A QUICK GUIDE TO HOME EMERGENCY. This booklet contains: Information about our insurance services Policy summary Other important information.

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1 A QUICK GUIDE TO HOME EMERGENCY. This booklet contains: Information about our insurance services Policy summary Other important information.

2 ABOUT OUR INSURANCE SERVICES. 1. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) The FCA is the independent watchdog that regulates financial services. Use this information to decide if our services are right for you. 2. Whose products do we offer? We offer products from a range of insurers. We only offer products from a limited number of insurers. We only offer a product from Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance plc for Home Emergency. 3. What will you have to pay us for our services? A fee. No fee. You will receive a quotation which will tell you about any other fees relating to any particular insurance policy. 4. Who regulates us? Lloyds Bank Insurance Services Limited, Tredegar Park, Newport, South Wales NP10 8SB is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. Our Financial Services Register number is Our permitted business is selling and administering general insurance contracts. You can check this on the Financial Services Register by visiting the FCA s website or by contacting the FCA on Ownership Lloyds Bank Insurance Services Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds Bank plc, which itself is a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds Banking Group plc. 6. What to do if you have a complaint If you wish to register a complaint please contact us:...in writing Write to: Customer Care, Lloyds Bank Insurance Services Limited, PO Box 1504, 80 Holdenhurst Road, Bournemouth, BH8 8YG...by phone Call If you cannot settle your complaint with us, you may be entitled to refer it to the Financial Ombudsman Service. 7. Are we covered by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS)? We are covered by the FSCS. You may be entitled to compensation from the scheme if we cannot meet our obligations. This depends on the type of business and the circumstances of the claim. Insurance advising and arranging is covered for 90% of the claim, without any upper limit. Further information about compensation scheme arrangements is available from the FSCS. 2

3 HALIFAX HOME EMERGENCY POLICY SUMMARY. Halifax Home Emergency is underwritten by Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance plc. It is an annual contract that provides cover for emergency assistance and temporary repairs to your home. It may be renewed each year subject to the terms and conditions then applicable. This is only a summary of the main policy benefits and does not contain the full terms and conditions which can be found in the policy booklet. If not attached, a copy will be provided on completion of cover being arranged or at any time on request. On receipt of your policy booklet, you will have time to decide if you wish to cancel the policy see Your right to cancel the policy on page 5 for more information. 3

4 HOME EMERGENCY. What we cover. Any situation which falls into both of the following categories: 1. Emergency: A sudden or unforeseen event at your home which, if not dealt with upon discovery, will: make the home unsafe or insecure for you and your family; or cause damage to the home or its contents; or result in the home losing its main source of heating, lighting or water. The most we will pay for any one emergency is: 1,000 inclusive of parts, materials, alternative accommodation, VAT and the tradesman s attendance and call out charge. 2. Perils covered: a. Repairs following failure of, or damage to, plumbing and drainage systems for which you are legally responsible. b. Failure of electricity supply within the home. c. Repairs necessary to the outside doors, or to the frame or glazing of outside doors or windows of the home to make the home safe or secure. Failure of, or damage to, external locks. d. Loss of heating and or hot water following a failure or breakdown of the main heating system. e. Repairs to make the roof of the home watertight and prevent further damage. This is a brief summary of what the policy covers. For full details please refer to your policy booklet: Pages 7 8 What is covered. Page 9 Exclusions applying to the whole policy. Pages General conditions. What we don t cover. You will not be covered for any emergency: Where you have not contacted us upon discovery. Arising from domestic appliances. Arising from replacing keys which have been lost, stolen or damaged. Arising from circumstances known to you prior to the commencement of the insurance period. Wear and tear: any loss, damage, liability, cost or expense of any kind caused by or resulting from wear and tear, depreciation, corrosion, rusting, damp, insects, vermin, fungus, condensation, fading, frost or anything which happens gradually, the process of cleaning, dyeing, repair, alteration, renovation or restoration. Arising from failure or breakdown of a component which affects only the efficiency of the main heating system. Regarding the main heating system where it has not been maintained in accordance with manufacturer s instructions. Where your home is left unoccupied for more than 30 consecutive days. When the home is lived in solely by anyone other than you or your family. No cover is provided for maintenance. The house and any equipment, facility or system must be kept in a safe and serviceable condition. For full details please refer to your policy booklet: Pages 7 8 What is covered. Page 9 Exclusions applying to the whole policy. Pages General conditions. 4

