Mobile Phone Insurance for pay-as-you-go handsets - Policy Summary
This section gives a summary of the insurance cover and services provided. The cover has been arranged by Lifestyle Services Group Limited with a single provider, London General Insurance Company Limited.
Full terms, conditions and exceptions are detailed within the Policy Document.
This policy covers:
- One pay-as-you-go mobile phone and SIM card, (purchased at the same time as your insurance policy) which is owned by you or is your responsibility, up to the lower of the maximum original retail cost or value stated on your certificate. The mobile phone is identified by the IMEI number and mobile phone number
- The cost of replacing the phone as a direct result of theft or loss (where loss cover is indicated on your certificate)
- The cost of repairing the phone (or replacing it if the phone cannot be repaired) as a direct result of accidental damage, water or liquid damage, or malicious damage
- The cost of repairing the phone (or replacing it if the phone cannot be repaired) where damage is a result of electrical or mechanical breakdown
- Replacement of accessories originally supplied with the phone and subject to the same incident as the handset up to a value of £50 per claim
- The phone wherever you are in the world, repair or replacement will be arranged upon your return to the UK
- One approved claim or a period of twelve months from the start of your policy, whichever occurs first. The start date of your policy appears on your certificate
- Phones which have a primary use for the making and receiving of telephone calls, SMS text messages and data. We do not cover PDA type devices. Please see the definition of mobile phone/phone in section A of the Policy Document
The phone and SIM card purchased at the same time as the policy will be registered with us at the point of purchase of this policy. This is the phone and SIM card to which this policy applies.
The details of phones reported stolen or lost will be submitted to the Central Equipment Identity Register to prevent further use.
Full details can be found in section C of the Policy Document.
This policy does not cover:
- Loss of the phone where cover for loss is not indicated on your certificate
- The policy excess of £10, or £20 (as indicated on your certificate) if you make a successful claim
- Theft of the phone from an unattended motor vehicle, unless secured in a glovebox or locked boot
- Theft or loss of the phone from any unattended building or premises, unless evidenced damage was caused in gaining entry to, or exit from, the premises
- Theft or loss of the phone if it has been left unsecured in a public place or place to which others have access
- Theft, loss or damage of the phone where it has been passed to someone else other than a family member
- The cost of unauthorised use of the phone
Full details can be found in sections H, I and J of the Policy Document.
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Price
The cost of the policy is shown on the web-site at the point of purchase and is as indicated on your certificate. This includes any taxes or additional charges which may apply.
The policy is valid for 12 months from the date of purchase, or until you have made a successful claim, whichever occurs first.
You cannot change the phone on cover after the policy has started.
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Cancellation
You have the right to cancel this policy within the first 28 days after receiving these terms by contacting Customer Services on 0845 026 4736. We will refund the payment, providing no claim has been made during this period. After 28 days, no refund of payment will be provided.
Please refer to section K of the Policy Document.
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Claims
Should you need to register a claim in respect of the mobile phone, please follow these simple steps:
- You must inform the Police within 24 hours of discovering any loss (where loss cover is indicated on your certificate), theft or malicious damage for which you wish to make a claim, obtaining an incident reference number.
- Call Tesco Mobile on 0845 301 4455 to bar the SIM card. Doing this will prevent any further unauthorised calls being made.
- You must register a claim by contacting either
a.Contacting Customer Services on 0845 026 4736 within 48 hours of discovering any incident for which you wish to claim.
b.Visit our website at www.lifestylegroup.co.uk/tescomobilepi to register your claim online. - You must complete and return the claim form to us within 14 days of receiving it, ensuring that you have followed the procedure detailed on the claim documentation.
Please refer to section D, E and F of the Policy Document.
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Enquiries
Should you have an enquiry or complaint, you can contact us on 0845 026 4736. Any complaints may be raised without prejudice to your right to take legal proceedings. If after making a complaint you are still unhappy and you feel the matter has not been resolved to your satisfaction, you may contact the Financial Ombudsman Service.
