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Aift 2001
Aift 2001
Mumbai 31-03-2001
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General Rules and Regulation
These rules and regulations are applicable to all sections of this Tariff.
1. POLICY
a) Only Standard Fire and Special Perils Policy (hereinafter referred to as Policy) with the permitted
"Add- on" covers (as appearing under Section VIII) if any, can be issued.
Note:- Unless otherwise specifically provided for, this tariff is applicable to land-based
properties only.
c) Policy(ies) should be read together with proposal form(s), schedule, specification, endorsements,
warranties and clauses as one contract.
d) Policy(ies) covering Buildings and/or contents shall show blockwise separate amounts on (i) Building
(ii) Machinery and accessories (iii) Stock and Stock-in-Process and (iv) Furniture and other contents.
e) It is permissible to exclude Storm, Tempest, Flood and Inundation group of perils (hereinafter
referred to as STFI) and/or Riot, Strike, Malicious and Terrorism Damage perils (hereinafter referred
to as RSMTD) at inception of the Policy only by deleting the relevant perils from the Policy. The
deletion shall apply for the entire property in one complex/compound/location covering the entire
interest of the Insured under one or more policy(ies) without any option for selection. Reduction in
premium rates for such deletion(s) may be allowed as shown under the relevant sections of the Tariff.
When these perils are deleted from the scope of the policy, the general exclusions shall include these
perils.
f) Any risk, which has not been provided for in the Tariff, shall be referred to the Committee for rating.
Provisional rate of Rs. 2.50 per mille shall be charged in such cases for covering the risks under
Standard Fire and Special Perils Policy. No discounts and/or agency commission shall be allowed on
this rate.For add-on covers, additional rates provided in section VIII shall be charged
g) Rates shown under this tariff are minimum rates. Insurers may charge rates higher than those given
under the tariff.
2. VALUED POLICY(IES)
Valued Policy(ies) can be issued only for properties whose Market Value cannot be
ascertained e.g Curios, Works of Art, Manuscripts, Obsolete machinery and the like subject to the
valuation certificate being submitted and found acceptable by the insurers.
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Policies for a period exceeding 12 months shall not be issued except for "Dwellings".
4. MID-TERM COVER
Generally, it is not permissible to grant mid-term cover for STFI and/or RSMTD perils. The
following provisions shall apply, where such covers are granted mid-term:
a) Insurers must receive specific advice from the insured accompanied by payment of the required
additional premium in cash or by draft. This additional premium shall not be adjusted against existing
Cash deposits or debited to Bank guarantee.
b) Mid-term cover shall be granted for the entire property at one complex /compound/location
covering the entire interest of the Insured under one or more policy(ies). Insured shall not have any
option for selection.
d) The premium rates as under shall be charged on short period scale (as per Rule 8) on full sum
insured at one complex/compound/location covering the entire interest of the insured for the balance
period i.e. upto the expiry of the policy.
Premium shall be paid in full and shall not be accepted in instalments or by deferred
payments in any form.
N.B:- It is not permissible to split sum insured of the same property under various
policies for different periods of insurance to derive advantage of deferred instalments
for payment of premium. Notwithstanding the above, different policies may be
issued for stocks where circumstances necessitate issuance of such policies.
6. MINIMUM PREMIUM
Minimum premium shall be Rs.100/- per policy except for risks ratable under
Section III and „Tiny Sector Industries‟ under Section IV where the minimum
premium shall be Rs. 50/ per policy.
7. PARTIAL INSURANCE
It is not permissible
a) to issue a policy covering only certain portions of a building. Notwithstanding this, the plinth and
foundations or only the foundation of a building may be excluded.
b) to issue a policy covering only specified machinery (except Boilers), parts of machine or
accessories thereof housed in the same block/ building.
N.B. Where portions of a building and/or machinery therein are under different ownership, it is
permissible for each owner to insure separately but to the full extent of his interest on the building
and/or machinery therein. In such cases, the Insured's interest shall be clearly defined in the policy.
Policies for a period of less than 12 months shall be issued at the rates set out
hereunder:
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Note:-Temporary sheds (attached to buildings) erected during the monsoon solely for
the purpose of monsoon protection are permitted without loading provided such sheds
are not used for storage purpose.
10. RULES FOR CANCELLATIONS
For Cancellation of insurance policy.
10.1.1.
1 Retention of premium shall be at Short Period Scale for the period the policy
has been in force, subject to the retention of minimum premium by the Insurer.
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10.1.2
During the currency, if a policy is replaced with the same insurer by a new annual one
covering the identical property, refund of premium may be allowed on pro-rata basis at
10.1.3
the original rates for the sum insured replaced.
For the sum insured not replaced, refund must be calculated after charging premium at
short period scale on such sum for the time the insurance has been in force subject to
10.1.4 retention of the minimum premium by the insurer.
In case of short period policies, premium shall be retained at the applicable short period
scale.
N.B.:- In case a policy is cancelled on account of a Government Order or on
completion of a “Building in course of construction” or where Buildings are
demolished, pro-rata refund of premium may be allowed.
10.2 At the option of the insurer:-
Refund of premium shall be on pro-rata basis for the unexpired term.
It will be in order for Insurers to allow automatic regular increase in the Sum Insured throughout the
period of the policy in return for an additional premium to be paid in advance. The terms and
conditions for this extension shall be as follows
a) The selected percentage increase shall not exceed 25% of the Sum Insured.
b) The additional premium, payable in advance, will be at 50% of the full rate, to be charged
on the selected percentage increase.
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c) The Sum Insured at any point of time would be assessed after application of the Escalation
Clause.
d) Escalation Clause will apply to policies covering Building, Machinery and Accessories only
and will not apply to policies covering stock.
e) Escalation Clause will apply to all policies and is not restricted to policies issued on
reinstatement value basis.
g) The automatic increase operates from the date of inception upto the date of operation of any
of the Insured Perils.
Floater Policy (ies) can be issued for stocks at various locations under one Sum Insured (The Standard
Floater Clause I, Annexure A shall be attached to such policies).
Rating: The rate shall be the highest rate applicable to insured's stocks at any location with a loading of
10 %.
N.B.1: In case Stocks in a process block are covered under the Floater Policy and the rate for the process
block is higher than the storage rate, the process rate plus 10% loading shall apply.
N.B.3: If stocks situated within godowns/process blocks in the same compound are overed under
floater policy, no floater extra is chargeable.
a) The minimum sum insured shall be Rs 1 crore in one or more locations and the sum insured shall not
be less than Rs. 25 lakhs in atleast one of these locations.It is necessary that the declared values should
approximate to this figure at sometime during the policy year.
b) Monthly declarations based on a) the average of the values at risk on each day of the month or b) the
highest value at risk during the month shall be submitted by the Insured latest by the last day of the
succeeding month. If declarations are not received within the specified period, the full sum insured under
the policy shall be deemed to have been declared.
d) Refund of premium on adjustment based on the declarations/ cancellations shall not exceed 50% of
the total premium.
e) The basis of value for declaration shall be the Market Value anterior to the loss.
g) If after occurrence of any loss it is found that the amount of last declaration previous to the loss is less
than the amount that ought to have been declared, then the amount which would have been recoverable
by the insured shall be reduced in such proportion as the amount of said last declaration bears to the
amount that ought to have been declared.
Floater Declaration policy(ies) can be issued subject to a minimum sum insured of Rs 2 crores and
compliance with the Rules for Floater and Declaration Policies respectively except that the minimum
retention shall be 80% of the annual premium. (Standard Floater Clause I and Declaration Clause J ,
Annexure A shall be attached to such policies):
16. CLAIMS EXPERIENCE DISCOUNT / LOADING
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Risks having sum insured (on buildings and contents of all blocks in one compound of one complex in
one location ) above Rs.50 Crores rateable under Sections IV, V, VI & VII of this tariff shall attract
claims experience discounts/loadings based on the incurred claims experience of all the policies covering
the Insured‟s interest for the preceding 36 months excluding the expiring policy period. (If there is any
break in insurance, available 36 months experience shall be taken into account) as per the table given
below.
The discounts as per the scale given below may be granted by the Insurers to
detached or segregated (as per the Committees Building Regulations) blocks of the
risks protected by Fire Extinguishing Appliances ratable under Sections III, IV, V,
VI and VII of the Tariff [except for Floater and/or Floater Declaration Policy(ies)]
subject to the following:
a) System is erected and tested as per the relevant Regulations of the TAC and a
certificate from LPA or TAC accredited Professional(s) /Professional
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agency(ies) confirming the efficacy of the system and its full compliance with
the Committee‟s rules is submitted by the Insured.
Note: Professional(s) / Professional Agency (ies) designing and/or installing the system themselves
shall get the system certified by third parties.
b) The installation is maintained in an efficient working order at all times and an Annual
Maintenance Contract (AMC) with an external agency is in force.
Note:- Any agency other than the one involved in the installation of the system or a
third party having uptodate knowledge of maintenance of fire fighting equipment can
be approached for AMC.
N.B.:1 Absence of Hand Appliances for Storage risks will not prejudice the applicable discounts
N.B.:2 The discounts are not cumulative
Risks rateable under Sections IV and V are allowed silent rates as per the
following table.
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Factories where no manufacturing / storage Retention of the premium shall be based on the
activities are carried out continuously for appropriate storage rate or silent risk rate of Re.1.00%o
30 days or more. whichever is higher.
The silent rates are not applicable if a risk goes silent following a loss under
the policy.
Note:- Risks becoming silent shall not be entitled to any discounts.
20.
Voluntary Deductibles
On receipt of application from the insured, Insurer may consider suitable discounts for voluntary
deductibles as per the scale shown in the table below. The discounts are applicable under the
Standard Fire and Special Perils Policy as well as for the add-on covers.
