Applies to new and renewing policies with a period of insurance starting on or after 22 May 2022
Welcome to AA Insurance
Thank you for choosing AA Insurance. When you
need us, we’ll get things sorted for you.
This policy document explains your insurance cover,
your responsibilities and how to make a claim.
Please read it carefully and keep it in a safe place.
How to contact us
Or if you would prefer to phone us:
- For sales, service and general queries, call us on 0800 500 213
- For claims queries, call us on 0800 500 216
The documents that make up your insurance contract
Your insurance contract consists of this policy
document and your most recent policy schedule.
Your policy document and policy schedule are
designed to be read together.
When read together, your policy schedule and policy
document outline your cover, which is the insurance
we agree to provide you. This cover is governed by the
limits, terms and conditions set out within this policy
document and your policy schedule.
Your policy schedule takes priority if the information
in this policy document and your policy schedule
is different.
We agree to provide cover as long as you have paid
your premium.
You have a cooling-off period if you change your mind
We provide you with a 21-day cooling-off period if you
change your mind. You can cancel your policy within
21 days from the day your policy started, as long as
you have not made a claim.
If you choose to cancel your policy within this period,
we will cancel your policy back to the policy start date
and refund you the full amount of any premium paid.
The cooling-off period does not apply if you renew
your policy.
If you have a concern
We value our customers and aim to deliver the best
service possible. We also appreciate and encourage
your feedback – the good and the bad. If you’re
unhappy with one of our policies, our service or a
decision on your claim, please tell us.
Often a quick conversation can help sort things out.
If we can’t reach a resolution, please let us know.
We can explain our complaints procedure to you,
and we have a Customer Resolution Service to help
you if needed.
Headings and defined words in your policy
We have used the headings in this policy document to
help guide you. These headings are purely descriptive
in nature. You should not rely on headings to interpret
the policy
Words in italics have specific definitions
Some words in this policy document are in italics.
These words have specific meanings. We have
explained them in the ‘Definitions’ section at the end
of this policy document.
The meaning of other common words in your policy document
We use some common terms throughout this policy document.
The meaning of these words are explained below.
‘We’, ‘us’ or ‘our’
When we say ‘we’, ‘us’ or ‘our’, we mean AA Insurance Limited.
‘You’ or ‘your’
When we say ‘you’ or ‘your’, we mean the insured and any other
persons insured.
Cancelling your policy
If you choose to cancel your policy
You may cancel your policy at any time, unless you
have made a claim.
If you cancel your policy outside the cooling-off period
and you have not made a claim, we will refund you
any amount we owe after the cancellation date.
We will deduct any cancellation fee shown on your
policy schedule from the amount we refund you.
If we choose to cancel your policy
We may cancel your policy at any time by notifying
you in writing. The cancellation will take effect on the
7th day after we have sent the notice. We will refund
you any amount we owe after the cancellation date.
What you are covered for
We will cover you for damage to any of the insured property located anywhere in New Zealand during the
period of insurance.
Limits on what we will pay
The most we will pay for all insured property is the total
Sum Insured.
However, the most we will pay for individual specified items is the corresponding Sum Insured and the most
we will pay for any unspecified items is $5,000.
Sub limits
If any sub limit in this policy document is higher than
the Sum Insured for the applicable item of insured property shown in your policy schedule, the sub limit
does not apply, and the most we will pay is the
Sum Insured.
Property insured under any other policy module
If you have cover under this Portable Contents and
Stock policy module and any other policy module for
the same item of property, you are only entitled to
cover under one policy module for any one event.
Reinstatement of amount of insurance
In the event of damage for which a claim is payable
under this policy, the amount of insurance cancelled
by such damage will be automatically reinstated from
the date of damage.
You must undertake to pay such pro-rata premium at
the rate applicable to the insured property concerned
as may be required for the reinstatement. There will be
no automatic reinstatement of insurance in the case of
natural disaster damage.
Automatic extensions
The following extensions are automatically included in
your cover.
Money
We will cover you for the physical loss of money as set
out below.
Section A
We will cover you:
- outside of business hours for loss of money that was in a securely locked safe or strongroom
- for loss of money while in transit.
The most we will pay for any one event is $1,000.
Section B
We will cover you for:
- loss of money at your residential premises or the premises of any persons insured, or
- outside of business hours for loss of money that was not in a securely locked safe or strongroom.
