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General Information:
Should you have any questions regarding the Membership Program provided by the Master Policy Holder, or wish to view a complete copy of the
Master Policy, please call the customer service number located in your membership materials.
Filing a Claim: To file a claim under the Master Policy, please contact Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America. Telephone: 1-800-476-5696
INSURING AGREEMENT
(1) IDENTITY FRAUD EXPENSE COVERAGE
To reimburse an Insured Person for Expenses incurred by the
Insured Person as the direct result of any one Identity Fraud
discovered during the policy period.
Only an Insured Person will be entitled to coverage under this Insuring Agreement (1).
CONDITIONS
1. Definitions:
(a) “Expenses” means
(i) Costs for notarizing fraud affidavits or similar
documents for financial institutions or similar credit grantors or
credit agencies that have required that such affidavits be notarized.
(ii) Costs for certified mail to law enforcement agencies,
credit agencies, financial institutions or similar credit grantors.
(iii) Lost wages as a result of time taken off from work to
meet with, or talk to, law enforcement agencies, credit agencies and/or
legal counsel, to complete fraud affidavits, or due to
wrongful incarceration arising solely from someone having committed
a crime in the Insured
Person’s name up to a maximum payment of $500 per week for a maximum period of four weeks.
Lost wages shall not apply in the case of wrongful
incarceration absent all charges being dropped or an acquittal.
(iv) Loan application fees for re-applying for a loan or
loans when the original application is rejected solely because the
lender
received incorrect credit information.
(v) Charges incurred for long distance telephone calls to
merchants, law enforcement agencies, financial institutions or similar
credit grantors, or credit agencies to report or discuss an actual Identity Fraud.
(vi) Reasonable attorney fees incurred, with the Company’s prior consent, for:
a. defense of lawsuits brought against the Insured Person by merchants or their collection agencies,
b. the removal of any criminal or civil judgments wrongly entered against an Insured Person, and
c. challenging the accuracy or completeness of any information in a consumer credit report.
(b) “Identity Fraud” means the act of knowingly transferring or using, without lawful authority, a means of identification of an
Insured Person with the intent to commit, or to aid or abet, any unlawful activity that constitutes a violation of Federal law or
a felony under any applicable state or local law.
(c) “Insured Person” means any natural person who is currently subscribed to a Membership Program or affinity group that has
been specifically expanded by the Master Policy Holder to include the protection afforded by the Master Policy.
(d) “Master Policy Holder” means Intersections Inc.
(e) “Membership Program” means a membership program sponsored by the Master Policy Holder and that is specifically named
within an endorsement attached to the Master Policy.
(f) “Policy Period” means the dates shown in the Master Policy.
2. Exclusions
The Master Policy does not apply:
(a) to loss due to any fraudulent, dishonest or criminal act by an Insured Person or any person acting in concert with an Insured
Person,
or by any authorized representative of an Insured Person, whether acting alone or in collusion with others;
(b) to loss other than Expenses;
(c) to an Identity Fraud that was discovered, or Expenses incurred, when an individual was not an Insured Person.
(d) to loss due to nuclear reaction, nuclear radiation or
radioactive contamination, or due to any act or condition incident to
any of
the foregoing; or
(e) to loss due to war, whether or not declared, civil war,
insurrection, rebellion, revolution, or to any act or condition
incident to
any of the foregoing.
3. Policy Period - Discovery - The Master Policy applies only to Identity Fraud, occurring anywhere in the world, which is discovered
during the Policy Period and is reported to the Company during the Policy Period or within 30 days following the termination of
either
a. this Policy; or
b. membership of the Insured Person in a Membership Program.
4. Limits of Insurance - Under Insuring Agreement (1), the limit of the Company’s liability per Insured Person for loss covered under
the Master Policy shall not exceed the applicable Limit of Insurance
shown in the Declarations. Under the Master Policy, all losses
incidental to an act or series of related acts or arising from
the same method of operation, whether committed by one or more
persons, shall be deemed to arise out of one occurrence and shall be
treated as one loss. However, solely with respect to Insuring Agreement (1), should one such act cause a covered loss to more than one Insured Person, the available Limit of Insurance under the Master Policy and the deductible amount shall apply to each Insured Person separately.