Note: The Insurer shall attach to the policy(ies) a suitable clause in case the insured
opts for the deductible and discount in the premium as shown in the table.
For endorsement wording see Clause K, Annexure A.
Note: The Insurer shall attach to the policy(ies) a suitable clause in case the insured
opts for the deductible and discount in the premium as shown in the table.
For endorsement wording see Clause K, Annexure A.
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Table of discounts for Voluntary Deductible
10 lakhs 5 2
20 lakhs 10 4
30 lakhs 15 6
60 lakhs 30 8
100 lakhs 50 10
> 100 lakhs > 50 To be referred to TAC
1. Basic Rate
2. 5% Reduction for Sprinklered blocks if applicable ( for risks rateable
under Sections III ,IV, V and VI).
3. Reduction in rates for deletion of STFI and/or RSMTD perils, if opted
out.
4. Tariff extra for `Kutcha' Construction, if applicable ( to be applied on
1-2-3)
5. Discount/loading for claims experience (to be applied on 1-2-3-/+4)
6. Discount for FEA on protected blocks (to be applied on 1-2-3-/+4 )
7. Discount for voluntary deductible shall be applicable on the total
premium calculated on the basis of final rate worked out as above .
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STANDARD FIRE AND SPECIAL PERILS POLICY
IN CONSIDERATION OF the Insured named in the Schedule hereto having paid to the
.............................. Insurance Company Limited (hereinafter called the Company) the full
premium mentioned in the said schedule, THE COMPANY AGREES, (Subject to the
Conditions and Exclusions contained herein or endorsed or otherwise expressed hereon)
that if after payment of the premium the Property insured described in the said Schedule
or any part of such Property be destroyed or damaged by any of the perils specified
hereunder during the period of insurance named in the said schedule or of any
subsequent period in respect of which the Insured shall have paid and the Company shall
have accepted the premium required for the renewal of the policy, the Company shall
pay to the Insured the value of the Property at the time of the happening of its destruction
or the amount of such damage or at its option reinstate or replace such property or any
part thereof
I Fire
Excluding destruction or damage caused to the property insured by
II Lightning
III Explosion/Implosion
a) total or partial cessation of work or the retardation or interruption or cessation of any process or
operations or omissions of any kind.
d) Burglary, housebreaking, theft, larceny or any such attempt or any omission of any kind of any
person (whether or not such act is committed in the course of a disturbance of public peace) in
any malicious act.
Impact Damage
Loss of or visible physical damage or destruction caused to the property insured due to impact by
any Rail/ Road vehicle or animal by direct contact not belonging to or owned by
a) b) the Insured or any occupier of the premises or
c) their employees while acting in the course of their employment.
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Loss, destruction or damage directly caused by Subsidence of part of the site on which
the property stands or Land slide/Rock slide excluding:
a) b) the normal cracking, settlement or bedding down of new structures
c) the settlement or movement of made up ground
d) coastal or river erosion
e) defective design or workmanship or use of defective materials
f) demolition, construction, structural alterations or repair of any property or groundworks or
excavations.
Bush Fire
Excluding loss, destruction or damage caused by Forest Fire.
PROVIDED that the liability of the Company shall in no case exceed in respect of each item the sum
expressed in the said Schedule to be insured thereon or in the whole the total Sum Insured hereby or such
other sum or sums as may be substituted therefor by memorandum hereon or attached hereto signed by or
on behalf of the Company.
This Policy does not cover (not applicable to policies covering dwellings)
c) The first Rs.10,000 for each and every loss arising out of other perils in respect
of which the Insured is indemnified by this policy
The Excess shall apply per event per insured.
Loss, destruction or damage caused by war, invasion, act of foreign enemy hostilities or
war like operations (whether war be declared or not), civil war, mutiny, civil commotion
assuming the proportions of or amounting to a popular rising, military rising, rebellion,
revolution, insurrection or military or usurped power.
a) ionising radiations or contamination by radioactivity from any nuclear fuel or from any nuclear waste
from the combustion of nuclear fuel
b) the radio active toxic, explosives or other hazardous properties of any explosive nuclear assembly or
nuclear component thereof
Loss, destruction or damage caused to the insured property by pollution or contamination excluding
a) b) pollution or contamination which itself results from a peril hereby insured against.
c) any peril hereby insured against which itself results from pollution or contamination
Loss, destruction or damage to bullion or unset precious stones, any curios or works of art for an amount
exceeding Rs. 10000/-, manuscripts, plans, drawings, securities, obligations or documents of any kind,
stamps, coins or paper money, cheques, books of accounts or other business books, computer systems
records, explosives unless otherwise expressly stated in the policy.
Loss, destruction or damage to the stocks in Cold Storage premises caused by change of temperature.
Loss or damage to property insured if removed to any building or place other than in which it is herein
stated to be insured, except machinery and equipment temporarily removed for repairs, cleaning,
renovation or other similar purposes for a period not exceeding 60 days.
2.All insurances under this policy shall cease on expiry of seven days from the date of fall or displacement
of any building or part thereof or of the whole or any part of any range of buildings or of any structure of
which such building forms part.
PROVIDED such a fall or displacement is not caused by insured perils, loss or damage which is covered
by this policy or would be covered if such building, range of buildings or structure were insured under this
policy.
Notwithstanding the above, the Company subject to an express notice being given as soon as possible but
not later than seven days of any such fall or displacement may agree to continue the insurance subject to
revised rates, terms and conditions as may be decided by it and confirmed in writing to this effect.
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3.Under any of the following circumstances the insurance ceases to attach as regards the property affected
unless the Insured, before the occurrence of any loss or damage, obtains the sanction of the Company
signified by endorsement upon the policy by or on behalf of the Company :-
a) If the trade or manufacture carried on be altered, or if the nature of the occupation of or other
circumstances affecting the building insured or containing the insured property be changed in such a
way as to increase the risk of loss or damage by Insured Perils.
b) c) If the building insured or containing the insured property becomes unoccupied and so remains for a
period of more than 30 days.
d) If the interest in the property passes from the insured otherwise than by will or operation of law.
4.This insurance does not cover any loss or damage to property which, at the time of the happening of such
loss or damage, is insured by or would, but for the existence of this policy, be insured by any marine
policy or policies except in respect of any excess beyond the amount which would have been payable
under the marine policy or policies had this insurance not been effected.
5.This insurance may be terminated at any time at the request of the Insured, in which case the Company
will retain the premium at customary short period rate for the time the policy has been in force. This
insurance may also at any time be terminated at the option of the Company, on 15 days' notice to that
effect being given to the Insured, in which case the Company shall be liable to repay on demand a rateable
proportion of the premium for the unexpired term from the date of the cancellation.
6.(i) On the happening of any loss or damage the Insured shall forthwith give notice thereof to the
Company and shall within 15 days after the loss or damage, or such further time as the Company may
in writing allow in that behalf, deliver to the Company
a) A claim in writing for the loss or damage containing as particular an account as may be reasonably
practicable of all the several articles or items or property damaged or destroyed, and of the amount of
the loss or damage thereto respectively, having regard to their value at the time of the loss or damage
not including profit of any kind.
The Insured shall also at all times at his own expense produce, procure and give to the Company all such
further particulars, plans, specification books, vouchers, invoices, duplicates or copies thereof, documents,
investigation reports (internal/external), proofs and information with respect to the claim and the origin and
cause of the loss and the circumstances under which the loss or damage occurred, and any matter touching
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the liability or the amount of the liability of the Company as may be reasonably required by or on behalf of
the Company together with a declaration on oath or in other legal form of the truth of the claim and of any
matters connected therewith.
No claim under this policy shall be payable unless the terms of this condition have been
complied with
(ii) In no case whatsoever shall the Company be liable for any loss or damage after the expiry of 12
months from the happening of the loss or damage unless the claim is the subject of pending action or
arbitration; it being expressly agreed and declared that if the Company shall disclaim liability for any
claim hereunder and such claim shall not within 12 calendar months from the date of the disclaimer
have been made the subject matter of a suit in a court of law then the claim shall for all purposes be
deemed to have been abandoned and shall not thereafter be recoverable hereunder.
7. On the happening of loss or damage to any of the property insured by this policy, the Company may
a) b) enter and take and keep possession of the building or premises where the loss or damage has
happened.
c) take possession of or require to be delivered to it any property of the Insured in the building or
on the premises at the time of the loss or damage.
d) keep possession of any such property and examine, sort, arrange, remove or otherwise deal with
the same.
e) sell any such property or dispose of the same for account of whom it may Concern.
The powers conferred by this condition shall be exercisable by the Company at any time until notice in
writing is given by the insured that he makes no claim under the policy, or if any claim is made, until such
claim is finally determined or withdrawn, and the Company shall not by any act done in the exercise or
purported exercise of its powers hereunder, incur any liability to the Insured or diminish its rights to rely
upon any of the conditions of this policy in answer to any claim.
If the insured or any person on his behalf shall not comply with the requirements of the Company or shall
hinder or obstruct the Company, in the exercise of its powers hereunder, all benefits under this policy shall
be forfeited.
The Insured shall not in any case be entitled to abandon any property to the Company whether taken
possession of by the Company or not.
8. If the claim be in any respect fraudulent, or if any false declaration be made or used in support thereof
or if any fraudulent means or devices are used by the Insured or any one acting on his behalf to obtain any
benefit under the policy or if the loss or damage be occasioned by the willful act, or with the connivance of
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the Insured, all benefits under this policy shall be forfeited.
9. If the Company at its option, reinstate or replace the property damaged or destroyed, or any part thereof,
instead of paying the amount of the loss or damage, or join with any other Company or Insurer(s) in so
doing, the Company shall not be bound to reinstate exactly or completely but only as circumstances permit
and in reasonably sufficient manner, and in no case shall the Company be bound to expend more in
reinstatement than it would have cost to reinstate such property as it was at the time of the occurrence of
such loss or damage nor more than the sum insured by the Company thereon. If the Company so elect to
reinstate or replace any property the insured shall at his own expense furnish the Company with such
plans, specifications, measurements, quantities and such other particulars as the Company may require, and
no acts done, or caused to be done, by the Company with a view to reinstatement or replacement shall be
deemed an election by the Company to reinstate or replace.
