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RJP Marine - Personal Watercraft Insurance
The No.1 Watercraft Insurance Scheme in the UK
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INDEX
GUIDE – Some information about the policy.
SCOPE OF COVER – Cover Warranties
CRUISING LIMITS – Where you can use your craft
SECTION 1
- Legal Liability – Cover for your liability to others
- Exclusions
- Waterski Clause
- Excess Clause – How much you pay in the event of a claim against you
SECTION 2
- General Exceptions
SECTION 3
- Claims and Accidents – Conditions and Procedures
SECTION 4
- Other Provisions
- Cancellations – What happens and what premium would you get back
- EU Disclosure clause and Complaints Procedure
PERSONAL WATERCRAFT INSURANCE CERTIFICATE
Thank you for choosing the RJP Marine Personal Watercraft Policy. This policy is issued under a binding authority agreement (MarkelPWC12007) issued to RJP Marine Insurance Services by Markel International Insurance Co Ltd who are authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority, 25 The North Colonnade, Canary Wharf,
London E14 5HS, referred to throughout as the Insurer.
Guide
This Insurance Policy contains the following important information:-
A Certificate in respect of your Craft.
Guidance if you are held liable, and you want to make a claim.
Both parties to the contract have obligations as well as rights including, on
your part, a responsibility to maintain the Craft in a proper state of repair
and seaworthiness and to act reasonably to prevent or minimise any loss or
damage.
The information you have provided is incorporated in the statement of fact and
the declaration, which you have agreed is truthful and accurate, and is the
basis of and forms part of this contract.
Please read this Insurance Policy and Certificate now and make sure you
understand the cover and that this is in accordance with your requirements.
In particular please make sure you
notify the Insurer through RJP Marine if:-
anything happens to change the use or nature of the Craft.
you do anything which may affect the Craft’s performance – for example, adding
new gear and equipment.
Scope of Cover
The Insurers agree to indemnify you against your legal liability, as detailed
in this Insurance Policy, which may occur during the Period of Insurance for
which Insurers have accepted your premium.
It is warranted that the Craft will be used solely by persons aged 16 years or
over and who have been instructed in the use of the Craft except where a person
between the ages of 12 and 16 years , who holds the RYA Personal watercraft
Qualification has been agreed and named on the schedule by RJP Marine as a user
of the craft. It is then further warranted that such person, after instruction,
uses the craft only in accordance with the terms, conditions and limitations of
that RYA qualification.
It is warranted that the Craft shall not be towed except when in need of
assistance nor undertake towage or salvage services under a contract previously
arranged. The foregoing shall not exclude customary towage in connection with
laying up, fitting out or repairs or the towage of waterskis/watertoys if
agreed by the Insurers.
It is warranted that the craft shall at all times be used in accordance with
the prevailing by-laws, rules and regulations.
It is warranted that any engine cut out device must be in place and operative
at all times when the craft is in use.
Cruising Limits
Inland and Coastal Waters of the United Kingdom,
the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, including up to 30 days use on the
continent of Europe in each 12 month period of
insurance.
Section 1 – Legal Liability
By reason of your interest in the Craft and/or trailer you may be held legally
liable for damage, loss of life or injury and this Section of your Insurance
Policy indemnifies you for such payment as set out below.
This Section also covers the legal liability of any person (other than a person
operating or employed by the operator of a shipyard, repair yard, slipway,
yacht club, marina, sales agency or similar organisation), after instruction,
using the Craft with your permission.
The limit of indemnity under this Section is £3 million for any one accident or
series of accidents arising from the same event. In no case shall the total
indemnity exceed the amount shown in respect of the any one event.
The Insurers will indemnify you or any person using the Craft, after
instruction, with your permission against losses resulting from your or their
legal liability for:-
- Death or bodily injury to any person other than you or
other than as specified in exclusions (a) to (j) below.
- Loss or damage to property not belonging to you or a
permitted user.
- Attempted or actual raising, removal or destruction of
the wreck of the Craft or any negligence or failure to raise, remove or destroy
the wreck.
- Expenses incurred by you with Insurers prior written
consent in connection with official Inquiries and Coroners’ Inquests.
- Legal costs incurred with the Insurers written consent,
in defending any action or contesting liability in a Civil Court. Similar legal costs in
connection with any criminal prosecution may be considered at the Insurer’s
discretion.