Regardless of the number of Membership Programs that an Insured Person is a member of, the Company’s liability to such Insured Person for loss covered under the Master Policy shall not exceed the applicable Limit of Insurance shown in the Declarations.
5. Deductible - The Company shall be liable only for the amount by which any loss exceeds the applicable Deductible Amount as shown in the Declarations. This Deductible Amount applies to each and every loss and shall have no aggregate limitation.
6. Recoveries - Any recoveries, less the cost of obtaining them, made after settlement of loss covered by the Master Policy will be distributed as follows:
(a) first, to the Insured Person, until the Insured Person is reimbursed for any loss that was sustained by the Insured Person that exceeds the Limit of Insurance and the Deductible Amount, if any;
(b) then to the Company, until the Company is reimbursed for the settlement made; and
(c) then to the Insured Person until the Insured Person is reimbursed for that part of the loss equal to the Deductible Amount, if any.
Recoveries do not include any recovery from insurance, suretyship,
reinsurance, security or indemnity taken for the Company’s benefit.
7. Ownership Interests Covered - This Policy shall be for the sole use and benefit of the Insured Persons and the Master Policy Holder. It provides no rights or benefits to any other person, entity, or organization.
8. Insured Duties When Loss Occurs - Upon knowledge or discovery of loss or of an occurrence which may give rise to a claim under the terms of the Master Policy, the Insured Person shall give notice thereof as soon as practicable to the Company, and
file detailed proof of loss, duly sworn to, with the Company within
four months after the discovery of loss. If the loss involves a violation of law, the Insured Person shall also notify the police.
Upon the Company’s request, the Insured Person shall submit to examination by the Company, subscribe the same, under oath
if required, and produce for the Company’s examination all pertinent
records, all at such reasonable times and places as the
Company shall designate, and shall cooperate with the Company in all
matters pertaining to loss or claims with respect thereto.
Compliance with all terms and conditions of the Master Policy are
conditions precedent to recovery under the Master Policy.
The Insured Person shall keep books, receipts, bills and other records in such manner that the Company can accurately
determine therefrom the amount of any loss. At any time subsequent to
the reporting thereof to the Company, the Company may examine and audit the Insured
Person’s books and records as they relate to a loss under the Master Policy.
9. Other Insurance - If there is any other valid and collectible insurance which would apply in the absence of the Master Policy, the insurance under the Master Policy shall apply only as excess insurance over such other insurance.
10. Action Against Company - No action shall lie against the Company unless, as a condition precedent thereto, there shall have
been full compliance with all terms of the Master Policy, nor until 90
days after the required proof of loss has been filed with the Company, nor at all unless commenced within two years from the date when the Insured Person first discovers the loss. If any
limitation of time for notice of loss or any legal proceeding herein
contained is shorter than that permitted to be fixed by
agreement under any statute controlling the construction of the Master
Policy, the shortest permissible statutory limitation of time shall govern and shall supersede the time limitation herein stated.
11. Subrogation - In the event of any payment under the Master Policy, the Company shall be subrogated to all the Insured Person’s
rights of recovery therefore against any person or organization, and the Insured Person shall execute and deliver instruments and papers and shall take whatever other actions are necessary to secure such rights for the Company. The Insured Person shall not take any action after the discovery of any loss that would prejudice such rights.
12. Changes - Notice to any agent or knowledge possessed by any agent or by any other person shall not effect a waiver or a change
in any part of the Master Policy or stop the Company from asserting any
right under the terms of the Master Policy; nor shall the
terms of the Master Policy be waived or changed, except by endorsement
issued by the Company and made to form a part of the Master Policy.
13. Assignment - Assignment of interest under the Master Policy shall not bind the Company until its consent is endorsed herein.
14. Concealment or Misrepresentation - The Master Policy is void as to any Insured Person if, at any time, said Insured Person intentionally
conceals or misrepresents a material fact concerning either the insurance afforded by the Master Policy or a claim under the Master Policy.
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