If in any case the Company shall be unable to reinstate or repair the property hereby insured, because of
any municipal or other regulations in force affecting the alignment of streets or the construction of
buildings or otherwise, the Company shall, in every such case, only be liable to pay such sum as would be
requisite to reinstate or repair such property if the same could lawfully be reinstated to its former
condition.
10. If the property hereby insured shall at the breaking out of any fire or at the commencement of any
destruction of or damage to the property by any other peril hereby insured against be collectively of greater
value than the sum insured thereon, then the Insured shall be considered as being his own insurer for the
difference and shall bear a rateable proportion of the loss accordingly. Every item, if more than one, of the
policy shall be separately subject to this condition.
11.If at the time of any loss or damage happening to any property hereby insured there be any other
subsisting insurance or insurances, whether effected by the Insured or by any other person or persons
covering the same property, this Company shall not be liable to pay or contribute more than its rateable
proportion of such loss or damage.
12.The Insured shall at the expense of the Company do and concur in doing, and permit to be done, all
such acts and things as may be necessary or reasonably required by the Company for the purpose of
enforcing any rights and remedies or of obtaining relief or indemnity from other parties to which the
Company shall be or would become entitled or subrogated, upon its paying for or making good any loss or
damage under this policy, whether such acts and things shall be or become necessary or required before or
after his indemnification by the Company.
13.If any dispute or difference shall arise as to the quantum to be paid under this policy (liability being
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otherwise admitted) such difference shall independently of all other questions be referred to the decision of
a sole arbitrator to be appointed in writing by the parties to or if they cannot agree upon a single arbitrator
within 30 days of any party invoking arbitration, the same shall be referred to a panel of three arbitrators,
comprising of two arbitrators, one to be appointed by each of the parties to the dispute/difference and the
third arbitrator to be appointed by such two arbitrators and arbitration shall be conducted under and in
accordance with the provisions of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996.
It is clearly agreed and understood that no difference or dispute shall be referable to arbitration as
hereinbefore provided, if the Company has disputed or not accepted liability under or in respect of this
policy.
It is hereby expressly stipulated and declared that it shall be a condition precedent to any right of action or
suit upon this policy that the award by such arbitrator/ arbitrators of the amount of the loss or damage shall
be first obtained.
14. Every notice and other communication to the Company required by these conditions must be written or
printed.
15. At all times during the period of insurance of this policy the insurance cover will be maintained to the
full extent of the respective sum insured in consideration of which upon the settlement of any loss under
this policy, pro-rata premium for the unexpired period from the date of such loss to the expiry of period of
insurance for the amount of such loss shall be payable by the insured to the Company.
The additional premium referred above shall be deducted from the net claim amount payable under the
policy. This continuous cover to the full extent will be available notwithstanding any previous loss for
which the company may have paid hereunder and irrespective of the fact whether the additional premium
as mentioned above has been actually paid or not following such loss. The intention of this condition is to
ensure continuity of the cover to the insured subject only to the right of the company for deduction from
the claim amount, when settled, of pro-rata premium to be calculated from the date of loss till expiry of the
policy.
Notwithstanding what is stated above, the Sum Insured shall stand reduced by the amount of loss in case
the insured immediately on occurrence of the loss exercises his option not to reinstate the sum insured as
above.
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DWELLINGS, OFFICES, HOTELS, SHOPS ETC.
RULES
1 The 'Buildings' and 'Contents' of risks rateable under this Section shall be rated 'per se'.
2 Stocks belonging to the insured stored in the open area adjacent to the insured's premises are held
covered.
3 Incidental operations such as grinding of lenses in optical frame shops, polishing and/or varnishing in
furniture shops, occasional repairs etc. are permitted.
4 For seasonal storage of crackers during the currency of the policy in ' Shops dealing in goods otherwise
not provided', a loading of 10% shall be charged on the rates applicable to 'contents'.
5 The presence of hazardous goods (as per list attached) not exceeding 5% of the total value of the stock
may be ignored.
6 The reduction in premium rates for deletion of STFI and /or RSMTD perils at the inception of the
policy shall be as under:
STFI Re.0.15%o
RSMTD Re.0.10%o
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DWELLINGS, OFFICES, HOTELS, SHOPS ETC.
Method A:
Premium shall be charged in full without any discount. However sum insured
under the policy shall be deemed to have increased by 10% of the origional
sum insured at the end of every 12 months period.
OR
Method B:
N.B. Mid-term increase in sum insured shall be allowed on pro rata basis for the balance period.
Rating schedule
Risk code Rate code Description Building Contents
rate rate
Per mille Per mille
3 021 Shops dealing in goods otherwise not provided for including 1.80 2.80
Laundries, Battery Charging Service Stations, Dry
Cleaning, Amusement parks, Hoarding, Neon signs and
Sports Galleries, Outdoor stadiums.
Note:1 Pump houses, garages, compound walls and ancillary equipments and / or
other utilities at the above occupancies shall carry the respective occupancy
rate.
Note:2 Detached/Segregated block(s) within a risk which are protected by automatic
sprinkler installation with its own independent pumping arrangements, etc. as
per the Committee‟s rules for sprinkler installation shall be allowed 5%
reduction on the basic rate(s).
1. Celluloid Goods
2. Coir Loose
5. Hay/Straw
6. Hemp
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7. Jute Loose
8. Matches
9. Methylated Spirit
Rates provided in this section are for the entire insured property in the same industrial compound i.e. all
process areas, storage areas, offices, utilities, miscellaneous blocks, pipelines, roads, compound wall,
cables, street light etc.
In cases where more than one product is manufactured in the same block, the highest rate applicable shall
be charged overall
If two or more factories are situated in the same compound or independent products are manufactured in
the same compound the manufacturing blocks shall be rateable `per se‟ if located detached..
Auxiliaries/miscellaneous blocks/utilities and godowns / tankfarms, pipelines, roads,,compound wall etc. in
such cases shall carry highest rate of all such manufacturing blocks.
Rules:
1 Operations incidental to the main process shall be rated at par with the main process if such operations are
carried out inside the main process blocks.
2 Dwelling houses located inside the factory compound may be rated ” per se”
3 In case of any clarification, insurers may refer the matter to the Committee after charging a provisional rate
as per General Rule 1 (f), Section I.
Note 1: Detached/Segregated block(s) within a risk which are protected by automatic sprinkler
installation with its own independent pumping arrangements, etc. as per the Committee‟s rules for
sprinkler installation shall be allowed 5% reduction on the basic rate(s).
Note 2. The reduction in premium rates for deletion of STFI and /or RSMTD perils at the inception of
the policy shall be as under:
STFI Re.0.25%o
RSMTD Re.0.10%o
Tariff Advisory Committee Sheet No: 27
Mumbai 31-03-2001
Section IV
INDUSTRIAL/MANUFACTURING RISKS
Rate
Risk Rate
Description of risk (Rs.
code code
per mille)
001 07
Abrasive Manufacturing 2.00
002 05
Aerated Water Factories 1.50
003 05
Aerial Ropeway including trolley stations 1.50
004 07
Agarbatti manufacturing 2.00
005 11
Aircraft Hangers 3.00
006 05 Airport Terminal Buildings (including all facilities like 1.50
Cafes, Shops etc)
Rate
Risk Rate
Description of risk (Rs.
code code
per mille)
015 15
Basket Weavers and Cane Furniture Makers 4.50
016 08
Battery Manufacturing 2.25
017 11
Beedi Factories 3.00
018 05
Biscuit Factories 1.50
019 14 Bitumenised Paper and / or Hessian Cloth Manufacturing
4.00
including Tar Felt Manufacturing.
020 09
Book Binders, Envelope and Paper Bag Manufacturing. 2.50
021 07
Breweries 2.00
022 03
Brickworks (including refractories and fire bricks) 1.00
023 05
Bridges - Concrete/Steel 1.50
024 07
Bridges-Wooden 2.00
1.00
025 03 Building In course of construction
026 09
Cable Manufacturing 2.50
027 11
Camphor Manufacturing 3.00
028 11
Candle Works 3.00
Tariff Advisory Committee Sheet No: 29
Mumbai 31-03-2001
Section IV
INDUSTRIAL/MANUFACTURING RISKS
029 05
Canning Factories 1.50
Rate
Risk Rate
Description of risk (Rs.
code code
per mille)
030 05
Capsule Manufacturing 1.50
031 10
Carbon paper / Typewriter Ribbon Manufacturing 2.75
032 07
Cardamom Factories 2.00
033 08
Cardboard Box Manufacturing 2.25
034 15 Carpenters, Wood wool Manufacturing, Furniture
Manufacturing and other wood worker shops (excluding 4.50
saw mill)
035 09 Carpet and Drugget Manufacturing (Cotton/jute/wool ) 2.50
036 12 Carpet and Drugget Manufacturing (Others) 3.50
037 11 Cashew nut Factories 3.00
038 07 Cattle feed Mill 2.00
039 24 Celluloid Goods Manufacturing 15.00
040 05 Cement / asbestos/concrete products Manufacturing 1.50
041 07 Cement Factories 2.00
042 05 Ceramic Factories and Crockery and Stoneware pipe 1.50
Manufacturing/Clay Works.