The most we will pay for any one event is $1,000.
Additional cover
We will cover you for loss of money directly resulting
from theft accompanied by violence or threat of
violence to you.
The standard excess shown on your policy schedule
will apply to claims under this part of this extension.
We will cover you for theft of money that is not
excluded from cover under this extension.
The burglary excess shown on your policy schedule will
apply to claims under this part of this extension.
We will cover you for loss of money directly caused by
or resulting from natural disaster.
Additional exclusions
We will not cover you for any of the following:
- loss due to errors in receiving or paying out
- financial loss resulting from payment of money in exchange for any cheque that is subsequently dishonoured
Burglary
We will cover you for damage directly resulting from
burglary or any attempt at burglary accompanied by:
- forcible entry to or exit from any enclosed building; the burglary excess shown in your policy schedule will apply to claims under this part of this extension, or
- violence or threat of violence to persons; the standard excess shown in your policy schedule will apply to claims under this part of the extension.
Theft
We will cover you for damage resulting from theft, or
any attempt at theft, of insured property but not theft
from any of the below:
- by you or by any of your employees
- by any fraudulent scheme or device or false pretence practised on you or on any other person having care of the insured property
- from any motor vehicle that is not securely locked
- of items specifically excluded from cover on your policy schedule.
The most we will pay is $25,000 for any one event.
The theft excess shown in your policy schedule
will apply.
Redundant stock
We will cover you for unavoidable permanent loss of
the value of undamaged stock resulting from damage
to other insured property.
Removal costs
We will cover you for costs necessarily incurred for
any of the following purposes as a result of damage to
insured property:
- disposal of debris (including any kind of solid, liquid or gaseous matter) from the location of the insured property and the area immediately adjacent to the location of the insured property.
The cover provided under this extension does not
include any amounts you become legally liable to pay
by way of compensation or other damages resulting
from pollution or contamination of property by any of
the debris.
Protection costs
We will cover you for any costs you reasonably incur
for the purpose of, and for damage directly resulting
from, controlling any cause of damage that involves or
threatens to involve insured property.
However, this extension does not apply to costs or
damage that would be covered in the absence of
this extension.
The most we will pay is $10,000 for any one event.
Electronic data
We will cover you for the loss of electronic data
resulting from electronic equipment suffering damage
which is covered by this policy.
Cover under this extension excludes the value to you of
any electronic data.
We will not pay for the cost of recreating, gathering or
assembling any electronic data.
The most we will pay is $50,000 for any one event.
Software
Cell phone, tablet or laptop impact excess
Portable computer equipment while away from New Zealand
We will cover you for portable computer equipment
(such as a laptop, notebook, electronic diary, video
data projector or similar) and cellphones anywhere in
the world including while in transit.
The most we will pay under this extension is the
lesser of:
- for a specified items, the applicable Sum Insured
- for unspecified electronic, computer and mobile devices:
- the applicable Sum Insured, or
- a maximum of $5,000 for any one item.
The most we will pay is $10,000 for any one event.
Rewards
We will cover you for the costs of a reward offered and
paid by you for the protection or recovery of insured property, provided the reward contributes to the
protection or recovery of the insured property and you
have obtained our prior approval to offer the reward.
Employees’ effects
We will cover you for damage to the personal effects
of any persons insured. We will cover this property as
if it were insured property provided the property is at
the premises or elsewhere while being worn, carried or
used by any persons insured while acting in the course
of their duties or employment.
The most we will pay under this extension is $5,000
per person insured per event.
Other interests
We will cover you and any person or corporate body
where you are under an obligation to insure their
interest in any of the insured property.
However:
- we will not provide cover for any person or corporate body whose interest has not been declared to us by the time cover becomes payable
- the most we will pay to any other person or corporate body will be no more than what we would have paid to you
- any such person or corporate body is not an insured or person insured under the policy and has no right to claim under the policy.
At our sole discretion, any amount payable on account
of a valid claim may be paid to the other person or
corporate body. This will meet our obligations under
this policy.
Expediting costs
Where your claim has been accepted for the cost of
reinstating any insured property we will also cover
you for such additional costs of express freight within
New Zealand and overtime labour as are reasonably
incurred to expedite that reinstatement.