Please refer to section M of the Policy Document.
Under European law, both parties to the contract may choose which law will apply to this contract. English law will apply unless both parties agree otherwise, in writing, prior to the start of the policy. The contract is written in English and all communication by us with you will be in English.
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Compensation Scheme
The Parties to this contract are covered by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS). You may be entitled to compensation from the scheme if they cannot meet their obligations. Most insurance contracts are covered for 100% of the first £2,000 and 90% of the remainder of the claim, without any upper limit. You can get more information about the compensation scheme arrangements by contacting the FSCS on 0207 892 7300 or by visiting their website at www.fscs.org.uk
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Policy Document
These terms and your certificate should be read as one document. Words or expressions that have a particular meaning are shown in bold type and shall have the same meaning wherever they may appear.
The policy, which is governed by these terms and conditions, has been arranged for you by Lifestyle Services Group Limited, who deals with the administration of this insurance, including the collection of premium and the handling of claims.
All elements of service provided by us, and insurance cover provided by the insurer, are subject to the terms and conditions. Acceptance of cover is at our discretion.
Your policy is based on the information you gave to us verbally or otherwise about you and your personal details when you applied for the insurance. These details are confirmed on the certificate. The terms detail what is covered and what is not covered, how claims are settled and other important policy information.
Our part of the contract is as follows:
- Cover is available providing the payment is received in advance
- Cover will cease 12 months from the date of purchase or after settlement of a successful claim, whichever occurs first
Your part of the contract is as follows:
- You must pay for the cover in advance
- You must adhere to all the conditions detailed in these terms
- If you do not believe the policy is suitable for you, you can cancel it within the first 28 days after receipt of these terms. We will refund your payment, providing no claim has been made during this period. After 28 days, no refund of payment will be made
- The phone stated on the certificate must be your property or responsibility. The phone can be used by a family member. If the phone is no longer in your possession the cover will cease. Your cover is not transferable
You can request another copy of these terms. They are also available in large print, audio and Braille versions. If you would like a copy in any of these formats, please call Customer Services on 0845 026 4736 or write to:
Customer Services
Lifestyle Services Group Limited
PO Box 395
CREWE
CW1 6WTUnder European law, both parties to the contract may choose which law will apply to this contract. English law will apply unless both parties agree otherwise, in writing, prior to the start of the policy.
The contract is written in English and all communication by us with you will be in English.
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A) Definitions
Administrator
Lifestyle Services Group Limited. Contact details can be found in section N.
Certificate
Certificate of Mobile Phone Insurance.
Electrical or Mechanical Breakdown
The actual breaking or burning out of any part of the phone caused by, or arising from, internal electronic, electrical or mechanical defects, or defective or faulty materials, or workmanship, causing stoppage of normal operation and necessitating immediate repair or replacement before normal operation can be resumed.
Excess
The first £10 or £20 (as indicated on your certificate) of an accepted claim which you have to pay.
Family Member
An individual who resides at the same permanent address as you and which has one of the following relationships; your brother or sister, mother or father, grandmother or grandfather, uncle or aunt, niece or nephew, spouse, partner with whom you have resided for at least six months, or a child of which you or your partner are the legal guardian.
IMEI Number
International Manufacturers Electronic Identification Number
The unique serial or identification number that we will use to identify the phone.
Incident
Any event that may lead to a claim being made for repair or replacement of the phone. Any incident involving a crime must be reported to the Police. You must obtain an incident reference number.
Insurer
London General Insurance Company Limited, whose main business is general insurance. Contact details can be found in section N of the Policy Document.
Mobile Phone/Phone
Your pay-as-you-go handset and SIM card specifically identified by the IMEI number and mobile phone number as detailed on the certificate. The handset must be the property or responsibility of the person stated on the certificate. The SIM card will not be covered unless it was inserted into the SIM card slot of the phone at the time of the incident.
The handset must be a hand-held electronic device for which its main use is for the making and receiving of telephone calls, SMS text messages and data. We do not cover devices which have Windows Mobile©, Symbian OSTM, or Palm© operating systems or a similar PDA type of interface, whose primary function is of a business nature.
