Motor Insurance

A cover note is a temporary certificate of insurance issued by the Insurer before the issuance of a policy after the Insured has given a duly filled in proposal form and has paid the premium in full.

A cover note is valid for a period of 60 days from the date of issue of the cover note and the insurer shall issue the Certificate of Insurance before the cover note expires.

IDV means the Insured's Declared Value. It is the value of the vehicle, which is arrived at by adjusting the current manufacturer's listed selling price of the vehicle with a depreciation percentage as prescribed in the Tariff. For the vehicles that are obsolete and aged over 5 years, the IDV will be the value agreed between the Insurer and the Insured.

Manufacturer's Listed Selling Price = Cost Price + Local Duties/Taxes, excluding Registration and Insurance.

The value of the obsolete vehicles and the vehicles aged over 5 years are arrived by our Assessment Team with the help of various resources like IMAs, Panel of Surveyors, Car Dealers, Second Hand Car dealers, etc.

All motor policies are annual policies issued for a period of twelve months. However, extension to a further period less than 12 months can be allowed with the approval of the competent authority, for arriving the renewals of the customer on a common date or for any other reason convenient to the customer. Additional premium needs to be collected for such extensions. Period less than 12 months can be given on a Short Period basis only with the approval of the competent authority.

 We require a proposal form in all the following situations:

• New Business.
• Other Company renewal.
• On Transfer of Interest.
• On conversion of Liability Only cover to Package Policy.
• Change / Substitution of the vehicle.
• On alteration/improvement of the vehicle either during the currency of the policy or during the renewal.