043 11 Chemical Manufacturing(Using materials with Flash 3.00
Point below 32OC), Bulk Drug Manufacturing
044 08 Chemical Manufacturing(others), Pharmaceuticals, 2.25
Toiletry products
Tariff Advisory Committee Sheet No: 30
Mumbai 31-03-2001
Section IV
INDUSTRIAL/MANUFACTURING RISKS
Rate
Risk Rate
Description of risk (Rs.
code code
per mille)
Rate
Risk Rate
Description of risk (Rs.
code code
per mille)
Rate
Risk Rate
Description of risk (Rs.
code code
per mille)
Rate
Risk Rate
Description of risk (Rs.
code code
per mille)
089 07 Garment Makers, Topee, Hats and the like makers 2.00
Tariff Advisory Committee Sheet No: 33
Mumbai 31-03-2001
Section IV
INDUSTRIAL/MANUFACTURING RISKS
090 07 Ghee Factories including vegetable Ghee mfg. 2.00
Rate
Risk Rate
Description of risk (Rs.
code code
per mille)
Rate
Risk Rate
Description of risk (Rs.
code code
per mille)
Rate
Risk Rate
Description of risk (Rs.
code code
per mille)
Rate
Risk Rate
Description of risk (Rs.
code code
per mille)
Rate
Risk Rate
Description of risk (Rs.
code code
per mille)
Rate
Risk Rate
Description of risk (Rs.
code code
per mille)
Rate
Risk Rate
Description of risk (Rs.
code code
per mille)
Tariff Advisory Committee Sheet No: 38
Mumbai 31-03-2001
Section IV
INDUSTRIAL/MANUFACTURING RISKS
189 Textile Mills
08 Spinning mills 2.25
07 Composite mills 2.00
(Composite Mills are those where activities from Blow
Room to Cloth processing are involved)
RULE
The reduction in premium rates for deletion of STFI and /or RSMTD perils at the
inception of the policy shall be as under:
Re 0.25%o
Re. 0.10%o
RATING SCHEDULE
7 03 Dam 1.00
16 07 Roads 2.00
1. Rates shown in this section shall apply to Buildings/Areas used for storage of materials
3. The presence of hazardous goods of higher category (as per Committee‟s list of hazardous goods booklet) not
exceeding 5% of the total value of the stocks may be ignored.
4. Utilities and miscellaneous blocks shall be rated at Re. 1.00 per mille.
5. The reduction in premium rates for deletion of STFI and /or RSMTD perils at the inception of the policy shall be
as under:
1. Incidental open storages upto 2% of sum insured on stock can be allowed when the risk is rated under materials
stored in godowns.
2. Detached/Segregated block(s) within a risk which are protected by automatic sprinkler installation with its own
independent pumping arrangements, etc. as per the Committee‟s rules for sprinkler installation shall be allowed 5%
reduction on the basic rate(s).
Tariff Advisory Committee Sheet No: 42
Mumbai 31-03-2001
Section VI
STORAGE RISKS OUTSIDE THE COMPOUNDS OF
INDUSTRIAL/MANUFACTURING RISKS
Godowns Open
And
Silos
Rate Rate Rate Rate
Code (Rs. Code (Rs.
per per
mille) mille)
MODE OF CLASSIFICATION
Hazardous Materials not included in the list may be classified depending on the properties indicated below :
The reduction in premium rates for deletion of STFI and /or RSMTD perils at the inception
of the policy shall be as under:
Rate
(Rs.
Risk Rate
Description of Risk per
Code Code
mille)
NB:- 1. All tanks located in the same dyke shall carry the highest rate applicable
overall.
NB:- 2. Utilities and Miscellaneous Blocks shall be rated at Re. 1.00%o
NB:- 3. Associated properties such as Pumping Stations, Compressor House,
Blower House etc. shall be rated at par with the rate applicable to respective Gas
Holders/ Bullets /SpheresVessels/Tanks.
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Mumbai 31-03-2001
ADD ON COVERS
Standard Fire and Special Perils Policy (Policy) can be extended to include the following `Add on'
covers :
3. (A) Deterioration of Stocks in Cold Storage premises due to accidental power failure consequent to
damage at the premises of Power Station due to an insured peril
(B) Deterioration of stocks in cold storage premises due to change in temperature arising out of loss or
damage to the cold storage machinery(ies) in the Insured‟s premises due to operation of insured peril
4. Forest Fire
5. Impact Damage due to Insured‟s own Rail/Road Vehicles, Fork lifts, Cranes, Stackers and the like and
articles dropped therefrom
6. Spontaneous Combustion
7. Omission to Insure additions, alterations or extensions
8. Earthquake (Fire and Shock)
ADD ON COVERS
(B) Deterioration of stocks in cold storage Policy Rate Sum insured of stocks
premises due to change in temperature arising
out of loss or damage to the cold storage
machinery(ies) in the Insured‟s premises due
to operation of insured peril.
5. Impact Damage due to Insured‟s own 5% of Policy Rate Policy Sum insured
Rail/Road Vehicles, Fork lifts, Cranes,
Stackers and the like and articles dropped
therefrom.
ADD ON COVERS
7. Omission to Insure additions, alteration or Policy Rate 5% of sum insured of
BMA
extensions
8. Earthquake (Fire and Shock) Policy sum Insured
Zone I Rs.1.00%o
Zone II Rs.0.50%o
Zone III Rs.0.20%o
Zone IV Rs.0.10%o
Note :- Dwelling, offices, hotels, shops etc rateable under Section III of the tariff can be covered by
charging a uniform rate of Re 0.10%0 regardless of the zones
Rs.6%o Rs.12%o
11. Temporary Removal of Stocks 10% of policy Rate Policy sum insured
Clause
12. Loss Of Rent clause Policy Rate Specified sum insured
13. Insurance Of Additional Expenses of Rent Policy Rate Specified sum insured
For An Alternative Accommodation
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Mumbai 31-03-2001
ADD ON COVERS
14. Start up Expenses Policy Rate Specified sum insured
Note:-1 Mid-term inclusion of the Add-On Covers is permissible subject to the provisions under Rules 4a,
4b and 4c of Mid-term cover, General Rules and Regulations, Section I. Annual premium shall be charged
for such mid-term inclusions. Also no refund of premium shall be made on the add-on covers being
cancelled mid-term unless the Policy is cancelled simultaneously or replaced by a fresh insurance
including add-on covers for an identical or increased amount.
Note:- 2 Policy Rate means either Policy Rate in case of specific industries or Average rate in case of
multiple products manufacturing industries.
ADD ON COVERS
Bhagalpur.
III Santhal pragana, Bhojpur, Rohtas, Gaya, Aurangabad, Nawda, Hazaribagh, Palamau,
Giridih, Dhanbad.
IV Ranchi, Singhbhum.
GUJARAT I Katch
II Jamnagar.
ADD ON COVERS
MADHYA III West Nimar, East Nimar, Betul, Chhindwara, Hoshangabad, Raisen,
PRADESH Narsimhapur, Jabalpur, Shahdul, Sidhi, Surguja, Raigarh.
IV Balaghat, Bastar (Jagdalpur), Bhind, Bhopal, Bilaspur, Chhatarpur, Damoh,
Datia, Dewas, Dhar, Durg, Guna, Gwalior, Indore, Jhabua, Mandsaur, Mandla,
Morena, Panna, Raipur, Rajgarh, Sagar, Satna, Sehore, Shajapur, Shivpuri,
Tikamgarh, Ujjain, Vidisha, Rajnandgaon, Ratlam, Rewa, Seoni.
MAHARASHTRA I Ratnagiri, Satara.
III Sindhudurg, Kolhapur, Pune, Nasik, Chandrapur, Thane, Raigad, Dhule,
Greater Bombay.
IV Sangli, Solapur, Osmanabad, Latur, Bid, Ahmadnagar, Nanded, Parbani, Jalna,
Aurangabad, Akola, Yavatmal,
Amravati, Wardha, Nagpur, Bhandara, Gadchiroli, Buldana, Jalgaon.
ADD ON COVERS
SIKKIM II Entire State.
ADD ON COVERS
Name of Materials
ADD ON COVERS
20. Copra, Copra Seed, Copra Meal 45. Mahuva flowers
21. Cotton Seed 46. Matches
22. Crysylic Acid 47. Metal Turnings
23. Diesel Oil, Engine Oil and Grease 48. Methanol in drums
24. Dry Coconuts 49. Molasses
25. Dry Ginger 50. Mustard Oil (Black), Mustard seed
And other oil seeds
ADD ON COVERS
11. Feeds –Various 36. Rice Konda
12. Fertilizers, Organic or Containing Nitrates and 37. Rice Straw
mixture thereof
13. Foam Rubber Goods 38. Roofing Relt and Papers
14. Groundnut (de-oiled Cakes) 39. Scrap Rubber and / or Buffing
15. Hay and Grass 40. Soap Powder & Chips
16. Hydrogen Peroxide 41. Solvent Extraction
17. Hydrosulphite or Hydrosulphate of soda or Sodium 42. Soyabean Oil
Hydrosulphate or Sodium Hydrosulphite
18. Iron Pyrites 43. Tarpaulin
19. Karadi Cake 44. Tung Oil.
20. Karadi (de-oiled Cake) 45. Urea
21. Karadi Oil 46. Waste Paper
22. Lime, Unflaked (Calcium Oxide) 47. Whale Oil
23. Liquid Ammonia 48. Wheat Husk
24. Lubricants excluding Petroleum Products 49. Wool Waste and Paper Waste
25. Maize (Corn) Oil 50. Zinc Dust
Category IV (High)
Name of the Materials
ADD ON COVERS
4. Empire cloth 15. Oiled Silk
5. Fish Meal 16. Groundnut (Red Skin)
6. Fish Oil 17. Synthetic Enamels
7. Fish Manure 18. Tunginut Meals
8. Fish Scrap 19. Varnished Fabrics
9. Lard Oil (Commercial or Animal 20. Waste of all kinds (Except wool and paper waste)
10 Oils) including Oily and/or greasy waste.
Linseed Oil
11. Nitro Cellulose Lacquers 21. Sponge Iron
Policy may be extended to cover the above subject to following endorsement wordings.