Release of liability
Where legislation or contractual agreement requires
you to release:
- Fire and Emergency New Zealand, or
- any oil company, or
- any other party to an agreement that has been declared to and accepted by us,
from liability arising from damage covered by this
policy, the release is allowed without prejudice to your
cover and notwithstanding the subrogation condition
of this policy.
Notwithstanding any provisions of this extension, your
cover will not be prejudiced by any disclaimer clause
in any contract entered into by you for:
- the storage of goods, or
- the leasing of property,
whether the storage and leasing contracts are declared
to us or not.
Additional extensions, memoranda and endorsements
If any of the following extensions or memoranda
apply, they will be shown on your policy schedule
under ‘Additional extensions’.
Unless otherwise stated these extensions and
memoranda are subject to all provisions of this
policy module.
If there is any conflict or inconsistency between this
extension or memoranda only the more particular
extension or memorandum will apply.
Deep frying equipment
If, at the premises, there is any deep frying with oil or
fat you warrant that:
- each vat is fitted with a close-fitting steel lid that is shut when the vat is not in use, and the lid is readily available to cover the vat in the event of a fire
- a fire blanket with minimum dimension of 1.8m by 1.8m is installed in a conspicuous place close to, but not less than 2m from, the frying operation and that the fire blanket is readily accessible for immediate use during any deep-frying operation
- a fully charged wet chemical extinguisher or other similar ‘F’–rated fire extinguisher complying with the New Zealand Standard NZS 4503 (Hand Operated Fire Fighting Equipment) is installed in a conspicuous place close to, but not less than 2m from, the frying operation and is accessible for immediate use during any deep-frying operation
- all thermostats, pans, blankets and extinguishers are always maintained in good working order
- extraction filters are cleaned weekly and extraction flues and ducting inspected monthly and cleaned as necessary
- where the fryer is an electric fryer a separate non-adjustable manual reset thermostat is fitted to it and set to disconnect the power supply when the temperature of the cooking liquids reaches 220 degrees centigrade, and
- all cooking liquids for disposal are always stored in a metal bin with a close-fitting metal lid until removal from the premises.
If you are not the occupier of the premises or operator
of the equipment, you will in writing instruct the
occupier and operator to carry out all the requirements
above to ensure that the terms of this extension are
always met.
Natural disaster
The word damage extends to include natural disaster damage.
Making a claim
This section explains what you need to do when you
make a claim.
Claims conditions
You must co-operate with us and give us any
information or help we ask for in relation to your claim.
As soon as you are aware of an event, circumstance
or occurrence you must comply with the
following conditions:
- take all reasonable steps to minimise the damage and prevent further loss
- tell the police in the case of theft, burglary, vandalism or arson, or the attempt at these
- do not admit responsibility for any loss, damage or liability
- do not, without our consent, incur any expense or negotiate, pay, settle, or make any agreement in relation to any claim.
As soon as possible you must also:
- tell us of the event and give full details and circumstances of what has happened, including details of everyone involved
- send us all relevant communications which you receive
- obtain our permission before you incur any expense, other than the reasonable cost of urgent work to prevent further loss or damage
- keep damaged property for our inspection and allow us to inspect any building or other property where loss or damage has occurred
- provide a detailed description of the lost, damaged or stolen items, proof of ownership and any other information or evidence that we may require
- let us at our expense and in your name to take any action necessary against any other party and to take over and conduct the defence and settlement of any claim against you
- provide all reasonable assistance and co-operate with us and our assessors, investigators, lawyers or anyone else we appoint to assist, in the making of your claim, its settlement and any defence of a potential claim against you or any action against anyone else.
If you do not comply with these conditions
If you do not comply with any of these conditions,
we can:
- decline your claim
- recover from you what we have already paid.
After your claim is accepted
If any lost or stolen property for which we have paid a
claim is later found or recovered, you must:
- tell us immediately, and
- if we request it, hand the property over to us.
We have the right to keep any property, including any
proceeds from its sale, for which we have paid a claim
under this policy subject to adjustment if you have not
been fully indemnified for your loss.
If any person is ordered to make or otherwise makes
reparation to you for loss or damage to any property
for which we have paid a claim under this policy, you
must reimburse us for that payment as soon as any
reparation is made, subject to adjustment if you have
not been fully indemnified.
You will have to pay an excess
An excess is the amount you must pay for each
individual event. We may deduct your excess from the
total settlement amount.