5 IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE POLICY. Your right to cancel the policy. If, having examined your policy documentation, you decide not to proceed with the insurance, you may cancel it within the first 14 days under the terms of your policy. This 14 day period starts on the day you receive your policy documents or the day your policy starts, whichever is the later. To cancel, please call On receipt of your notice, we will refund any premiums already paid, except when you have already made a claim under your policy. Compensation. Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance plc is a member of the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS). This provides compensation in case any member goes out of business or into liquidation and is unable to meet any valid claims against its policies. You may be entitled to compensation if we cannot meet our obligations, depending on the circumstances of the claim. Further information about the compensation scheme can be obtained from the FSCS. If you do not cancel, your policy will remain in force in accordance with the policy terms and conditions. Claims. Should you wish to claim under your Halifax Home Emergency policy, you should call the Claims Helpline on as soon as possible. You must give us any information or help that we may ask for. You must not settle, reject, negotiate or agree to pay any claim without our prior agreement. Full details of how to claim are included in the policy booklet on page 3. 5

6 Complaints. We aim to give customers a high standard of service at all times. If you are unhappy with the service provided for any reason or have cause for complaint, you should initially contact the Manager of Halifax Home Emergency Insurance Centre at the address shown on your quotation or schedule, as appropriate. In the unlikely event that they are unable to resolve your concerns, your complaint will be referred to our Customer Relations Team who will arrange for an investigation on behalf of our Chief Executive. Write to: Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance plc Customer Relations Team PO Box 2075 Livingston EH54 0EP Financial Ombudsman Service. If they cannot resolve the matter to your satisfaction, they will provide you with our final response so that you can, if you wish, refer the matter to the Financial Ombudsman Service. This does not affect your right to take legal action. They can be contacted on: Call: (calls to this number are normally free for people ringing from a fixed line phone but charges may apply if you call from a mobile phone); or (calls to this number are charged at the same rate as 01 or 02 numbers on mobile phone tariffs). Write to: Financial Ombudsman Service Exchange Tower Harbour Exchange Square London E14 9SR 6

7 GENERAL INFORMATION. We will provide cover during the period of insurance according to the terms set out in your policy booklet in return for payment of the premium. You can pay for your policy by direct debit either annually or by monthly instalments with no interest. Renewing your policy. At least 21 days before each policy renewal date you will receive details of the premium and terms and conditions that will apply for the following year. If you wish to change the cover then please tell us before the renewal date. You will have 14 days to cancel the policy after the renewal date and receive a refund of any premiums you have paid, as described in Your right to cancel the policy on page 5. Your policy will automatically renew unless you cancel the payment instruction. Quotation validity period, premiums, fees & charges. Quotations are valid for 90 days. Premiums include insurance premium tax at the current rate. There are no additional fees or charges. Termination of the contract. You may cancel the contract by giving us 7 days notice in writing. If you cancel the policy you may be entitled to a partial refund of premium, provided that no claim has been made during the current period of insurance. Where the insurer has identified serious grounds, they will contact you at your last known address and, where possible, seek an opportunity to resolve the matter with you. Where a solution cannot be agreed, they may cancel the policy by giving you 30 days notice. If the insurer cancels the policy you will be refunded premiums already paid for the remainder of the current insurance period. Financial sanctions. Please note that Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance plc is unable to provide insurance in circumstances where to do so would be in breach of any financial sanctions imposed by the United Nations or any government, governmental or judicial body or regulatory agency. Full details will be provided in your policy documentation. 7

8 The law and language applicable to the policy. Both you and we may choose the law which applies to this contract. However, unless you and we agree otherwise, the law which applies is the law applicable in the part of the United Kingdom, Channel Islands or Isle of Man in which you live. Full details will be provided in your policy documentation. Telephone call costs, call recording and call monitoring. Calls to 0845 numbers are charged at local rate from UK landlines. Calls to 0800 numbers are free from UK landlines. These charges may differ if calling from a mobile. Please note that telephone calls may be recorded and/ or monitored. The language used in this policy and any communications relating to it will be English. RSA. Halifax Home Emergency is underwritten by Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance plc which is authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority as an insurance company and to undertake insurance mediation under Financial Services Register No You can check this on the Financial Services Register by visiting the FCA s website or by contacting the FCA on The main business of RSA is insurance and it is based in the United Kingdom. Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance plc (No ). Registered in England and Wales at St. Mark s Court, Chart Way, Horsham, West Sussex RH12 1XL. 8