“It is hereby declared and understood that the expenses incurred towards
Architects, Surveyors and Consulting Engineers fees for plans, specification
tenders, quantities and services in connection with the superintendence of the
reinstatement for the Building, Machinery, Accessories and equipment insured
under this policy upto 7.5% of the adjusted loss is covered, but it is understood
that this does not include any cost in connection with the preparation of the
Insured‟s claim or estimate of loss in the event of damage by insured perils”.
Policy may be extended to cover the above subject to following endorsement wordings:
It is permissible to cover cost necessarily incurred by an insured in the removal of debris from
the premises of the insured, dismantling, demolishing, shoring up or propping of Insured
property following destruction or damage by Insured Peril by incorporating the following clause
:
ADD ON COVERS
(a) In the removal of debris from the premises of the Insured;
(b) dismantling or demolishing;
(c) shoring up or propping;
of the portion or portions of the property insured by (Items.......... of) this policy destroyed or
damaged by perils hereby insured against but not exceeding in the aggregate Rs. ..................”
Note: 1. (b)& (c) above should be deleted when neither Building nor Machinery are covered.
Note: 2. The cover may be given by separate item in the policy for an amount not exceeding
10% of the total Sum Insured.
3. (A) Deterioration of Stocks in Cold Storage premises due to accidental power failure consequent to
damage at the premises of Power Station due to an insured peril
Policy covering stocks in cold storage premises may be extended to cover the above subject to
following endorsement wordings:
“In consideration of the payment of additional premium of Rs. __________ it is hereby agreed and
declared that notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this policy or in any of its conditions, this
policy covers destruction of or damage to the property hereby insured caused by change of
temperature in consequence of failure of electric supply at the terminal ends of electric service
feeders from which the Insured obtains electric supply directly due to damage caused by any peril
insured against under this policy to property at insured premises or any Electric Station or Sub-
Station of Public Electric Supply undertaking from which the Insured obtains electric supply.
Provided that the Company shall not be liable for any loss occasioned by the deliberate act of the
Government, Municipal or Local Authority or Supply Authority not performed for the sole purpose
of safeguarding life or protecting any part of the supply undertaking‟s systems or by the exercise
by any such authority of its power to withhold or restrict or ration supply not necessitated solely by
damage to the Supply Undertaking‟s generating or supply equipment by an insured peril.
Provided further that the Company shall not be liable for any loss unless the duration of each such
failure exceeds 24 hours.
Subject otherwise to the terms, exceptions, conditions and limitations of this Policy.”
In any action, suit or other proceedings where the company alleges that by reason of the provisions
of this condition any loss or damage is not covered by this insurance, the burden of proving that
this loss or damage is covered shall be upon the Insured.
Tariff Advisory Committee Sheet No: 57
Mumbai 31-03-2001
ADD ON COVERS
3. (B) Deterioration of stocks in cold storage premises due to change in temperature arising out of
loss or damage to the cold storage machinery(ies) in the Insured‟s premises due to operation of
insured peril.
Policy may be extended to cover the above subject to following endorsement wordings:
* “In consideration of the payment of additional premium of Rs.__________ it is hereby agreed and
declared that notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this policy or in any of its conditions this
policy covers destruction of or damage to the property herby insured caused by change of
temperature in consequence of failure of electric supply following damage to Insured‟s property
due to insured peril(s).
Provided further that the Company shall not be liable for any loss unless the duration of each such
failure exceeds 24 hours.
Subject otherwise to the terms, extensions, conditions and limitations of this Policy”.
In any action, suit or other proceedings where the company alleges that by reason of the provisions
of this condition any loss or damage is not covered by this insurance, the burden of proving that
this loss or damage is covered shall be upon the Insured.
4. Forest Fire
Policy may be extended to cover the above subject to following endorsement wordings:
“ In consideration of the payment of additional premium the insurance under item …......... of the
policy shall extend to include loss of or damage to the property insured directly caused by burning,
whether accidental or otherwise, of forest, bush and jungles and the clearing of lands by Fire.”
Note 1 : Where loss experience for previous 5 years excluding the expiring policy period is less
than 30%, a 50% discount on the rate may be considered.
Note 2 : Where loss experience is above 60%, the rate shall be adjusted in such a way that the
loss experience for policy period worked out as given in Note 1 above be adjusted to 60% subject
to a maximum rate of Rs.15%o .
5. Impact Damage due to Insured‟s own Rail/Road Vehicles, Fork lifts, Cranes, Stackers and the like
Tariff Advisory Committee Sheet No: 58
Mumbai 31-03-2001
ADD ON COVERS
and articles dropped therefrom.
Policy may be extended to cover the above subject to following endorsement wordings:
6. Spontaneous Combustion
Policy may be extended to cover the above subject to following endorsement wordings:
“In consideration of the payment by the Insured to the Company of additional premium of Rs.
____________ the Company agrees notwithstanding what is stated in the printed exclusions of this
policy to the contrary that the insurance by (items …....) of this policy shall extend to include loss
or damage by fire only of or to the property insured caused by its own fermentation, natural heating
or spontaneous combustion.”
N.B.:The expression „by fire only‟ in the endorsement above must not be omitted under any
circumstances.
The Insurance by this Policy extends to cover Buildings and/or Machinery, Plant and
other Contents as defined in Columns......... hereof which the insured may erect or
acquire or for which they may become responsible :-
ADD ON COVERS
i) The liability under this Extension shall not exceed in respect of (a)
above, 5% of the Sum Insured by each item, in respect of (b) above, 5%
of the Sum Insured by item No..........
ii) The Insured shall notify the Insurer of each additional insurance as soon
as it shall come to their knowledge and shall pay the appropriate
additional premium thereon from the date of inception.
If the insured fails to declare the values of such additions within 30 days after the expiry
of the policy, there shall be no refund of the advance premium collected.
2) Other Contents‟ in the above clause shall mean „Furniture and Fittings‟
and does not include „Stocks‟.
ADD ON COVERS
8 (Fire and Shock)
8. Earthquake
Policy may be extended to cover the above subject to following endorsement wordings:
If option to delete STFI peril is exercised
“ In consideration of the payment by the Insured to the Company of the sum of
____________ additional premium, it is hereby agreed and declared that notwithstanding
anything stated in the printed exclusions of this policy to the contrary, this Insurance is
extended to cover loss or damage (including loss or damage by fire) to any of the property
Insured by this policy occasioned by earthquake including Landslide / Rockslide resulting
therefrom but excluding flood or overflow of the sea, lakes, reservoirs and rivers caused by
Earthquake.
Provided always that all the conditions of this policy shall apply (except in so far as they
may be hereby expressly varied) and that any reference therein to loss or damage by fire
shall be deemed to apply also to loss or damage directly caused by any of the perils which
this insurance extends to include by virtue of this endorsement.”
Provided always that all the conditions of this policy shall apply (except in so far as they may be
hereby expressly varied) and that any reference therein to loss or damage by fire shall be deemed to
apply also to loss or damage directly caused by any of the perils which this insurance extends to
include by virtue of this endorsement.”
Special conditions
1) Excess clause
2) Extension cover shall be granted only if the entire property in one complex / compound /
location covered under the policy is extended to cover this risk and the Sum Insured for this
extension is identical to the Sum Insured against the risk covered under main policy except for the
value of the plinth and foundations of the building(s)..
3) Onus of proof
In the event of the Insured making any claim for loss or damage under this policy
he must (if so required by the Company) prove that the loss or damage was
a) The cover may be granted for non-manufacturing premises only.
b) The cover
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c) The period of Indemnity may be limited to the period during which the original premises
ADD
remain untenantable as a result ON COVERS
of occurrence of perils insured against. Maximum indemnity
period not to exceed 3 (three) years.
d) The additional expense recoverable under the policy may be additional rent
actually paid i.e. the difference between the new and the original rent only.
e) Certificate from the Local Municipal Authority or an Architect to the effect that
premises in question are untenantable will be accepted as adequate proof of the fact that the
premises, in fact, have become untenantable.
f) Insurance should be granted against Fire, Riot, Strike, Malicious and Terrorist Damage
and Earthquake (Fire & Shock) and other Extraneous Perils. Cover against Riot, Strike,
Malicious and Terrorist Damage should be granted only if it involves actual physical damage
to the building. The cover does not intend to pay, if for instance, the insured‟s entry is barred
by strikers, demonstrators and similar occurrences.
g) The cover may be limited to buildings other than those of “Kutcha” construction.
h) The area for alternative accommodation may be equivalent to the area presently
occupied. However, no restriction will apply in respect of locality for the alternative
accommodation, so long as the alternative accommodation is taken in the same city of town.
j) For the Owner-Occupant, since he will not be paying any rent based on the
area occupied by him (in comparison with the actual rent being paid by the tenant in
the same building or similar buildings in the same locality) the standard rent based
on the rateable values fixed by Municipal/Revenue Authorities for tax purposes may
be treated as the original rent for the purpose of this insurance.
Endorsement wording for insurance of rent for alternative accommodation Tenant or Owner-
Occupant
It is hereby declared that in the event of the premises described in the policy and occupied by
the insured, hereinafter referred to as „PREMISES‟ being destroyed or damaged by any Insured
Peril as to become unfit for occupation and the insured in consequence taking up alternative
accommodation, the Company shall, subject to special conditions set out herein, indemnify the
insured against the additional rent (as explained herein) which the insured is called upon to bear
for the period beginning from the date of operation of any of the Insured Perils until the
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Mumbai 31-03-2001
ADD ON COVERS
(ii) Damage to machinery, containers and equipment (including cost of removal of debris and cleaning) and
shall be provided by a separate item of the SFSP Policy subject to the Conditions that the perils causing
the spoilage should be the same as those covered under the Policy.