The total excess is determined by the circumstances
of your claim. You might have to pay more than one
type of excess when you make a claim. The excesses
will be noted in this policy document and/or in your
policy schedule.
If you claim under more than one policy with us for
loss, damage, or liability caused by a single event
or occurrence at the same location, you will only
have to pay one excess. This will be the highest total
applicable excess. This does not apply to any loss
caused by natural disaster damage.
How we will settle your claim
We will choose to settle your claim in any of the
following ways:
- Repairing the item
- Replacing the item
- Paying the Market Value.
Repairing the item
We can repair, or pay for the repair of the item using a
supplier of our choice.
Replacing the item
Where we consider that there is a nearest equivalent
item available we can:
- replace the item with the nearest equivalent item, or
- make a payment to you in the form of cash, voucher or store credit for the replacement value of the item.
Electronic data
For electronic data we will pay the cost of blank media,
plus the cost of copying the electronic data from
backups or originals.
Paying the Market Value
We may determine that there is no suitable nearest
equivalent item available and we can settle those
items on the basis of the Market Value of the item.
Laptops, notebooks, electronic diaries, video data
projectors or similar will always be settled at Market Value where the item is more than two years old at the
time of the damage.
Where we settle your claim at Market Value we will
make a payment to you in the form of cash, voucher or
store credit for the Market Value of the item.
Natural disaster claims
The most we will pay for natural disaster damage in
any one period of insurance will not exceed the total
Sum Insured for natural disaster. Where more than one
premises, item and/or category of insured property is
included in your policy schedule, the most we will pay
is the natural disaster Sum Insured in respect of each
premises, item and/or category of insured property.
The sum insured adjustment for existing damage
provided for in the Policy condition - 'Sum insured
adjustment for existing damage’ will apply to all
Sums Insured for natural disaster.
Any one event, or a series of events arising from any
one cause during any period of 72 consecutive hours,
for each natural disaster loss, or series of losses will be
adjusted separately net of salvage and other recoveries
for each premises.
Progress claim payments
We will make progress claim payments on production
of acceptable evidence of insured loss where damage
occurs that gives rise to a claim. If the aggregate of progress
payments exceeds the total amount of the adjusted loss
you will immediately refund the difference.
Paying your claim as a total loss
We can choose to settle your claim as a total loss if
the total value of your claim exceeds the Sum Insured.
What happens if your claim is a total loss
If we have chosen to settle your claim as a total loss,
we will pay you the Sum Insured with cash, vouchers,
or store credits. We will deduct your total applicable
excess from your settlement payment.
Your premium and policy when your claim is a
total loss
When your claim is a total loss, you must pay the total
premium for the entire period of insurance shown on
your policy schedule in full before we can settle your
claim. If you are paying your premium by instalments,
we will deduct any unpaid instalments from your
settlement payment.
Salvage
Where insured property is damaged, we may:
- enter any building or other place where the insured property is located and take all reasonable and necessary steps to take and keep possession of the damaged insured property; and
- deal with the salvage in any reasonable manner.
However:
- you are not entitled to abandon any insured property to us; and
- we are not entitled to sell or otherwise dispose of salvaged branded goods without your prior consent. Should you decline to give consent you will retain possession of the salvaged goods and their reasonable salvage value will be deducted from the amount of claim that would otherwise be payable. Where it is practical to remove brands, labels or other marks that identify the goods as supplied by you, the salvage value of the goods will be determined after such removal at our expense.
What you are not covered for
This section explains what your policy does not cover.
These exclusions apply to all sections of this policy.
Property not covered
This policy does not cover any of the following:
- property undergoing installation, construction, demolition, erection, or testing following any of them
- money, except where cover is provided under Automatic extension – ‘Money’
- motor vehicles, other mechanically or electrically propelled vehicles (including but not limited to railway locomotives and rolling stock), that are registered for use on the road, watercraft and aircraft of every kind, and accessories contained in them or on them, other than as stock of the business
- standing timber, growing crops, pastures, livestock, trees, hedges, dams, canals, reservoirs (but not tanks), road or railway tunnels, road or railway bridges, docks, piers, wharves, mining property located beneath the surface of the ground and and any land including topsoil and backfill
- explosives, fireworks or any other items of that nature
- property damaged as a result of it undergoing any process of producing, making, treating or servicing goods where the damage is directly caused by the normal operation of that process.