9 FAIR PROCESSING NOTICE. Who we are. This product is underwritten by Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance plc. You are giving your information to Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance plc, which is a member of the RSA Group of companies (the Group). In this information statement, we us and our refers to the Group unless otherwise stated. How your information will be used and who we share it with. Your information comprises of all the details we hold about you and your transactions and includes information obtained from third parties. If you contact us electronically, we may collect your electronic information identifier e.g. Internet Protocol (IP) address or telephone number supplied by your service provider. We may use and share your information with other members of the Group to help us and them: Assess financial and insurance risks; Recover debt; Prevent and detect crime; Develop our services, systems and relationships with you; Understand our customers requirements; Develop and test products and services. We do not disclose your information to anyone outside the Group except: Where we have your permission; or Where we are required or permitted to do so by law; or To credit reference and fraud prevention agencies and other companies that provide a service to us, our partners or you; or Where we may transfer rights and obligations under this agreement. We may transfer your information to other countries on the basis that anyone we pass it to, provides an adequate level of protection. In such cases, the Group will ensure it is kept securely and used only for the purpose for which you provided it. Details of the companies and countries involved can be provided on request. From time to time we may change the way we use your information. Where we believe you may not reasonably expect such a change we shall write to you. If you do not object, you will consent to that change. We will not keep your information for longer than is necessary. Sensitive information. Some of the information we ask you for may be sensitive personal data, as defined by the Data Protection Act 1998 (such as information about health or criminal convictions). We will not use such sensitive personal data about you or others except for the specific purpose for which you provide it and to carry out the services described in your policy documents. Please ensure that you only provide us with sensitive information about other people with their agreement. 9

10 Fraud prevention agencies. If false or inaccurate information is provided and fraud is identified or suspected, details may be passed to fraud prevention agencies. Law enforcement agencies may access and use this information. We and other organisations may also access and use this information to prevent fraud and money laundering, for example when: Checking details on applications for credit and credit related or other facilities; Recovering debt; Checking details on proposals and claims for all types of insurance; Checking details of job applicants and employees. How to contact us. On payment of a small fee, you are entitled to receive a copy of the information we hold about you. Any fee charged will be in line with guidance issued by the Information Commissioner s Office for such information requests. If you have any questions, or you would like to find out more about this notice you can write to: Data Protection Liaison Officer, Customer Relations Office, Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance plc, Bowling Mill, Dean Clough Industrial Estate, Halifax HX3 5WA Please contact the Data Protection Liaison Officer at the address to the right if you want to receive details of the relevant fraud prevention agencies. We and other organisations may access and use from other countries the information recorded by fraud prevention agencies. Claims history. Insurers pass information to the Claims and Underwriting Exchange Register (CUE) run by Insurance Database Services Ltd (IDS Ltd). Under the conditions of your policy, you must tell us about any incident (such as a fire, water damage, theft or an accident) which may or may not give rise to a claim. When you tell us about an incident, we will pass information relating to it to the registers. 10

11 MY PERSONAL DATA AND LLOYDS BANKING GROUP. Looking after your information. The Data Protection Act requires Lloyds Banking Group companies to manage personal information in accordance with the Data Protection Principles. In particular, our Group of companies is required to process your personal information fairly and lawfully. This means that you are entitled to know how we intend to use any information you provide. You can then decide whether you want to give it to us in order that we may provide the product or service that you require. All our employees are personally responsible for maintaining customer confidentiality. We provide training and education to all employees to remind them about their obligations. In addition, our policies and procedures are regularly audited and reviewed. Who we are. Your information will be held by Lloyds Bank Insurance Services Limited which is part of the Lloyds Banking Group. Our Group. More information on the Group can be found at Where we obtain your information. Your personal information will be held securely in Lloyds Banking Group systems so that we and any other companies in our Group that you have dealings with, either now or in the future, can manage your relationship with us. This will include information you provide when you apply to us, and any additional information provided by you or others in various ways, including: a. in applications, s and letters, during telephone calls and conversations in branch, when registering for services, in customer surveys, when you participate in competitions and promotions, through Lloyds Banking Group company websites, and during financial reviews and interviews; and b. from analysis (for example, the amount frequency, location, origin, and recipient) of your payments and other transactions, and your use of services involving other Lloyds Banking Group companies and what they know from operating your account; and c. information Lloyds Banking Group companies receive from each other, from our business partners, and from other organisations such as credit reference agencies and fraud prevention agencies. We will not retain your personal information for longer than is necessary for the maintenance of your account, or for legal or regulatory requirements. 11

