CANADIAN DOLLAR SCOTIABANK COMMERCIAL CARD
TRAVEL ACCIDENT INSURANCE CERTIFICATE
This Certificate contains limitations of coverage. It should be read carefully, kept in a safe place and carried with you when you travel.
This Certificate is effective November 1st, 2000 and is furnished to you, the Cardholder.
Desjardins Financial Security Life Assurance Company. (herein called the Insurer)
CERTIFIES THAT:
having issued Policy No. NS0001 (herein called the Policy) the
Cardholder of a Canadian Dollar Scotiabank (herein called the Policyholder) Commercial Card is eligible for coverage under the Policy. A Cardholder shall be covered whenever his/her transportation fare for a Trip on a Common Carrier has been charged to the Cardholder's account prior to any Injury resulting in loss, for which claim is made, under the Policy. Any such Trip shall herein be considered a covered Trip for the Cardholder.
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DEFINITIONS
Italicized terms are defined in this section of the Certificate. Wherever used in this Certificate :
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Accident" means any bodily Injury, certified by a physician, due to sudden and unforeseen external causes resulting directly and independently of any other cause.
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Card" means a Canadian Dollar Scotiabank Commercial Card.
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Common Carrier" means any land, air or water conveyance for regular passenger service, which is licensed to transport passengers for compensation or hire.
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Company" means a customer who has signed an agreement with the Policyholder accepting all debt under the Card.
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Cardholder" means a Company employee to whom the Policyholder has opened an account and issued a Visa Card in his/her name and who is a Permanent Resident of Canada.
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Hospital" means a facility licensed as a Hospital under legislation in effect in the country where it is located.
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Injury" means bodily Injury to the Insured Person caused by an Accident occurring while this Certificate is in force. This Injury is the basis of claim and results directly and independently of all other causes, provided it is sustained under the circumstances and in the manner described in the section entitled "Coverage A."
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Insured Person" means the Cardholder eligible to the insurance.
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Member of the Immediate Family" means the Spouse, parents, children, brothers, sisters or grandparents of the Cardholder.
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Permanent Resident" means a person who resides in Canada for at least 6 months of the year. However, individuals otherwise eligible for coverage who are members of the Canadian Foreign Service need not satisfy this requirement. 2
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Spouse" means either:
a) the individual to whom the
Cardholder is legally married, or
b) a person who cohabits on a continuous basis with the
Cardholder in a relationship of a conjugal nature which has been publicly recognized as such for at least one year.
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Trip" means travel away from the Cardholder’s residence. The travel cost must have been paid with the Card or via points earned under an airline points program. If only a partial payment is made under such program, the balance must be paid by the Card to be effective.
COVERAGE A
The hazards covered under the Policy are
Injuries sustained during a Trip by an Insured Person while and as a result of:
1. a) an
Accident which occurs while the Cardholder is riding as a passenger in or on, boarding or alighting from a Common Carrier which is providing the transportation for his/her covered Trip, or
b) being struck by such
Common Carrier, or
c) an A
ccident which occurs while the Cardholder is riding as a passenger in or on, boarding or alighting from a Common Carrier which is providing alternate transportation:
1. which was a covered
Trip for the Cardholder, and
2. which was delayed or re-routed, requiring the carrier which would have operated the
Common Carrier to arrange for such alternate transportation, or
d) being struck by a conveyance providing alternate transportation such as described above.
2. an
Accident which occurs while the Cardholder is riding as a passenger in a Common Carrier (limited to ground transportation only) when the Cardholder is going directly to or from the passenger terminal for the purpose of boarding or disembarking from a Common Carrier providing transportation for the Insured Person's covered Trip. The fare for such Common Carrier travel need not be charged to the Card.
3. an A
ccident sustained by the Cardholder while he/she is at or on any passenger terminal immediately before or immediately after his/her covered Trip.
It is expressly understood and agreed that unless specifically stated otherwise, coverage under the Policy is valid only if the
Cardholder's fare for a Trip on a Common Carrier has been charged to the Card prior to any Injury resulting in a loss for which claim is made under the Policy. Any such Trip shall herein be considered a covered Trip for the Cardholder.
BENEFITS
Principal Sum
Canadian Dollar Scotiabank Commercial Card $500,000
The benefits payable under the Policy are in the lawful money of Canada.
SPECIFIC LOSS
ACCIDENT INDEMNITY
When Injury results in any of the following losses within 365 days of the date of the
Accident, the Insurer will pay:
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For loss of
Life |
Principal Sum |
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Both hands or both feet |
Principal Sum |
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Total sight in both eyes |
Principal Sum |