Electronic data
Except where cover is provided under Automatic
extensions – ‘Electronic data’, or ‘Software’, this policy
does not cover any damage, cost or liability, directly or
indirectly caused by, arising from, contributed to by,
or in any way connected to any of the following:
- electronic data or software being damaged, distorted, deleted, corrupted, altered, misinterpreted, or misappropriated
- error in creating, amending, entering, deleting or using electronic data or software
- inability or failure to receive, send, access or use electronic data or softwarefor any period of time
- any loss of use, reduction in functionality, repair, replacement, restoration or reproduction of any electronic data or software
- the value of any electronic data or software
- a computer virus.
Cyber events
This policy does not cover damage, cost or liability, directly
or indirectly caused by, arising from, contributed to by,
or in any way connected to a cyber act or cyber incident.
However, we will not apply this exclusion for any of
the following:
- an event otherwise covered by this policy that causes a cyber incident
- damage resulting from an event otherwise covered by this policy that has been caused by a cyber incident or cyber act.
Communicable disease
This policy does not cover any damage, cost, any other
sum of any kind, or liability, directly or indirectly
caused by, arising from, contributed to by, or in any
way connected to any of the following:
- communicable disease
- the fear or threat of any communicable disease, whether it is actual or perceived
- actions by any person, entity or public authority to respond to, control, prevent or suppress communicable disease.
Any other sum of any kind also includes any increased
or additional costs or expenses of a claim that is
otherwise covered by this policy.
Communicable disease means any disease that can
be transmitted by any substance or agent, directly or
indirectly from one organism to another, including any:
- virus, bacterium, parasite, or any other organism
- any variation of the above, whether considered living or not.
Communicable disease also includes any Infectious
Disease or Quarantinable Disease as defined in
or declared under the Health Act 1956, future
amendments to the Act, or any replacement Act.
This exclusion applies, regardless of any other
contributing cause or event that happens at the
same time or some other time.
Faulty workmanship
This policy does not cover the cost of putting right,
repairing, or replacing any of the following:
- faulty materials
- faulty workmanship
- work performed to a faulty or defective design, plan or design specification
- faulty or defective work where the fault or defect results from an error or omission in design, plan or design specification.
Moisture penetration
This policy does not cover damage to insured property
resulting from or in connection with the failure of any
building or structure to contain or incorporate:
- materials, or
- a design, or
- a system, or
- a standard of workmanship,
that effectively prevents or manages the presence or
penetration of moisture or water to which the building
or structure might reasonably be subjected.
Criminal acts and disappearance
This policy does not cover damage to insured property
directly resulting from:
- theft, except where cover is provided under Automatic extensions – ‘Burglary’, ‘Theft’ and/or ‘Money’, or
- any fraudulent scheme or device or false pretence practised on you or on any other person having care of the insured property.
This policy does not cover you for damage to insured property arising from any of the following:
- unexplained disappearance
- shortages revealed only by the taking of an inventory
- shortages due to clerical or accounting errors.
Natural events
This policy does not cover damage to insured property
directly or indirectly caused by or resulting from any
of the following:
- action or effects of micro-organisms, mildew or rot
- natural disaster, unless you have chosen Additional extension – ‘Natural disaster’
- subsidence, landslip, erosion, settling, cracking or movement of the premises
- gradual deterioration or decay.
Consequential loss or costs you incur
This policy does not cover any of the following:
- loss of use of the insured property
- consequential losses of any kind
- costs or expenses you may incur to prove or help us with your claim
- repairs that are not related to your claim.
This exclusion includes, but is not limited to, the following:
- loss of income
- loss of or reduction in value
- additional costs incurred
- your time or anyone else’s time or materials used
- inconvenience or disruption
- expenses and liability incurred due to the insured property not being able to be used.
Other damages
This policy does not cover damage to insured property
directly or indirectly caused by any of the following:
- fumes, gas, dust, smoke, or soot unless caused by a sudden single identifiable event
- normal working, maintenance, wear and tear, erosion, corrosion, slowly developing deformation or distortion, marring or scratching
- action of vermin, or insects
- the inherent nature of the insured property
- the action of light, atmospheric or climatic conditions
- changes in artificially controlled temperature or atmosphere
- exposure to weather conditions where the insured property is not normally left in the open unless reasonable precautions have been taken to protect the insured property from those conditions
- interruption of the supply to the premises of water, gas, electricity or any fuel
- total or partial cessation of work, retarding or interruption or cessation of any process.