“In consideration of the payment of an additional premium of Rs. _______ it is hereby agreed and declared that,
notwithstanding anything contained to the contrary, in the within written Policy, the insurance under Item
No....... of this policy shall extend to cover loss or damage by Spoilage resulting from the retardation or
interruption or cessation of any process or operation caused by any of the perils covered under this Policy,
provided that liability for destruction of or damage to the property insured described in the schedule to this
policy, or any part of such property, is first admitted by the Company.
PROVIDED ALWAYS THAT all the conditions (except in so far as they may be hereby expressly varied) shall
apply as if they had been incorporated herein and that any reference therein to the loss or damage caused by
insured perils shall be deemed to apply also to loss or damage caused by Spoilage which peril this insurance
extends to include by virtue of this Endorsement.”
SPECIAL CONDITIONS
For the purpose of this Endorsement but no otherwise, the following special conditions shall apply :
Average : If the property hereby insured against spoilage shall, at the time of occurrence of any loss or damage,
be collectively of greater value than the sum insured on machinery, containers, equipment and stocks in the
specified blocks, then the Insured shall be considered as being his own insurer for the difference and shall bear
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Mumbai 31-03-2001
ADD ON COVERS
rateable proportion of the loss accordingly. Every item, if more than one, of the Policy shall be separately
subject to this condition.
PROVIDED THAT it is hereby further expressly agreed and declared that the liability of the Company shall in
no case under this endorsement and the Policy exceed the sum insured by item Nos.____________ of this Policy.
Sum to be Insured:
The cover must be for all stocks and machinery, container and equipment in specified blocks, specified sums
being declared for each block and must be made subject to „Average‟.
Policy may be extended to include the risks of (a) accidental leakage and contamination or (b) accidental
leakage.
The extension will apply to oils and chemicals only. It will not apply to any other commodity.
ENDORSEMENTS
“In consideration of the payment of an additional premium of Rs............. it is hereby agreed and declared that the
Insurance under this policy shall, subject to terms, conditions and exclusions of this
policy and also subject to terms, conditions and exclusions hereinafter contained, extend to
include the physical loss of oil/chemical by leakage from its container by accidental means and
all accidental contaminations by contact with foreign matter.”
ADD ON COVERS
d) Loss by burglary or theft or any attempt thereat;
e) Loss resulting from processing or faulty workmanship;
f) Loss resulting from shrinkage, evaporation, loss of weight unless caused by a peril
not otherwise excluded;
g) Any legal and/or contractual liability arising from any cause whatsoever; and
d. Consequential Loss of any nature.
a) loss resulting from loss of use, loss of earnings, delay or loss of markets or other
consequential or indirect loss or damage of any kind or description whatsoever;
b) loss resulting from any kind of infidelity or dishonesty on the part of the Insured or any of their
employees, inventory shortage, mysterious disappearance or unexplained loss;
c) loss by burglary or theft or any attempt thereat;
d) loss resulting from processing or faulty workmanship;
e) loss resulting from shrinkage, evaporation, loss of weight unless caused by a peril not otherwise
excluded;
f) any legal and/or contractual liability arising from any cause whatsoever; and
g) Consequential Loss of any nature.
i) The cover under this endorsement shall attach only on or after the receipt of the insured subject matter
in land tanks as described in the policy and subject to lodgment with the company by Insured of a
certificate obtained by them at their own expense from a competent approved and independent
agency/surveyor as to the purity and quality of the subject matter herein insured.
iv) Before the commencement of pumping and/or decanting operations, the Insured shall arrange at their
own expense sampling and quality / purity certification by competent, approved and independent
agency / surveyor for such distinct lot, batch or tank load ex-ocean vessel of insured subject matter and
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ADD ON COVERS
shall pump/decant only such material as is pure and without contaminants.
v) The insured shall at their own expense arrange inspection and certification from competent approved
and independent agency/surveyor as to the cleanliness and fitness of the pipe lines, pumping
equipment and the receiving land tanks to carry and/or receive the insured subject matter, prior to the
commencement of pumping, decanting, receiving and/or storage operations. Such certification as
mentioned above should, inter alia, confirm that the pumping, carrying and storage equipment facilities
and tanks are free from impurities, contaminants and/or residue or left-overs from previous use of
equipment, facilities or storage tanks. As concerning the receiving land tanks an initial certificate of
fitness to receive and store the insured material shall be deemed to satisfy the above condition in so far
as such tanks are concerned. However, a fresh certification as mentioned above would be required in
the event of the said tanks being empty and fresh stocks are subsequently pumped/decanted in
during the currency of this insurance.
iv) In case of loss to property insured hereunder, the basis of adjustment shall be the market value
at the time and place of loss.
vi) It is understood and agreed that all loss or damage to property occurring during any one
period of seventy-two consecutive hours during the currency of this policy directly caused by
earthquake shock shall be deemed to have been caused by single earthquake and therefore to
constitute one loss for the purpose of this policy, the Insured shall select a time from which
any such period shall commence but no two such selected periods shall overlap.
vi) All salvage recoveries and payments recovered or received subsequent to a loss settlement
under this policy shall be applied as if recovered or received prior to the said settlement and all
necessary adjustment shall be made by the parties hereto.
vii) If any breach of a clause or condition in this contract or policy of insurance shall occur prior to
a loss under this Policy, such breach shall not void the policy nor avail the company to avoid
the liability unless such breach shall exist at the time of such a loss under this contract or
policy, it being understood that such breach of a clause or condition is applicable only to the
specific property to which the condition or clause has reference and in respect of which such
breach occurred.
ix) Each claim for loss or damage shall be adjusted separately and each claim is subject to an
excess of 1% on each tank with a minimum of Rs. 60,000/- each loss.
ix) If the property hereby insured shall at the time of the operation of a peril insured
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hereunder, be collectively of greater value than the sum insured thereof, then the
insured shall be considered as being his own insurer for the difference and shall bear a
rateable proportion of the loss accordingly. Every item, if more than one, of the policy
shall be separately subject to this condition
NOTE : SPECIAL CONDITIONS (i), (ii) AND (iii) ARE NOT APPLICABLE WHERE LEAKAGE
COVER ALONE IS GRANTED.
11.
TEMPORARY REMOVAL OF STOCKS CLAUSE
It is agreed that the stock insured hereby not exceeding 10% of the total sum insured of such stock is covered
while temporarily removed to any other premises for purposes of fabrication or processing or finishing or other
similar purposes. This extension does not apply to stock if and so far as it is otherwise insured.
The pro-rata condition of average should be applied to the limit of stocks temporarily removed as well as to the
total sum insured of such stock under the policy.
Where loss of rent caused by Insured Perils is covered, the following Rent Clause should be inserted in the
Policy:-
“ The insurance on rent applies only if (any of) the said building(s) or any part thereof is unfit for occupation in
consequence of its destruction or damage by the perils insured against and then the amount payable shall not
exceed such portion of the sum insured on Rent as the period necessary for reinstatement bears to the term of the
Rent Insured”.
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l) The cover may be granted for non-manufacturing premises only.
m) The cover may be granted under the Policy and not under Consequential Loss (Fire) Policy.
n) The period of Indemnity may be limited to the period during which the original premises remain
untenantable as a result of occurrence of perils insured against. Maximum indemnity period not to exceed
3 (three) years.
o) The additional expense recoverable under the policy may be additional rent actually
paid i.e. the difference between the new and the original rent only.
p) Certificate from the Local Municipal Authority or an Architect to the effect that premises in question
are untenantable will be accepted as adequate proof of the fact that the premises, in fact, have become
untenantable.
q) Insurance should be granted against Fire, Riot, Strike, Malicious and Terrorist Damage and
Earthquake (Fire & Shock) and other Extraneous Perils. Cover against Riot, Strike, Malicious and
Terrorist Damage should be granted only if it involves actual physical damage to the building. The cover
does not intend to pay, if for instance, the insured‟s entry is barred by strikers, demonstrators and similar
occurrences.
r) The cover may be limited to buildings other than those of “Kutcha” construction.
s) The area for alternative accommodation may be equivalent to the area presently occupied. However,
no restriction will apply in respect of locality for the alternative accommodation, so long as the alternative
accommodation is taken in the same city of town.
t) Cover may be permitted to the tenant as also to the Owner-Occupant. Further, in respect of the
Owner-Occupant, the alternative accommodation may be limited to the area presently under his
occupation.
u) For the Owner-Occupant, since he will not be paying any rent based on the area occupied
by him (in comparison with the actual rent being paid by the tenant in the same building or
similar buildings in the same locality) the standard rent based on the rateable values fixed by
Municipal/Revenue Authorities for tax purposes may be treated as the original rent for the
purpose of this insurance.
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iv. the tenant to insure the contents of the premises for which he is seeking this extension
Endorsement wording for insurance of rent for alternative accommodation Tenant or Owner-Occupant
It is hereby declared that in the event of the premises described in the policy and occupied by the insured,
hereinafter referred to as „PREMISES‟ being destroyed or damaged by any Insured Peril as to become unfit
for occupation and the insured in consequence taking up alternative accommodation, the Company shall,
subject to special conditions set out herein, indemnify the insured against the additional rent (as explained
herein) which the insured is called upon to bear for the period beginning from the date of operation of any of
the Insured Perils until the „PREMISES‟ is rendered fit for occupation such period not exceeding such
reasonable time as is required to restore the premises with due diligence to a condition fit for occupation or
the maximum indemnity period of ......... months whichever is earlier.
Provided that the liability of the Company shall not exceed Rs. .............. the sum insured hereby.
Provided further that if the sum produced by applying the monthly additional rent, borne by the insured for
the alternative accommodation to the maximum indemnity period is more than the Sum Insured hereby, the
liability of the Company shall be proportionately reduced.