Proof of Purchase
The receipt provided at the point of sale that details the phone, or similar documentation that provides proof that you own or are responsible for the phone.
Services
The work we undertake for you in arranging the insurance and acting as an intermediary between you and the insurer.
SIM Card
Subscriber Identity Module Card
The card carrying your subscriber identity, the use of which, in conjunction with the phone, enables services to be charged to the phone owner's account.
We/Us/Our
You/Your
The customer named on the certificate.
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B) Price
The cost of the policy is shown on the web-site at the point of purchase and is as indicated on your certificate. This includes any taxes or additional charges which may apply.
The policy is valid for a period of 12 months, or one successful claim, whichever occurs first. You cannot change the mobile phone on cover after the policy has started.
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C) Cover
- One pay-as-you-go mobile phone and SIM card (purchased at the same time as your insurance policy) which is owned by you or is your responsibility, up to the lower of a maximum original retail cost or value stated on your certificate. The mobile phone is identified by the IMEI number and mobile phone number.
- The cost of replacing the phone as a direct result of theft or loss (where loss cover is indicated on your certificate).
- Replacement of accessories originally supplied with the phone and subject to the same incident as the handset up to a value of £50 per claim.
- The cost of repairing the phone (or replacing it if the phone cannot be repaired) as a direct result of accidental damage, water or liquid damage, or malicious damage.
- The cost of repairing the phone (or replacing it if the phone cannot be repaired) where damage is a result of electrical or mechanical breakdown.
- The phone wherever you are in the world, repair or replacement will be arranged upon your return to the UK.
- One approved claim or a period of 12 months from the start of your policy, whichever occurs first. The start date of your policy appears on your certificate.
Your phone purchased at the same time as the policy will be registered with us at the point of purchase of this policy. This is the phone to which this policy applies.
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D) How to make a claim
- Visit our website at www.lifestylegroup.co.uk/tescomobilepi to register your claim online.
- Contact Customer Services on 0845 026 4736
Monday-Friday8.00am-8.00pm
Saturday & Sunday9.00am-6.00pm
Please have the mobile phone number to hand.
If the phone is stolen or lost (where covered), please follow these simple steps:
- Call Tesco Mobile 0845 301 4455 to bar the SIM card - doing this will prevent any further unauthorised calls from being made.
- Inform the Police within 24 hours of discovery of the incident and ask for an incident reference number.
E) Conditions on making a claim
- You must register a claim within 48 hours of discovering any incident for which you wish to claim, by visiting our website or by contacting Customer Services.
- You must inform the Police within 24 hours of discovering any theft, loss (where covered) or malicious damage for which you wish to make a claim, obtaining an incident reference number.
- You must complete and return the claim form to us within 14 days of receiving it, ensuring that you have followed the procedure detailed on the claim documentation.
- You must return the damaged phone and accessories to us for inspection before your claim will be assessed. You must send the phone and accessories by secure means, as described in the claim documentation. The phone and accessories remain your responsibility until we have received them.
- You must ensure that no one but our approved agents carry out repairs to, or maintenance of, the phone and accesories.
- You must provide the proof of purchase for the phone and accessories with your claim form.
- You must pay the excess as indicated on your certificate when you make a claim.
F) What will happen when your claim is approved
- Replacement phones and accessories will come from new or refurbished stock. In the event that the same model is not available, the replacement will be of a similar specification and quality; we will contact you to confirm the phones that are available.
- We may settle your claim, at our discretion, by replacement, repair, or cash settlement. We will advise you of the method of settlement at the time your claim is authorised.
- If the SIM card has been lost, stolen or damaged, you will need to contact Tesco Mobile to request a replacment. If you are charged for the replacement we will reimburse you. You may be asked to provide a receipt for the cost of the SIM card.
- If you need to claim as a result of an incident outside the UK, the phone will be repaired or replaced once you return to the UK.
