IMPORTANT NOTICE
PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING ADVICE BEFORE PROCEEDING TO COMPLETE THIS PROPOSAL FORM
Your Professional Indemnity Insurance Policy is issued on a CLAIMS MADE basis.
This means that this policy responds to:
1. Claims first made against you during the period of insurance and notified to the Insurer during that period of insurance, providing that you were not aware at any time prior to the policy inception of circumstances which would have put a reasonable person in your position on notice that a Claim may be made against you; and
2. Pursuant to Section 40, sub-section 3 of the Insurance Contracts Act 1984 (Cth.) which states: “Where the Insured gave notice in writing to the Insurer of facts that might give rise to a Claim against the Insured as soon as was reasonably practicable after the Insured became aware of those facts but before the insurance cover provided by the contract expired, the Insurer is not relieved of liability under the contract in respect of the Claim, when made, by reason only that it was made after the expiration of the period of insurance cover provided by the contract”.
When the policy expires, no new notification generally can be made on the expired policy even though the event giving rise to a Claim against you may have occurred during the period of insurance. You will not be entitled to indemnity under your new policy in respect of any Claim arising out of circumstances of which you were aware at any time prior to policy inception which would have put a reasonable person in your position on notice that a Claim may be made against you.
When completing your proposal you are obliged to report and provide full details of all circumstances which have become known to you and which would put a reasonable person in your position on notice that a Claim may be made against you. This is important to ensure that you make proper disclosure (refer to notice pursuant to the Insurance Contracts Act 1984 (Cth.)) in order that your entitlement to full indemnity under your new policy is not placed in jeopardy. In accordance with the provisions of the Insurance Contracts Act 1984 (Cth.), the insurer is required to advise you of your responsibilities in relation to the disclosure of relevant information.
Your Duty of Disclosure
Before you enter into a contract of general insurance with an Insurer, you have a duty, under the Insurance Contracts Act 1984 (Cth.) to disclose to the Insurer every matter that you know, or could reasonably be expected to know, is relevant to the Insurer’s decision whether to accept the risk of the insurance and, if so, upon what terms. You have th e same duty to disclose those matters to the Insurer before you renew, extend, vary or reinstate a contract of general insurance.
Your duty however does not require disclosure of matter:
- That diminishes the risk to be undertaken by the Insurer;
- That is of common knowledge;
- That your Insurer knows or, in the ordinary course of his business, ought to know;
- As to which compliance with your duty is waived by their Insurer.
(It should be noted that this duty continues after the proposal form has been completed up until the time the policy is entered into.)
Non-Disclosure
If you fail to comply with your duty of disclosure, the Insurer may be entitled to reduce their liability under the contract in respect of a Claim or may cancel the contract. If your non-disclosure is fraudulent, the Insurer may also have the option of avoiding the contract from its beginning. It is therefore vital that you make sufficient enquiries BEFORE youcomplete your proposal form and BEFORE you sign any declaration that there has been no change in the information proposed. Please take notice of the following statements pursuant to the provisions of the Insurance Contracts Act 1984 (Cth.).
Surrender or Waiver of any Right of Contribution or Indemnity
Where another person or company would be liable to compensate you or hold you harmless for part or allor any loss or damage otherwise covered by the policy, but you have agreed with that person either before or after the inception of the policy that you would not seek to recover any loss or damage from that person, you are NOT covered under the policy for any such loss or damage.
Notice of Occurrences or Events
If during the period of this policy, the Insured shall become aware of any occurrence which may give rise to a Claim under the policy and shall during the period of this insurance given written notice to the Insurer of such occurrence, any Claim which may be subsequently made arising out of the occurrence of which notification has been given shall be deemed to be a Claim made during the period of this policy whenever such Claim may actually be made.
Contract by the Insured Affecting Rights of Subrogation
If the proposed contract of insurance includes a provision which excludes or limits the Insurer’s liability in respect of any loss because you are a party to an agreement which excludes or limits your rights to recover damages from a third party in respect of that loss, you are hereby notified that signing any such agreement may place your indemnity under the proposed contract of insurance at risk.
When completing this Proposal Form
- Please answer all questions giving full and complete answers.
- It is the duty of the Applicant to provide all information that is requested in the proposal form as well as to add additional relevant fact.
- A relevant fact is such know fact and/or circumstance that may influence in the evaluation of the risk by the insurer. If you have any doubts about what a relevant fact is, please do not hesitate to contact your broker or insurer.
- If the space provided on the Proposal Form is insufficient, please use a separate signed and dated sheet in order to provide a complete answer to any question.
- The proposal form must be completed, signed and dated by a person, who must be of legal capacity and authorised for the purpose of requesting professional indemnity liability insurance for the firm who acts as a Applicant.
This proposal form does NOT BIND the Proposer to complete the insurance but will form part of any insurance.
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