T&C Travel Accident Insurance

Travel accident insurance program
Reimbursement Level: 
Up to $250,000

DESCRIPTION OF COVERAGE

THE PLAN: As a UBS Visa Signature credit cardholder, you, your spouse, or domestic partner, and your dependent children will be automatically insured against accidental loss of life, limb, sight, speech or hearing while 1) riding as a passenger in, entering or exiting any Common Carrier on which the Insured Person has purchased passage; or 2) riding as a passenger in, entering or exiting any Conveyance licensed to carry the public for hire or any Courtesy Transportation provided without a specific charge and while traveling to or from the airport, terminal or station: a) immediately preceding the departure of the scheduled Common Carrier on which the Insured Person has purchased passage; or b) immediately following the arrival of the scheduled Common Carrier on which the Insured Person was a passenger; or 3) at the airport, terminal or station at the beginning or end of the Common Carrier Covered Trip. If the purchase of the Common Carrier passenger fare is not made prior to the Insured Person’s arrival at the airport, terminal or station, coverage will begin at the time the cost of the Common Carrier passenger fare is charged to the Insured Person’s Account.

ELIGIBILITY: This insurance plan is provided to UBS Visa Signature credit cardholder, automatically when the entire cost of the passenger fare(s) are charged to UBS Visa Signature credit card account while the insurance is effective. It is not necessary for you to notify UBS Financial Services, Inc., the administrator or the Company when tickets are purchased.

THE COST: This insurance plan is provided at no additional cost to eligible UBS Visa Signature credit cardholders. UBS Financial Services, Inc. pays the full cost of the insurance.

BENEFICIARY: The Loss of Life benefit will be paid to the beneficiary designated by you. If no such designation has been made, that benefit will be paid to the first surviving beneficiary in the following order: a) your spouse or domestic partner, b) your children, c) your parents, d) your brothers and sisters, e) your estate. All other indemnities will be paid to you.

THE BENEFITS: The full Benefit Amount is payable for accidental loss of life; loss of speech and loss of hearing; loss of speech and one of loss of hand, foot or sight of one eye; loss of hearing and one of loss of hand, foot or sight of one eye; loss of both hands, both feet, loss of sight or any combination thereof. Fifty percent of the Principal Sum is payable for accidental loss of hand, foot or sight of one eye (any one of each); loss of speech or loss of hearing. Twenty-five percent of the Principal Sum is payable of loss of thumb and index finger of the same hand. “Loss” means, with respect to a hand, complete severance through or above the knuckle joints of at least 4 fingers on the same hand; with respect to a foot, complete severance through or above the ankle joint. The Company will consider it a loss of hand or foot even if they are later reattached. “Benefit Amount” means the Loss amount at the time the entire cost of the passenger fare is charged to the UBS Visa Signature credit card of an accident. The loss must occur within one year of the accident. The Company will pay the single largest applicable Benefit Amount.

ACCOUNT AGGREGATE LIMIT OF INSURANCE: If more than one Insured Person insured under the same Account suffers a loss in the same accident, we will not pay more than two times the applicable benefit amount (the aggregate limit of insurance). If an accident results in benefit amounts becoming payable, which when totaled, exceed two times the applicable benefit amount, then the aggregate limit of insurance will be divided proportionally among the Insured Persons, based on each applicable benefit amount.