Exclusions:
The Insurers will not indemnify you or any permitted user after instruction,
against legal liability for:
- Death or bodily injury in respect of any person
employed in any capacity by you in connection with the Craft or similarly
employed by any person using the Craft with your permission.
- Accidents caused by or to waterskiers, kneeboarders, or
others involved in activities of a similar kind, including the use of
‘watertoys’, whilst being towed or preparing to be towed by the craft or until
safely back on board the Craft.
- Accidents caused by or to any person engaged in kiting
or other airborne sport whilst being towed by the Craft or preparing to be
towed or until safely back on board the Craft.
- Accidents occurring while the Craft is in transit by
mechanically propelled road vehicle, rail, ship or aircraft.
- Accidents involving the trailer except when
intentionally not coupled to a towing vehicle.
- Death of or bodily injury to fare-paying passengers or
loss of or damage to their property.
- Damages or penalties arising solely under a contract.
- Fines or other penalties imposed under any statutory
code or common law in respect of any offence committed.
- Medical Expenses incurred by you or by a person
permitted to use the Craft.
- Punitive or exemplary damages howsoever described.
Waterski Clause
In respect of craft capable of towing according to manufacturers
recommendation, exclusion (b) is removed only
in respect of users who are 16 years of age or over. The liability cover then
provided extends to include Waterskiing, Knee & Wake Boarding and
activities of a similar kind including the use of “Watertoys” which are
designed to carry no more than 2 people. It is warranted that watertoys are
only used strictly in accordance with the manufacturers instructions and
recommendations. The limit of indemnity under this clause for any one accident
or series of accidents arising from the same event is £1 million.
Excess Clause
You will bear the first £250 of any Third Party Property Loss. Unless otherwise
stated. This excess will be doubled where the person in charge of or using the
craft is not named on the proposal form.
Section 2 – General Exceptions
THE INSURANCE POLICY DOES NOT INSURE:
- THE CRAFT AND/OR TRAILER IF THEY ARE USED FOR RACING OR
ANY COMPETITION INVOLVING SPEED OR FOR ANY PURPOSE OTHER THAN PRIVATE PLEASURE
PURPOSES UNLESS SPECIFICALLY AGREED WITH UNDERWRITERS AND THE POLICY ENDORSED
ACCORDINGLY.
- LOSS, DAMAGE, EXPENSE OR LIABILITY DIRECTLY OR
INDIRECTLY ARISING FROM CAPTURE, SEIZURE, ARREST, RESTRAINT OR DETAINMENT, WAR,
TERRORISM, CIVIL WAR, REVOLUTION, REBELLION, INSURRECTION, CIVIL CONFLICT OR
COMMOTION.
- AGAINST LOSS, DAMAGE, EXPENSE OR LIABILITY ARISING OUT
OF THE ACTIONS OF STRIKERS, LOCKED OUT WORKMEN OR PERSONS TAKING PART IN LABOUR
DISTURBANCES, RIOTS OR CIVIL COMMOTIONS, DAMAGE CAUSED BY PRESSURE WAVES FROM
AIRCRAFT AND OTHER AERIAL DEVICES TRAVELLING AT SONIC OR SUPERSONIC SPEEDS.
- ANY LOSS, DAMAGE, EXPENSE OR LIABILITY DIRECTLY OR
INDIRECTLY CAUSED BY OR CONTRIBUTED TO BY OR ARISING FROM:
- IONISING RADIATIONS OR CONTAMINATION BY RADIOACTIVITY
FROM ANY NUCLEAR FUEL OR FROM ANY NUCLEAR WASTE FROM THE COMBUSTION OF NUCLEAR
FUEL.
- RADIOACTIVE, TOXIC, EXPLOSIVE OR ANY OTHER HAZARDOUS
PROPERTIES OF ANY NUCLEAR ASSEMBLY OR NUCLEAR COMPONENT THEREOF.
- ANY WEAPON OR DEVICE EMPLOYING ATOMIC OR NUCLEAR
FISSION AND/OR FUSION OR OTHER LIKE REACTION OR RADIOACTIVE FORCE OR MATTER.
- THE RADIOACTIVE, TOXIC, EXPLOSIVE OR OTHER HAZARDOUS OR
CONTAMINATING PROPERTIES OF ANY RADIOACTIVE MATTER. THE EXCLUSION IN THIS
SUB-CLAUSE DOES NOT EXTEND TO RADIOACTIVE ISOTOPES, OTHER THAN NUCLEAR FUEL
WHEN SUCH ISOTOPES ARE BEING PREPARED, CARRIED, STORED, OR USED FOR COMMERCIAL,
AGRICULTURAL, MEDICAL, SCIENTIFIC OR SIMILAR PEACEFUL PURPOSES.