SPECIAL CONDITIONS :
2. This insurance shall apply subject to the condition that the PREMISES occupied by the insured,
whether as owner or tenant, forms part of a building not being “Kutcha” Construction.
2. If the area of alternative accommodation taken by the insured is more than the area of the
PREMISES occupied by the insured, the additional rent borne by the insured for the purpose of this insurance
shall be deemed to be that proportion of the additional rent actually borne by the insured as the area of the
PREMISES which was in the insured‟s occupation bears to the area of the alternative accommodation taken
by the insured. The insured shall be at liberty to take alternative accommodation in any locality so long as it
is within the Municipal limit of the city or town in which the PREMISES is situated.
EXPLANATION
Additional Rent : If the insured is the Owner-Occupant, the additional rent borne by him is arrived at after
deducting the standard rent of the premises from the actual rent paid for the alternative accommodation. The
standard rent shall be based on the ratable values fixed by the Municipal/Revenue authorities for tax
purposes.
If the insured is a tenant only and for safeguarding his legal tenancy rights is obliged to pay rent for the
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premises even during the period when it is not fit for occupation, the additional rent borne by him is the actual
rent for the alternative accommodation.
If the insured is a tenant and is not obliged to pay rent for the premises during the period when it is not fit for
occupation, the additional rent borne by him is the actual rent paid for alternative accommodation taken less
the rent which he was paying for the premises immediately prior to the same being damaged or destroyed by
Insured Perils and rendered unfit for occupation
“It is hereby agreed and declared that this policy extends to cover start-up costs necessarily and reasonably
incurred by the insured consequent upon a loss or damage covered by this policy.”
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CLAUSES
The following clauses shall be attached to the policy wherever they are required .
All policies in which a Bank/Financial Institution has interest shall be issued in the name of
Bank/Financial Institution and owner or mortgagor and shall contain a suitable clause to protect
their interest. A specimen copy of the Clause is given hereunder.
i. That upon any monies becoming payable under this policy the same shall be paid by the
Company to the Bank and such part of any monies so paid as may relate to the interests of
other parties insured hereunder shall be received by the Bank as Agents for such other parties.
ii. That the receipts of the Bank shall be complete discharge of the Company therefor and
shall be binding on all the parties insured hereunder.
N.B: The Bank shall mean the first named Financial Institution/ Bank named in the policy.
iii. That if and whenever any notice shall be required to be given or other communication
shall be required to be made by the Company to the insured or any of them in any manner
arising under or in connection with this policy such notice or other communication shall
be deemed to have been sufficiently given or made if given or made to the Bank.
v. That this insurance so far only as it relates to the interest of the Bank therein shall not
cease to attach to any of the insured property by reason of operation of condition 3 of the
Policy except where a breach of the condition has been committed by the Bank or its duly
authorised agents or servants and this insurance shall not be invalidated by any act or
omission on the part of any other party insured hereunder whereby the risk is increased or by
anything being done to upon or any building hereby insured or any building in which the
goods insured under the policy are stored without the knowledge of the Bank provided always
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that the Bank shall notify the Company of any change of ownership or alterations or increase
of hazards not permitted by this insurance as soon as the same shall come to its knowledge
and shall on demand pay to the Company necessary additional premium from the time when
such increase of risks first took place and
vi. It is further agreed that whenever the Company shall pay the Bank any sum in respect of
loss or damage under this policy and shall claim that as to the Mortgagor or owner no liability
therefore existed, the Company shall become legally subrogated to all the rights of the Bank
to the extent of such payments but not so as to impair the right of the Bank to recover the full
amount of any claim it may have on such Mortgagor or Owner or any other party or parties
insured hereunder or from any securities or funds available.
N.B: In cases where the name of any Central Government or State Government owned and / or sponsored
Industrial Financing or Rehabilitation Financing Corporations and /or Unit Trust of India or General Insurance
Corporation of India and/or its subsidiaries or LIC of India/ any Financial Institution is included in the title of
the Fire Policy as mortgagees, the above Agreed Bank Clause may be incorporated in the Policy substituting
the name of such institution in place of the word 'Bank' in the said clause.
In the case of insurance of imported goods only (and not for goods of local manufacture)
which are sold under a contract which is cancelled either wholly or to the extent of loss or
damage, it is permissible to issue a policy on the basis of Contract Price and the following
clause shall be inserted in the Policy.
"It is hereby agreed and declared that in respect only of goods sold but not delivered for which the
insured is responsible and with regard to which under the conditions of sale, the sale contract is by
reason of the perils covered under the Policy, cancelled either wholly or to the extent of the loss or
damage, the liability of the company shall be based on the contract price and for the purpose of
average the value of all goods to which the clause would in the event of loss or damage be
applicable shall be ascertained on the same basis."
For the purpose of determining, where necessary, the item under which any property is insured, the
insurers agree to accept the designation under which the property has been entered in the insured's
books.
Reinstatement value insurance may be granted on Buildings, Machinery Furniture, Fixture and
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Fittings only subject to the incorporation of the following memorandum in the policy:
"It is hereby declared and agreed that in the event of the property insured under (Item Nos......of
.........) within the policy being destroyed or damaged, the basis upon which the amount payable
under (each of the said items of) the policy is to be calculated shall be cost of replacing or
reinstating on the same site or any other site with property of the same kind or type but not superior
to or more extensive than the insured property when new as on date of the loss, subject to the
following Special Provisions and subject also to the terms and conditions of the policy except in so
far as the same may be varied hereby."
Special Provisions
1. The work of replacement or reinstatement (which may be carried out upon another site and in
any manner suitable to the requirements of the insured subject to the liability of the Company
not being thereby increased) must be commenced and carried out with reasonable dispatch
and in any case must be completed within 12 months after the destruction or damage or within
such further time as the Company may in writing allow, otherwise no payment beyond the
amount which would have been payable under the policy if this memorandum had not been
incorporated therein shall be made.
1. Until expenditure has been incurred by the Insured in replacing or reinstating the property
destroyed or damaged the Company shall not be liable for any payment in excess of the
amount which would have been payable under the policy if this memorandum had not
been incorporated therein.
2. If at the time of replacement or reinstatement the sum representing the cost which would
have been incurred in replacement or reinstatement if the whole of the property covered
had been destroyed, exceeds the Sum Insured thereon or at the commencement of any
destruction or damage to such property by any of the perils insured against by the policy,
then the insured shall be considered as being his own insurer for the excess and shall bear
a rateable proportion of the loss accordingly. Each item of the policy (if more than one) to
which this memorandum applies shall be separately subject to the foregoing provision.
a) the Insured fails to intimate to the Company within 6 months from the date of destruction
or damage or such further time as the Company may in writing allow his intention to
replace or reinstate the property destroyed or damaged.
(b) the Insured is unable or unwilling to replace or reinstate the property destroyed or
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damaged on the same or another site.
"The insurance by this policy extends to include such additional cost of reinstatement of the
destroyed or damaged property hereby insured as may be incurred solely by reason of the necessity
to comply with the Building or other Regulations under or framed in pursuance of any act of
Parliament or with Bye-laws of any Municipal or Local authority provided that
a) the cost incurred in complying with any of the aforesaid Regulations or Bye-laws,
iii) under which notice has been served upon the insured prior to the happening of the
destruction of damage,
iv) in respect of undamaged property or undamaged portions of property other than foundations
(unless foundations are specifically excluded from the insurance by this policy) of that
portion of the property destroyed or damaged,
b) the additional cost that would have been required to make good the property damaged or
destroyed to a condition equal to its condition when new had the necessity to comply
with any of the aforesaid Regulations of Bye-laws not arisen,
c) the amount of any rate, tax, duty, development or other charge or assessment arising out of
capital appreciation which may be payable in respect of the property or by the owner
thereof by reason of compliance with any of the aforesaid Regulations or Bye-laws.
2) The work of reinstatement must be commenced and carried out with reasonable dispatch and
in any case must be completed within twelve months after the destruction or damage or within
such further time as the Insurers may (during the said twelve months) in writing allow and
may be carried out wholly or partially upon another site (if the aforesaid Regulations or Bye-
laws so necessitate) subject to the liability of the Insurer under this extension not being
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thereby increased.
3) If the liability of the insurer under (any item of) the policy apart from this extension shall be
reduced by the application of any of the terms and conditions of the policy then the liability of
the Insurers under this extension (in respect of any such item) shall be reduced in like
proportion.
4) The total amount recoverable under any item of the policy shall not exceed the sum insured
thereby.
5) All the conditions of the policy except in so far as they may be hereby expressly varied shall
apply as if they had been incorporated herein."
6) No additional premium shall be charged for inclusion of this clause in this policy.
F) ESCALATION CLAUSE
The following Clause shall be used :
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(i) the sums to be insured under each item above, but in the absence of such instructions
the Sums Insured by the above items shall be those stated on the policy (as amended by
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any endorsement effective prior to the aforesaid renewal date) to which shall be added the
increases which have accrued under this Clause during the period of insurance upto that
renewal date, and
(ii) the specified percentage increase(s) required for the forthcoming period of insurance, but
in the absence of instructions to the contrary prior to renewal date the existing percentage
increase shall apply for the period of insurance from renewal.
All the conditions of the policy in so far as they may be hereby expressly varied shall apply as if
they had been incorporated herein.”
“It is hereby declared and understood that the expenses incurred towards
Architects, Surveyors and Consulting Engineers fees for plans, specification
tenders, quantities and services in connection with the superintendence of the
reinstatement for the Building, Machinery, Accessories and equipment insured
under this policy is covered upto 3% of the adjusted loss, but it is understood that
this does not include any costs in connection with the preparation of the Insured‟s
claim or estimate of loss in the event of damage by insured perils”.
“It is hereby declared and agreed that the expenses incurred upto 1% of the claim amount is
included in the sum insured on:
Note : (b) & (c) above should be deleted when neither Building nor Machinery are covered.