Pollution or contamination
This policy does not cover damage to insured property,
directly or indirectly caused by contamination
or pollution, or damage consisting of, or costs or
expenses arising from, contamination or pollution
from any cause whatsoever.
This policy does not cover damage to insured property arising from the manufacture, supply,
storage, possession or use of any controlled drug as
defined in the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975, including
methamphetamine, or any pre-cursor chemicals or
materials used in any of these activities in or near the
insured property.
Excesses and other insurance
This policy does not cover your excess on this or any
other policy.
This policy does not provide cover where cover is
provided by other insurance or by a warranty or
guarantee. We will not contribute towards any claim
made under any other policy.
Transmission and distribution lines
This policy does not cover any above ground
transmission and distribution lines, including wire,
cables, poles, pylons, standards, towers, other
supporting structures and any equipment of any type
which is related to such installations.
This exclusion applies both to damage to
the equipment and all business interruption,
consequential loss, and/or other contingent losses
related to transmission and distribution lines.
Confiscation
This policy does not cover any loss, damage, injury,
liability or prosecution of any type directly or indirectly
caused by, arising from, or involving confiscation,
nationalisation, requisition or destruction of, or damage
to property by order of government, public or local
authority (unless the order is given to control any loss
or damage that is covered by this policy).
War, terrorism or nuclear incidents
This policy does not cover any loss, damage, injury,
liability or prosecution of any type directly or
indirectly caused by, arising from, or involving:
- war, invasion, act of foreign enemy, hostilities, civil war or warlike operations (whether war is declared or not)
- mutiny, civil commotion assuming proportions of or amounting to a popular uprising, military uprising, rebellion, revolution, insurrection, military or usurped power
- any act, including but not limited to the threat, or use of violence, which from its nature and context is done for, or in connection with, political, religious, ideological, ethnic, or similar purposes including the intention to influence any government and/or to put the public or any member of the public in fear
- nuclear weapons, ionising radiations, or contamination by radioactivity from nuclear fuel or the combustion of waste from nuclear fuel.
Unlawful or otherwise prohibited to insure
This policy does not cover any loss, damage, injury,
liability or prosecution of any type, directly or
indirectly caused by, or arising from any act, event,
occurrence or thing against which insurance is either:
- unlawful, or
- prohibited by any sanction, prohibition or restriction under the laws or regulations of any jurisdiction applicable to us or our parent company or its ultimate controlling entity.
You must tell us about certain things
Some parts of this policy may cover other people
or companies or entities as well as you. To gain the
benefit of any cover under this policy they must
meet all the same conditions and obligations you are
required to meet. No claim will be payable where any
person covered under this policy does not meet any of
the terms and conditions.
Nothing in this policy affects the common law rights
of either party, including our right to avoid your policy
for non-disclosure. This means your policy will be
treated as if it never existed and any claim payments
must be returned to us.
You must disclose material information and give us
full and accurate statements
Your policy with us relies on the accuracy of the
information supplied by you, or any person on your
behalf. You must advise us of all material information
before the start of this policy and before each renewal
or variation of the policy.
You must also give us full and accurate information
and answer honestly, correctly and completely all
questions we ask you. Failure to do so entitles us to
deny any claim and to cancel this and any other policy
you have with us from the date the information should
have been provided.
Misdescription
Your cover will not be prejudiced by:
- any innocent and inadvertent misdescription of property, your business or occupancy in the proposal or submission, or
- any act of the occupier of the premises whereby the risk of damage to insured property not in your control is increased without your authority or knowledge,
provided you notify us immediately on becoming
aware of any of the above happenings. However, we
may require you to pay an additional premium if the
risk of loss has changed as a result.
You must tell us if there is a change of circumstances
You must tell us immediately of any change in
circumstances that has happened after the start of
this policy or that you know is going to happen and
which may increase any of the following:
- the amount of the risk
- the risk of loss, damage, or liability
- the risk of insuring you.
As a result of these changes in circumstances, or
if you fail to tell us immediately of any change in
circumstances, we may:
- change your policy terms and make alterations to your premium
- reduce cover or change limits
- not insure you for any loss, damage or liability that happens after the date of the change in circumstances
- cancel your policy.
