| Your home and family mean everything to you. Not only your love and care, but also a lot of your time and money have gone behind their being what they are today. Although you cannot guard them from all possible risks, you can take steps to help you tide over unexpected events that can totally shatter your life and your dreams. This package Insurance policy is just the right kind of Policy to provide protection against these uncertainties.
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A Complete Protector |
| This policy gives complete protection to you, your family members and your home against a wide range of risks and perils. By opting for this single package Policy, you will be covered against almost all the risks that you may normally encounter while living in your home.
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Benefits Available |
| This Policy has 12 Sections which provide comprehensive protection for your household assets, interests, liability as well as for your personal self, your family members and domestic employees. The Sections are:
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Fire and Allied Perils (Section1) |
| In this Section your residential building as well as various types of contents is covered against fire, explosion, bursting/overflowing of water tanks, riots, strikes, malicious damage, earthquake, flood, cyclone, landslide etc.
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At no extra charge, you can also cover |
On payment of additional premium, you can cover |
- Costs to comply with building regulations following damage.
- Contents moved to any other place to be used as temporary residence.
- Automatic increase in Sum Insured for a period of 15 days before and after wedding of any of your family member.
- This benefit is applicable for risks under Section 2 also.
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- Professional fees of architects, surveyors etc. for superintendence of building during reinstatement following a loss .
- Debris removal cost
- Escalation of Sum Insured throughout the year to guard against inflation
- Loss of rent as landlord and additional expenses on rent whether you are a landlord or tenant.
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Burglary and other Perils (Section 2) |
| This Section covers the same properties as in Fire and Allied Perils Section against housebreaking, burglary, robbery or dacoity and also impact damage by falling trees/electric poles/lampposts, breakage or collapse of television or radio aerials /satellite dishes and damage by civic authorities in prevention of fire.
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Burglary and other Perils (Section 2) |
| This Section covers the same properties as in Fire and Allied Perils Section against housebreaking, burglary, robbery or dacoity and also impact damage by falling trees/electric poles/lampposts, breakage or collapse of television or radio aerials /satellite dishes and damage by civic authorities in prevention of fire.
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All Risk (Section 3) |
| This Section covers valuable items such as jewellery, items of gold, silver and other precious meta ls or stones, watches, clocks, photographic equipments, video cameras, telescopes, microscopes, cameras, musical instruments, sporting equipments including guns against accident or misfortune anywhere in India.
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Fixed Glass and Sanitary Fittings (Section 4) |
| This Section covers accidental breakage of fixed glass and sanitary fittings in your premises including cost of frames/ framework, lettering/painting etc. and also accidental damage to goods of your home caused by such breakage. In case you want to cover special type of Glasses like toughened, Self designed etc you will have to mention the same specifically in the description accordingly. An example of the description under this section is "Glasses of all dimensions and types including toughened".
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Electronic Equipment (Section 5) |
| This Section covers loss or damage to electronic equipments like computers, fax machines, accessories etc. including data carrying material which are installed in your home.
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Home Entertainment Equipment, Portable Computer/Mobile Phones and Pedal Cycle (Section 6 A/B/C) |
This Section cover loss or damage to television/video equipment installed in your home, portable computer, mobile phone and electronic diary including data carrying material by accident or misfortune anywhere in the world.
This Section also covers your pedal cycle against accident or misfortune including third party legal liability for accidental injury, death or property damage caused by the pedal cycle.
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Breakdown of Electrical/Mechanical Appliances (Section 7) |
| This Section covers sudden and unforeseen electrical or mechanical breakdown of electrical or mechanical appliances installed in your home such as air conditioners, refrigerators, washing machines up to 7 years of age.
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Personal Accident (Section 8) |
| This Section covers you and your family members against accidental bodily injury leading to disablement (either permanent or temporary) or death along with free additional benefits such as damage to clothing, dead body carriage cost, ambulance charges, loss of employment benefit, education fund for children and rehabilitation cost for insured person to adjust to injuries as well as modification cost of house or vehicle following such injuries.
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Liability (Section 10 A/B/C) |
| This Section covers you against liability to general public for accidental death, bodily injury or property damage as well as liability to your employees for any injury or death arising out of and in course of employment with you under the Workmen's Compensation Act etc. This Section also covers your legal liability as a tenant under Tenancy Agreement to your landlord for damage to building, electricalinstallations and other fittings of your home due to perils covered under Section 1 and 2 of this Policy.
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What important things you must bear in mind |
- A minimum of 5 out of the 10 Sections have to be covered
- There is a provision for premium discount if 6 or more Sections are covered by you
- In respect of Section 1,2,3,4,5,6 and 7, the insurance is on Reinstatement Value basis (i.e.new for old) for which the Sum Insured should represent value of new property including freight, duties etc.
- This does not apply to clothing and linen items of Sections 1 and 2
- Apart from a few sub limits on specific items, there are no maximum limits specified for Sum Insured under any Section of the Policy
- In case at the time of damage, the value of the property is greater than the Sum Insured opted by you, then the claim would be paid in the same proportion. This is applicable to Sections 1,2,4,5,6 and 7
- The description of the risk to be covered must be very clear.
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Main exclusions: |
| Some of the important Exclusions under the Policy are as follows:
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- Damage as a consequence of war, invasion, act of foreign enemy, hostilities (whether war be declared or not), civil war, rebellion, revolution etc.
- Any damage due to confiscation, commandeering, requisition or destruction by order of any government or lawfully constituted authority.
- Any damage directly or indirectly caused by or contributed to or arising from ionizing radiation or contamination by radioactivity.
- Depreciation and damage caused by wear and tear or gradual deterioration.
- Damage to property and contents due to pollution of any kind.
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| Besides these, there are some other Exclusions that are specific to particular Sections of the Policy.
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