12 How we share your information. We may share the personal information we hold about you across the Lloyds Banking Group for the following administrative activities: a. providing you with products and services and notifying you about either important changes or developments to the features and operation of those products and services; b. responding to your enquiries and complaints; c. administering offers, competitions, and promotions; d. undertaking financial reviews; and also for the following data sharing activities: e. updating, consolidating, and improving the accuracy of our records; f. undertaking transactional analysis; g. arrears and debt recovery activities; h. testing new systems and checking upgrades to existing systems; i. crime detection, prevention, and prosecution; j. evaluating the effectiveness of marketing, and for market research and training; k. customer modelling, statistical and trend analysis, with the aim of developing and improving products and services; l. assessing lending and insurance risks across the Lloyds Banking Group; m. managing your relationship with the Lloyds Banking Group companies. By sharing this information it enables us, and other companies in the Lloyds Banking Group, to better understand your needs and run your accounts in the efficient way that you expect. by law or where permitted under the terms of the Data Protection Act When we may share your information. We will treat your personal information as private and confidential, but may share it with each other and disclose it outside the Lloyds Banking Group if: a. allowed by this agreement; b. you consent; c. needed by our agents, advisers or others involved in running accounts and services for you or collecting what you owe Group companies; d. needed by subcontractors to help us manage your records; e. HM Revenue & Customs or other authorities require it; f. the law, regulatory bodies, or the public interest permits or requires it; g. required by us or others to investigate or prevent crime; h. needed by market research companies to assist us in providing better products and services for you; or i. to any other parties connected with your account (including guarantors). j. required as part of our duty to protect your accounts, for example we are required to disclose your information to the UK Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS). We will always ensure your information remains safe and secure. Your data may also be used for other purposes for which you give your specific permission, or, in very limited circumstances, when required 12

13 Using your information to help prevent terrorism and crime. The Government also requires us to screen applications that are made to us to ensure we are complying with the international fight against terrorism and other criminal activities. As a result of this we may need to disclose information to government bodies. Sharing your information to assist with asset buying or selling. Lloyds Banking Group companies may in the future wish to sell, transfer or merge part or all of their business or assets, or any associated rights or interests, or to acquire a business or enter into a merger with it. If so, they may disclose your personal information to a potential buyer, transferee, or merger partner or seller and their advisers so long as they agree to keep it confidential and to use it only to consider the possible transaction. If the transaction goes ahead, the buyers, transferee or merger partner may use or disclose your personal information in the same way as set out in this notice. Your Home Emergency Insurance Policy underwritten by Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance plc. Your personal data has been passed over to Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance plc to enable them to provide you with the insurance policy. To understand how they handle your personal data please refer to their Fair Processing Notice which is included in A Quick Guide to Home Emergency. Joint applicants. If you give personal information about someone else (such as a joint applicant) then you should not do so without their permission. Where information is provided by you about someone else, or someone discloses information about you, it may be added to any personal information that is already held by us and it will be used in the ways described in this privacy notice. Sharing personal information between joint applicants. Sometimes, when you open a joint account or product, this may mean that your personal data will be shared with the other applicant. For example, transactions made by you will be seen by your joint account holder and vice versa. How we manage sensitive personal information. The Data Protection Act defines certain information as sensitive (racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious beliefs, trade union membership, physical or mental health, sexual life, criminal proceedings and offences). If you apply to us for insurance, a pension, health insurance or life assurance, we may ask you for some sensitive details. We will only use this information to provide the service you require and we will ask for your explicit consent. As a customer, there may be times when you give us sensitive information. We may share it with other parts of the group and our subcontractors to keep your records up to date. Using companies to process your information outside the EEA. All countries in the European Economic Area (EEA), which includes the UK, have similar standards of legal protection for your personal information. We may run your accounts and provide other services from centres outside the EEA (such as the USA and India) that do not have a similar standard of data protection laws to the UK. If so, we will require your personal information to be protected to at least UK standards. We may process payments through other financial institutions such as banks and the worldwide payments system operated by the SWIFT organisation if, for example, you make a CHAPS payment or a foreign payment. Those external organisations may process and store your personal information abroad and may have to disclose it to foreign authorities to help 13