I) FLOATER CLAUSE
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The following clause shall be attached for floater policy(ies) :
“In consideration of Floater Extra charged over and above the policy rate the S.I.
in aggregate under the policy is available for any one, more, or all locations as
specified in respect of movable property.
At all times during the currency of this policy the insured should have a good
internal audit and accounting procedure under which the total amount at risk and
the locations can be established at any particular time if required.
J) DECLARATION CLAUSE
“The Insured agrees to declare to the ....................... Company in writing the value
of his stocks (other than retail) less any amount insured by Policies other than
declaration policies, in each separate building or non-communicating compartment
or in the open on the following basis namely 1] average of the values at risk on
each day of the month or 2] the highest value at risk during the month and to make
such declaration(s) latest by the last day of the succeeding month. Such
declaration(s) shall be signed by the Insured or by a responsible person authorised
to sign on his behalf.
If other policies on declaration basis cover the stocks hereby insured, the
declarations shall be made so as to apportion to each policy a share of the value of
the stocks insured under such declaration policies, PRO RATA to the respective
amounts named in the policies.
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In the event of a declaration not being made latest by the last day of the
succeeding month , then the insured shall be deemed to have declared the Sum
Insured hereby as the value at risk.
On the expiry of each period of insurance the premium shall be calculated at the rate of ...................
(insert the Tariff rate) on the average Sum Insured namely, the total of the values declared or
deemed to have been declared divided by the number of declarations deemed to have been made.
If the resultant premium is less than the provisional premium, the difference shall
be repaid to the Insured but such repayment shall not exceed 50% of the
provisional premium.
Further it is hereby agreed and understood that no reduction in sum insured shall
be allowed during the currency of the policy
2) The basis of value for declarations shall be the market value and any loss
hereunder shall be settled on the basis of the Market Value immediately anterior to
the loss.
4) If after the occurrence of a loss it is found that the amount of the last declaration
previous to the loss is less than the amount that ought to have been declared, then
the amount which would have been recoverable by the Insured shall be reduced in
such proportion as the amount of the said last declaration bears to the amount that
ought to have been declared.
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5) Notwithstanding the occurrence of loss it is understood that the Sum Insured
will be maintained at all times during the currency of the policy and the Insured
therefore undertakes to pay extra premium on the amount of any loss pro rata
from the date of such loss to the expiry of the period of insurance, the premium
being calculated at the rate applicable to the stocks destroyed and such extra
premium shall not be take into account in, and shall be distinct from, the final
adjustment of premium.
6) In event of this policy being cancelled by the Insured during its currency
(whether stocks exist or not) the premium to be retained by the Company shall be
the appropriate short period premium calculated on the average amount insured
upto the date of cancellment, or 50% of the provisional premium whichever is
greater. Notwithstanding the above, if the policy is cancelled by the insured after a
loss has occurred, the premium to be retained by the company shall be the PRO
RATA proportion of the premium calculated on the average amount insured upto
the date of cancellation plus the PRO RATA proportion of the premium from the
date of loss to the expiry of the period of insurance on the amount of loss paid, or
50% of the provisional premium whichever is greater.
7) The maximum liability of the Company shall not exceed the Sum Insured
hereby and premium shall not be receivable on value in excess thereof. The Sum
Insured may, however, be increased by prior agreement with the Company in
which event the new Sum Insured and the date from which it is effective will be
recorded on the policy by endorsement. In the event of an increase in the Sum
Insured being agreed to, the Company shall charge on such increased sum an
additional provisional premium on a basis proportionate to the unexpired period of
the policy and upon expiry of each period of insurance the total provisional
premium so paid shall be adjusted as provided for in Clause 1 above. If during the
currency of the policy, the rate for the class of risk to which the insurance applies
is revised, and an increase in the Sum Insured under a Declaration Policy is agreed
to, the Company shall charge on such increased sum an additional provisional
premium on a basis proportionate to the unexpired period of policy, at the rate at
which the insurance was originally effected and upon expiry of each period of
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insurance the total provisional premium so paid shall be adjusted as provided for in
Clause 1 above.
8) If the stocks hereby insured shall at the time of loss be collectively of greater
value than the Sum Insured thereon, then the Insured shall be considered as being
his own insurer for the difference and shall bear a rateable proportion of the loss
accordingly. Every item, if more than one, on stock shall be separately subject to
this condition.
9) It is warranted that every other policy on a declaration basis covering the stocks
insured hereby shall be identical in wording with this policy.
10) This insurance is subject in all respects to the printed conditions of the policy
except in so far as they may be varied by the above conditions.
The following clause shall be attached to the policy(ies) in case the insured
accepts the deductible and the discount therefor:
“It is hereby declared and agreed that the insured having opted a voluntary
deductible of
Rs.--------- out of net amount of each and every admissible claim under the fire
policy(ies) covering the said premises, the company has allowed a discount of ----
% on the final premium payable for the policies and Add on Covers.
It is further agreed that the above voluntary deductible opted shall be in addition to
compulsory exclusion stipulated under “General exclusions” attached to the
policy(ies) and/or for add-on covers.”
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3) Business Of Proposer
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8) Would you like to delete any of following covers from the basic
cover?
9) Would you like to cover Plinth & Foundation along with your buildings Yes / No
ANNEXURE - B
Deterioration of Stocks in cold storage premises on account of
11) Whether you have insured the same property with any other Insurance Company with
the same type of coverage. (Give details)
12) Whether Insurance was declined by any other Company or imposed any Special
Conditions (Give details)
13) Premium / Claim details for the past 36 months excluding the Premium Claims
expiring policy period
ANNEXURE - B
Residence,Office,Shops,Hotels etc Yes / No
Industrial/Manufacturing risks Yes/No
Storages outside industrial risks Yes / No
Tanks / Gas Holders outside Industrial Manufacturing risks Yes / No
Utilities located outside Industrial Manufacturing risks Yes / No
15) If used as Shop please declare whether the goods handled are as per the following list.
If yes, whether the stock value will exceed 5% of shops value
1.Celluloid goods, 2.Coir Loose, 3.Crackers & Fire Works, 4.Explosives of any kind,
5.Hay/Straw, 6.Hemp, 7.Jute Loose, 8.Matches, 9.Methylated Spirit, 10.Nitro-Cellulose Plastics,
11.Oils/Ether/Industrial Solvents and other inflammable liquids flashing at and below 32 Deg.C
(Closed Cup test), 12.Paints with inflammable base having flash point below 32 Deg.C (Closed
Cup test) - Other than in sealed tins or drums, 13.Varnishes having a Flash point below 32 Deg.C
(Closed Cup test) - Other than in sealed tins or drums,14.Disinfectant liquids and liquid
insecticides - Other than in sealed tins or drums,15.Vegetable fibres of any kind including Rayon
Fibre.
16) .If used as warehouse / godown (not located in a manufacturing unit) please give the list
of goods stored
19) Fire Protection devices installed Please Tick the correct answer in
the box below
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Small bore hose reels Yes/No
Trailer Pumps/Fire engines Yes/No
a) List out the various blocks and indicate
the type of protection provided for each Hydrant System Yes/No
block. Sprinkler System Yes/No
Fixed Water Spray System Yes/No
b) Indicate whether Annual Maintenance contract for
the Appliances is in force : Yes/No
Foam systems Yes/No
Fire alarm systems Yes/No
Gas flooding systems Yes/No
Note: Buildings having walls and/ or roofs of wooden planks/thatched leaves and/or grass/hay
of any kind/bamboo/plastic cloth/asphalt cloth/canvas/tarpaulin and the like are treated as
“Kutcha” consruction.
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22) Building wise values (Please include the kutcha buildings also in this list and give
individual values against such buildings)
Description Amount in
Of Block Rs
Building M F&F SSP* Propert Total AGE HT CONS
including & and * y to be (YRS) (MT TRUC
plinth A other insured S) TION
equipm separat
ents ely
Total
** Indicates those stocks which are covered on normal basis and do not fall under Serial No.23
A,B, C and D below
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B) On Declaration Basis
Stocks which fluctuate in value as well as stored in various locations can be covered on
(monthly) floater declaration basis.
Tick Amount Rs.
Floater Declaration Basis
Note:
1.Minimum Sum Insured is Rs. 2 Crore
2.Stocks in process & stocks stored at Railway sidings are not covered
24) Total Sum Insured (as per relevant serial numbers shown against each)
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Architects &
Engineers Fees
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Debris Removal
Deterioration of Stocks
in cold storage
premises on account of
a) Accidental power
failures due to
damage at power
station due to an
insured peril;
b) Deterioration of stocks
in cold storage premises
due to change in
temperature arising out
of loss or damage to the
cold storage
machinery(ies) in the
Insured‟s premises due
to operation of insured
peril.
Forest Fire
Impact damage due to
Insured‟s own vehicle
Spontaneous
Combustion
Omission to Insure
additions
alteration extension
Earthquake
Spoilage material cover
Leakage and
contamination cover
Temporary removal of
stocks
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Additional expenses of
rent for an alternate
accommodation
Building wise values
(Stocks Floater Basis)
(Stocks Declaration Basis)
(Stocks Floater
Declaration)
(Stocks in open - outside
factory compound)
Grand Total
25. Would you like to avail Discount for Voluntary Deductibles: Yes/ No
If the answer is Yes , indicate the choice of Deductible amount: Rs.------
Declaration by Insured
I/ We hereby declare that the statements made by me / us in this Proposal Form are true to the best of
my / our knowledge and belief and I / We hereby agree that this declaration shall form the basis of
the contract between me / us and the “__________________________________________.”
If any additions or alterations are carried out in the risk proposed after the submission of this proposal
form then the same should be conveyed to the insurers immediately.
Date Place
Recommendations of Signature of
Development Officer / Agent Proposer