Section 3 – Claims and
Accidents (General Conditions and Procedures)
Notification
- In the event of any occurrence which may give rise to a
claim under this Insurance Policy notice must be given to the Insurers as soon
as possible through RJP Marine.
- Full details of the occurrence must be given in writing
as soon as possible thereafter with names and addresses of witnesses and any
third parties and you must give the Insurers whatever assistance and information
they may require.
- You must send to the Insurers via RJP Marine as soon as
You must send to the Insurers via RJP Marine as soon as
possible, and unanswered, all claims letters, summonses, writs or documents
which you receive from third parties and give the Insurers whatever assistance
and information they may require.
Admission To Third Parties
No liability of any sort may be admitted and no undertaking given, nor may any
offer or promise of payment be made or legal expenses incurred by you without
the Insurers’ written consent. The Insurers shall be entitled if they so wish
to take over and conduct in your name any action in respect of claims for
indemnity or damages or otherwise involving any third party.
Other Insurances
In the event of any claim arising under this Insurance Policy which is also
recoverable under any other insurance the Insurers will not be liable for more
than their rateable proportion of such loss.
Section 4 – Other Provisions
Facts omitted and misrepresented
This Insurance Policy or any subsequent renewal will be void from inception:
- If you have obtained cover through the omission,
misrepresentation or suppression of any facts, truths or circumstances known to
you which could have influenced the Insurers assessment and acceptance of the
risk or offer of renewal.
- If you deliberately omit, misrepresent or suppress any
facts, truths or circumstances in support
of a claim under this Insurance Policy.
In any such event you shall
lose all your rights under this Insurance Policy or any subsequent renewal but
the Insurers will nevertheless be entitled to retain the full premium.
Duties as Owner Warranty
It is warranted that you will take all reasonable steps to maintain the Craft
in a proper state of seaworthiness and to prevent or minimise any loss or
damage.
Assignment Or Transfer Of Insurance
This insurance is a contract personal to you and is not assignable or
transferable unless agreed in writing between you and the Insurers.
Sale or Transfer of Ownership
If the Craft or any interest in it is sold or transferred to new ownership
then, unless the Insurers agree in writing to continue the insurance, this
Insurance Policy shall be automatically cancelled from the time of sale or
transfer.
Cancellation
This insurance may be cancelled by the Insurers at any time subject to 15 days
written notice to the Policyholder or his Agent, or by mutual agreement. The
premium is payable in full and no refund shall be allowed should you cancel the
policy during the period of insurance.
No Claims Discount
In the event of no claims being paid or outstanding at the expiry of 12 months
insurance the renewal premium calculated using rates applicable at the renewal
date will be reduced as follows:
- By 5% after 1 year
- By 10% after 2 consecutive years
- By 15% after 3 consecutive years
- By 20% after 4 consecutive years
This clause does not imply any obligation upon the Insurers to renew
this insurance.
E.U. DISCLOSURE CLAUSE (UK)
Notice to Proposer/Policyholder
The Parties are free to choose the law applicable to this Insurance Contract.
Unless specifically agreed to the contrary this insurance shall be subject to
English Law.
How to make a complaint
If you have a complaint please contact the Training and Compliance Officer at
RJP Marine Insurance Services 1-7 Dunstall Street, Scunthorpe, N. Lincs, DN15
6LD.
If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your complaint you can at any time
refer the matter
to :-
The Compliance Officer,
Markel International Insurance Company Limited,
The Markel Building,
49 Leadenhall Street,
London,
EC3A 2EA.
If still not satisfied then the case may be referred (again without prejudicing
your rights in law) to:
Financial Ombudsman Service
South Quay Plaza
183 Marsh Wall
LONDON E14 9SR
Telephone: 020 7964 1000
E-mail complaint.info@financial-ombudsman.org.uk
RJP Marine Insurance Services 1-7 Dunstall Street Scunthorpe N. Lincs DN15 6LD
01724 855510
Johnstone Insurance Brokers Ltd Trading As RJP Marine Insurance Services are
Authorised and Regulated by the Financial Services Authority Registration number 452604
Registered in England Number 05683941
PWPL0507
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