14 them in their fight against crime and terrorism. If these are based outside the EEA, your personal information may not be protected to standards similar to those in the UK. Using fraud prevention agencies. We have systems that protect our customers and ourselves against fraud and other crime. Customer information can be used to prevent crime and trace those responsible. We will share your personal information from your application with fraud prevention agencies. If false or inaccurate information is provided and fraud is identified, details of this fraud will be passed to these agencies. Law enforcement agencies may access and use this information. We and other organisations may also access and use this information to prevent fraud and money laundering, for example, when: Checking details on applications for credit and credit related or other facilities. Managing credit and credit related accounts or facilities. Recovering debt. Checking details on proposals and claims for all types of insurance. Checking details of job applicants and employees. Please contact us on if you want to receive details of the relevant fraud prevention agencies. We and other organisations may access and use from other countries the information recorded by fraud prevention agencies. Using your details for service contact. Making sure we deliver excellent customer service is very important to us and to do this various methods of communication may be used when sending you information about your account. Most of the time you will be contacted by letter or telephone, but you may also be sent updates by text message or when it is believed to be appropriate. You can ask us to stop sending these messages at any time. Additionally, in extraordinary circumstances (such as natural disaster or civil unrest) we may also send you updates by text message or . If we decide to use to contact you, we will only do this if we have ensured that using will not put your information at risk, or, if you have requested we you, that we have explained the risks of sending an insecure and that you are happy to accept that risk. In addition you may wish to choose a channel of communication that suits you when you need to contact us. If you need to a Lloyds Banking Group company, we recommend you check their website to see if a secure facility exists so that your can be sent securely. If you send us s in other ways, such as from your personal account, then remember that the message may not be secure and there is a risk that it could be intercepted. If you choose to send an insecure , please keep the amount of confidential information you include to a minimum. Recording phone calls. We may monitor or record phone calls with you in case we need to check we have carried out your instructions correctly, to resolve queries or issues, for regulatory purposes, to help improve our quality of service, and to help detect or prevent fraud or other crimes. Conversations may also be monitored for staff training purposes. 14

15 Using information on social networking sites. As part of our ongoing commitment to understanding our customers better, we may research comments and opinions made public on social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook. Obtaining a copy of your information. Under the Data Protection Act you have the right of access to your personal data. The Act allows us to charge a fee of 10 for this service. If anything is inaccurate or incorrect, please let us know and we will correct it. For further details on how to request a copy of your information, please contact Data Subject Access Request Team, Insurance BUCF, Group Operations, Tredegar Park, Newport NP10 8SB. Passing your information to other companies for their own direct marketing. Unless you have given us your consent, we will not provide information about you to companies outside our group to use for their own marketing purposes. Changes to privacy notice. We keep our privacy notice under regular review and we will reflect any updates within this notice. This privacy notice was last updated on 9th January Using your personal information to contact you about products and services. Unless you have asked us not to, we and other Lloyds Banking Group companies may contact you by mail, telephone, or text message about products and services available from the Group. In addition we may also contact you about products and services from selected companies outside the Group, which we believe may be of interest to you or benefit you financially. We promise not to contact you about everything only if we think it could be appropriate and relevant to you, such as preferential savings opportunities, account upgrades or special offers. This contact may continue after your relationship with us ends. You may opt out of receiving this information at any time by calling us, writing to us or contacting your local branch. 15

16 IT S EASY TO GET IN TOUCH. ee Call: General enquiries: Home Emergency claims: If you d like this in Braille, large print, audio or another format please ask in branch. If you have a hearing or speech impairment, you can contact us using Text Relay or Textphone on or you can call us on if you prefer not to use our 0845 number (lines are open seven days a week, 9am to 5.30pm). If you re deaf, you can also use BSL and the SignVideo service at Halifax Home Emergency cover is underwritten by Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance plc. Registered in England No Registered Address: St Mark s Court, Chart Way, Horsham, West Sussex RH12 1XL. Authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority. Your call may be monitored or recorded in case we need to check we have carried out your instructions correctly and to help improve our quality of service. All the information in this booklet was correct when it was printed (March 2015). 1/ (03/15)