However, your cover will not be prejudiced by any of
the following:
- the performance of any alterations or repairs to insured property, providing the circumstances are reported to us in writing within a reasonable time after you become aware of them, and you agree to pay an additional premium for the increased risk if required
- such changes in your business, nature of occupation or other circumstances that you innocently failed to report to us, provided notice is given to us immediately after you become aware of the failure and you agree to pay an additional premium if required.
Sum insured adjustment for existing damage
If there was existing damage to insured property at the
commencement of the period of insurance which has
not been repaired, replaced or reinstated at the time
of damage covered by this section, the amount of that
existing damage will be deducted from the total Sum Insured and from any Sum Insured declared to us or
otherwise specified in your policy schedule in respect
of that item or category of insured property at the
premises. The amount payable by us to indemnify you
for the damage will be reduced accordingly.
The amount of existing damage is to be calculated
as the cost that would have been incurred to repair,
replace or reinstate that existing damage if it had
been repaired, replaced or reinstated by you.
This Sum Insured adjustment for existing damage
will apply for all purposes of this policy and all
automatic and additional extensions.
You must comply with certain conditions
You must avoid loss, damage or liability
You must take all reasonable care to avoid doing
anything that could result in a claim, and at your cost
and expense, must take reasonable steps to:
- ensure all property covered by this insurance is kept safe and protected from possible loss or damage
- maintain any protective devices, including but not limited to sprinkler systems and alarms, in an operational condition
- keep closed during non-working hours any fire resisting doors and shutters and maintain them in efficient operating order
- maintain any security protection in efficient operating order and activated during non-working hours
- avoid any loss, damage or personal injury to any person or thing for which you could be held legally liable
- comply with all legal requirements for the safety of people or property
- comply with all statutory regulatory or local authority requirements pertaining to your business and the ownership, occupation, and use of insured property
- keep any dangerous goods in accordance with the provisions of the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996, and the Health and Safety at Work (Hazardous Substances) Regulations 2017.
Inspection
We are entitled to inspect insured property at
any reasonable time and you must provide such
information as may be reasonably required by us in
respect of the subject matter of this insurance. Neither
this condition, nor any inspection performed by us,
nor any report arising from such an inspection, are to
be regarded as an undertaking by us to determine or
warrant that any operations or premises are safe.
You must not transfer your legal rights
You must not assign or transfer or attempt to assign or
transfer this policy or your interest in this policy to any
other party.
How we administer your policy
Paying premiums
If your premium is overdue, we may refuse to make
any claim payments until your overdue premiums
have been paid.
If there is a change to your premium which remains
unpaid, or you do not pay the full amount of your
premium, we may reduce the period of insurance in
line with the proportion of the unpaid premium.
If your premium remains unpaid for 28 days, your
policy will automatically be cancelled and you will not
be sent a cancellation notice.
Sending notices
We will send any notice, policy schedule or other
written documents to your last known physical, postal
or email address.
Noting interested parties
By noting an Interested Party on your policy schedule,
you are authorising us to disclose your information
to them. If your policy schedule shows an Interested
Party, we may partially or fully settle your claim by
making a payment to them, fulfilling our obligations
under this policy. Anyone noted as an Interested Party
is not covered by this policy and cannot make a claim
under this policy.
You are jointly insured
All those listed as insured are jointly insured and are
considered to act with the expressed authority of
each other. This means that if anyone does or fails to
do anything so that there is no cover, there will be no
cover for any of the insureds.
Each insured has the right to:
- make a change to the policy
- make a claim under the policy
- receive claim proceeds under the policy, and
- cancel the policy.
Currency
All amounts referred to in your policy are expressed
in New Zealand currency and include Goods and
Services Tax (GST). We will pay all claims in
New Zealand currency.
Governing law
This policy is governed by New Zealand law, and the
New Zealand courts have exclusive jurisdiction over
any legal proceedings about it.
Definitions
Business
The business and occupation described on your
policy schedule.
Business hours
Computer system
Any of the following systems:
- computer, communication system, or any other electronic device
- hardware, software, server or cloud
- any microcontroller.
A computer system also includes any system, output
or data storage device that is similar to those
mentioned above.
Contents
Contents of buildings, chattels, tenant’s improvements
and all other tangible property not more specifically
described for buildings, stock and specified items.
