence, and also to costs and
expenses incurred by You with Our written consent.
In the event of Your death Your personal representative will receive the benefit of
the cover granted by this Section.
What is not covered:
Claims arising:
1. Directly or directly out of the ownership, possession or use (other than as a
passenger having no right of control) of aircraft, model aircraft, caravans,
trailers, watercraft (other than manually propelled craft), mechanically propelled
or motorised vehicles and lifts.
2. Directly or indirectly out of the ownership, possession or use of animals or
firearms.
3. Directly or indirectly out of or incidental to Your business, trade or profession or
that of any member of Your family.
4. Out of actions between persons insured.
5. Directly or indirectly out of Your ownership of any land or buildings.
6. Out of any liability assumed under a contract unless such liability would have
attached in any event in the absence of such contract.
7. Any liability for injury, illness or disease suffered by You or any member of
Your family.
8. Any Excess shown in the Summary of Cover.
9. Any claim for an incident already notified under Section H.
What you need to do if you wish to make a claim:
1. Never admit responsibility to anyone and do not agree to pay for any damage,
repair costs or compensation.
2. Keep notes of any circumstances that may become a claim so these can be
supplied to Us along with any supporting evidence We may require.
3. We are entitled to take over the defence and settlement of any claim against
you in your name.
Eurolaw Legal Advice Service:DAS will give an Insured Person confidential legal advice over the phone on any
personal legal problem relating to Your Trip, under the laws of the member
countries of the European Union, Isle of Man, the Channel Islands, Switzerland
and Norway.
An Insured Person can contact DAS UK-based call centres 24 hours a day,
seven days a week. However, DAS may need to call the Insured Person back
depending on the enquiry. Advice about the law in England and Wales is available
24 hours a day, seven days a week. Legal advice for the other countries is
available 9am 5pm, Monday to Friday, excluding public and bank holidays. If an
Insured Person calls outside these times, DAS will call the Insured Person back.
To help check and improve service standards, DAS records all inbound and
outbound calls.
To contact the above service, phone DAS on 0117 934 2000.
DAS will not accept responsibility if the Helpline Service fails for reasons DAS
cannot control.
CO M PL AI NT S PRO C ED UR E
Any enquiry or complaint you may have regarding your policy, or a claim notified
under your policy, should be addressed to the appropriate company listed below.
Please quote T r a v e l b o u n d and Your claim number to enable the enquiry to be
dealt with speedily.
If You are not satisfied with the handling of a complaint, You should write to
the following:
FOR SECTIONS A to H
Managing Director, Fogg Travel Insurance Services Limited,
Crow Hill Drive, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, NG19 7AE
Telephone: 01623 631331 Fax: 01623 420450
Email: complaints@foggtravelinsurance.com