- If any stolen or lost equipment is recovered after the claim is approved, it shall become the property of the insurer and must be returned to us immediately.
- Damaged phones, accessories, parts and materials replaced by us shall become the property of the insurer.
- The details of phones reported stolen or lost will be submitted to the Central Equipment Identity Register to prevent further use.
- Once your claim is approved, cover ends under the terms and conditions of this policy.
G) Important things that you must do
- Use the phone in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions.
- Take reasonable care to prevent theft, loss or damage to the phone. If it is considered that you have not done so, your claim may not be accepted.
- Advise us if any of your personal details change.
- Inform us of any theft, loss or damage covered by your policy within the given timescales.
H) Theft, Loss and damage
Cover will not be provided for:
- Theft of the phone from an unattended motor vehicle, unless secured in the glovebox or locked boot. The vehicle must be locked and all security devices activated. Damage must be caused by the thief and evidence provided with your claim. Cover will not be provided if the vehicle could not have been secured against unauthorised entry.
- Theft or loss of the phone from any unattended building or premises unless evidenced damage was caused in gaining entry to, or exit from, the premises.
- Theft or loss of the phone if it has been left unsecured in a public place or place to which others have access.
- Theft, loss or damage to the phone if it has been passed to someone else other than a family member.
- The cost of unauthorised use of the phone.
- Theft, loss or damage to accessories or SIM card where the incident is not linked to the damage, loss or theft of the registered phone.
I) Electrical or mechanical breakdown
Cover will not be provided for:
- Loss or damage caused by, or during, maintenance or modification of the phone.
- Any breakdown or failure caused by placing or using the phone in a location or environment not in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions.
J) General exclusions
Cover will not be provided for:
- Loss of the phone where loss cover is not indicated on your certificate.
- The policy excess of £10, or £20 (as indicated on your certificate) if you make a successful claim.
- Any loss (business or personal) resulting from loss of use of the phone.
- Where the IMEI number cannot be determined from the phone or the proof of purchase cannot be provided to prove ownership of the phone.
- Damage due to wear and tear, depreciation or gradual deterioration.
- Damage due to any process of cleaning, adjustment, repair, maintenance or dismantling.
- Installation, removal, or subsequent relocation of the phone in a vehicle, or any electrical or mechanical breakdown as a result of such.
- The cost of cosmetic repairs.
- Theft, loss, damage, or breakdown caused by war, invasion, act of foreign enemy, hostilities (whether war be declared or not), civil war, rebellion, or insurrection by military or usurped power.
- Theft, loss, damage, or breakdown arising out of any wilful act or negligence of the user of the phone.
- Any claim arising from, or in connection with, the repossession of the phone by any bank, finance, leasing or similar company, or person acting with such authority, and/or the confiscation or impounding of the phone by any Police, Customs or Government Authority.
- People who are not permanently resident in the UK.
- Any consequential loss incurred by you during the administration of the policy or at the time of a claim.
- Loss or corruption of data, images, games, logos, wallpaper, videos, or downloads, due to theft, loss, damage or breakdown of the phone, or damage caused by a virus. It is recommended that a back-up copy of all data is kept.
K) Cancelling the policy
- If the policy does not meet your requirements, please telephone our Customer Services team immediately on 0845 026 4736 or write to: Customer Services
Lifestyle Services Group Limited
PO Box 395
CREWE
CW1 6WT - You have the right to cancel this policy within the first 28 days after receipt of these terms. We will refund your payment, providing no claim has been made during this period. The full payment will be retained if the policy is cancelled after 28 days.
- We may cancel this policy with immediate effect by registered letter to you at your last known address in the event of you submitting any fraudulent or inaccurate information, or for any other valid reason. Any refund will be made at our discretion.
- You may cancel this policy with immediate effect by telephoning Customer Services on 0845 026 4736, after the first 28 days, and any payments you have made will be retained.
L) Fraud
Identity fraud is a serious problem in the UK. Your details will be used to help prevent fraud of this nature from happening to you.