Cyber act
One or more unauthorised, malicious or criminal acts
involving accessing, using, processing, or operating of
any computer system. This also includes any threat or
hoax of these acts.
Cyber incident
Any of the following:
- one or more errors or omissions involving accessing, using, processing, or operating any computer system
- one or more occurrences when any computer system is partially or totally unavailable
- one or more failures to access, process, use or operate any computer system.
Damage
Sudden, unforeseen, accidental physical loss and sudden,
unforeseen, accidental physical damage that occurs at
a specific place and time.
Electronic data
Facts, concepts and information converted to a form
useable for communications, display, distribution,
interpretation or processing by electronic and
electromechanical data processing or electronically
controlled equipment.
Employee
- a person under a contract of service or apprenticeship with any insured
- a person hired or borrowed by any insured
- a labour only sub-contractor.
Event
A sudden, accidental and unforeseen occurrence that causes
loss or damage that you do not intend or expect.
Insured
The person, company, or entity listed as ‘Who’s insured’
on your policy schedule domiciled in New Zealand.
Insured property
Tangible property that is easily transported or
conveyed of every description not expressly excluded,
all being your own, or held by you jointly, or on
commission and for which you are legally responsible
within the following categories:
- specified items, and
Machine
Any contrivance for the conversion and direction
of motion or energy, or for the performance of any
electronic process, and includes any protective device
in connection with that contrivance.
Market Value
The reasonable retail value of the item immediately
before the loss occurred, as determined either by us or
by an independent valuer.
Material information
Any information which might influence the decision
we make as to whether to provide insurance and if so
on what terms and at what premium.
Micro-organisms
Living things such as amoeba, bacteria, fungi, mould,
protozoa, and any similar or like forms.
Money
Current coin, bank and currency notes, cheques, traveller’s
cheques, postal notes, money orders, unused postage
stamps, redeemable vouchers and tokens, franking
machine credits, and other negotiable instruments.
Natural disaster
Earthquake, tsunami, volcanic activity, hydrothermal
activity, geothermal activity, subterranean fire, or fire
resulting from any of these.
Natural disaster damage
Any of the following:
- damage directly or indirectly caused by or resulting from natural disaster,
Period of insurance
When your policy starts, to when it ends. It is shown on
your policy schedule, unless the policy is ended earlier.
Personal injury
Any of the following:
- death, or physical external or internal bodily injury
- illness, sickness, disease, debilitating or degenerative condition, or disability
- mental injury, mental anguish, shock, or fright.
Persons insured
Any of the following:
- the officers, committees and members of the insured's own canteen, social sports and child care facilities or welfare organisations, first aid, fire and ambulance services, pension fund management and administrative committees in their respective capacities as such
- any subsidiary company.
Policy schedule
The most recent policy schedule we have sent you
which includes, who’s insured, business description,
business address and the policy modules you
have selected.
Premises
The business address shown in your policy schedule.
Reparation
An amount ordered by a New Zealand Court under
Section 32 of the Sentencing Act 2002 to be paid to
the victim of an offence. Reparation does not include:
- damages, court costs, fines, penalties, any other form of criminal sanction, non-pecuniary relief, taxes, any payment deemed to be unlawful to insure against; or
- your defence costs in relation to an offence.
Software
Programmes, procedures and routines associated with
the operation of electronic or electromagnetic data
processing or electronically controlled equipment
including any operating system.
Specified items
Other property as specifically described in your
policy schedule.
Stock
Stock and materials in trade.
Subsidiary company
Any of the following:
- any company that, at the inception of the period of insurance, by any applicable legislation, was or is deemed to be a subsidiary of the insured
- any company in which the company named in your policy schedule:
- owns or directly or indirectly controls more than fifty percent of the issued share capital
- controls the composition of the board of directors
- exercises effective management and control, either directly or through one or more of its subsidiary companies, or
- any other company whose accounts are consolidated into those of the company named in your policy schedule in accordance with the relevant New Zealand Accounting Standard.
Sum insured
The applicable Sum Insured shown on your policy schedule. The Sum Insured is the amount determined
when your policy begins and at each renewal.
You can discuss the value with us at any time. By
paying the premium you have accepted the
Sum Insured
Undamaged
Not damaged physically and directly by an insured
event.
Unspecified items
Unspecified portable contents and stock, within the
categories generally described in your policy schedule.
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