If you receive information that your details have been used for fraudulent purposes, please call Customer Services on 0845 026 4736 and ask to be transferred to the Security and Risk Management team.
Alternatively, you can write to:
Security and Risk Management
Lifestyle Services Group Limited
PO Box 395
CREWE
CW1 6WTThe personal details which you supply to us during the application process will be used to combat fraud. These details will be retained for a reasonable period after your policy expires for legal reasons, and for up to one year after your policy expires in relation to fraud specifically. The contract between you and us is based on mutual trust. If you (or anyone acting for you):
- make(s) a claim under the policy knowing the claim to be false or fraudulently exaggerated in any respect
- make(s) a statement in support of a claim knowing the statement to be false in any respect, or submit(s) a document in support of a claim knowing the document to be forged or false in any respect
- make(s) a claim in respect of any theft, loss or damage caused by your wilful act, or with the intent to defraud us or the insurer
- we shall not honour the claim
- we shall not honour any other claim which has been or will be made under any policy held by you
- we shall not make any return of payments made for cover and we may, at our option, cancel the policy
- we may be entitled to recover from you the cost of any claim already paid under this policy (if necessary the cost may be recovered through the instigation of court proceedings)
- we may be entitled to recover from you the cost of any investigation into a fraudulent claim under this policy (if necessary the cost may be recovered through the instigation of court proceedings)
- we may inform the police, government or regulatory bodies of the circumstances
Details of claims may be put on a Register of Claims through which insurers share information to prevent fraudulent claims. A list of participants and the name and address of the operator are available on request.
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M) Enquiries/Complaints
We will always be fair and reasonable when handling your policy or claim. Should there ever be an occasion when you feel that we have not provided you with a satisfactory level of service, we would like you to inform us so that we can do our best to solve the problem. We will do everything possible to ensure that your query is dealt with promptly.
The easiest way to contact us is to call our Customer Relations team on 0845 026 4736.
Alternatively, you can write to us at the following address, quoting the mobile phone number in all correspondence:
Customer Relations Department
Lifestyle Services Group Limited
PO Box 395
CREWE
CW1 6WTOur staff will attempt to resolve your query immediately. If this is not possible, we promise to acknowledge your query within five working days of receiving it. In the unlikely event that your query has not been resolved within four weeks of our receiving it, we will write and let you know the reasons why, and what further action we will take. Once we have resolved your query, we will confirm our response in writing.
If you are not satisfied with our decision, please contact our Customer Relations team on the number provided above.
If you have a complaint relating to the policy wording or contract, please contact the insurer at their registered address.
If you remain dissatisfied, you can, within six months of our final decision, refer your query for an independent assessment to:
The Financial Ombudsman Service
South Quay Plaza
183 Marsh Wall
LONDON
E14 9SR The Parties to this contract are covered by the Financial Ombudsman Service who, once contacted, will liaise with us on your behalf. They will inform you directly of their decision. Referral to the Financial Ombudsman Service will not prejudice your right to take subsequent legal proceedings.
You are entitled to contact the insurer if you wish. Following this procedure will not affect your statutory rights. Further information can be obtained from the website at www.financial-ombudsman.co.uk
The Parties to this contract are covered by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS). In the unlikely event that any of the parties to this insurance is unable to meet their liabilities, you may be entitled to compensation. The scheme covers 100% of the first £2,000 of the claim, and 90% above this limit. Further information can be obtained from the website at www.fscs.org.uk
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N) Other information
Lifestyle Services Group Limited.
Registered office:
Unit 12
Crewe Hall Enterprise Park
Weston Road
CREWE
Cheshire
CW1 6UERegistered in England, Registered No. 5114385
London General Insurance Company Limited.
Registered office:
Combined House
15 Wheatfield Way
KINGSTON UPON THAMES
Surrey
KT1 2PQRegistered in England, Registered No. 1865673
Windows Mobile© is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.
SymbianTM and all Symbian-based marks and logos are trade marks of Symbian Limited
Palm© is a registered trademark owned by or licensed to Palm, Inc.
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