DEFINITIONS: Accident or Accidental means a sudden, unforeseen and unexpected event which happens by chance, arises from a source external to the insured person, is independent of illness, disease or other bodily malfunction or medical or surgical treatment thereof, occurs while you are insured under this policy which is in force and is the direct cause of the loss. Account means UBS Visa Signature credit card account. Benefit Amount means the amount which applies to you at the time the entire cost of the fare is charged to your account during the policy period, for the applicable hazard. Cardholder means an individual who is named on the account card issued by the policyholder. Common Carrier means any motorized land, water or air conveyance organized and licensed for the transportation of passengers for hire and operated by an employee or an individual under contract. Common Carrier Covered Trip means travel on a Common Carrier when the full fare for such transportation less any redeemable frequent flyer miles, coupons or certificates has been charged to the Insured Person’s Account issued by the Policyholder. If frequent flyer miles, coupons or certificates are redeemed a charge of at least $1.00 or the full amount due for the trip, whichever is greater, must be charged to the Account for travel to be considered a Common Carrier Covered Trip. Company means Federal Insurance Company. Conveyance means any motorized craft, vehicle or mode of transportation licensed or registered by a governmental authority with competent jurisdiction. Credit Card means a payment medium that takes the form of a credit card, credit plate, charge plate, courtesy card, or other identification card or device, issued to the Insured Person. The Insured Person may use the Credit Card to purchase, hire, rent or leased property or services. Credit Card does not include a Debit Card. Dependent Child means the primary insured person’s unmarried child, dependent on the primary insured person for maintenance and support, under the age of 19, under the age of 25 if enrolled as a full-time student at an institution of higher learning or classified as an incapacitated dependent child. Domestic Partner means a person designated by the primary insured person who has executed an affidavit of Domestic Partnership; is registered as a domestic partner or legal equivalent under the laws of any jurisdiction or who is at least 18 years of age and competent to enter into a contract; is not related to the primary insured person by blood; has exclusively lived with the primary insured person for at least 12 months prior to the date of enrollment; is not legally married or separated and as of the date of enrollment has with the primary insured person at least 2 of the following financial arrangements: a joint mortgage or lease, a joint bank account, joint title to or ownership of a motor vehicle or status as a joint lessee on a motor vehicle lease or a joint credit card account with a financial institution. Neither the primary insured person or domestic partner can be married to, nor in a civil union with, anyone else. Incapacitated Dependent Child means a child who, as a result of being mentally or physically challenged, is permanently incapable of self-support and permanently dependent on the Primary Insured Person for support and maintenance. The incapacity must have occurred while the child was: 1) under the age of nineteen (19); or 2) under the age of twenty-five (25) if enrolled as a full-time student at an Institution of Higher Learning. Insured Person means a person qualifying as a class member, as listed in the policy, who elects insurance or for whom insurance is elected and on whose behalf premium is paid. Loss means accidental loss of foot, loss of hand, loss of hearing, loss of life, loss of sight, loss of sight of one eye, loss of speech, loss of thumb and index finger. Loss must occur within one year after the accident. Loss of Foot means the complete severance of a foot through or above the ankle joint. Loss of Hand means a complete severance, as determined by a physician, of at least 4 fingers at or above the metacarpal phalangeal joint on the same hand or at least 3 fingers and the thumb on the same hand. Loss of Hearing means permanent, irrecoverable and total deafness, as determined by a Physician, with an auditory threshold of more than 90 decibels in each ear. The deafness cannot be corrected by any aid or device, as determined by a Physician. Loss of Life means death, including clinical death, as determined by the local governing medical authority where such death occurs within 365 days after an Accident. Loss of Sight means permanent loss of vision. Remaining vision must be no better than 20/200 using a corrective aid or device, as determined by a Physician. Loss of Speech means the permanent, irrecoverable and total loss of the capability of speech without the aid of mechanical devices, as determined by a Physician. Loss of Thumb and Index Finger means complete severance, through the metacarpal phalangeal joints, of the thumb and index finger of the same hand, as determined by a Physician. We will consider such severance a Loss of Thumb and Index Finger even if a thumb, an index finger or both are later reattached. If the reattachment fails and amputation becomes necessary, then We will not pay an additional Benefit Amount for such amputation. Policyholder means UBS Financial Services, Inc. Primary Insured Person means the Insured Person who: 1) has a direct relationship with the Policyholder; and 2) where applicable elects insurance under this policy; and 3) pays the required premium, for the insurance elected. Principal Sum means the amount of insurance applicable to each class. Proof of Loss means written evidence acceptable to us that an accident, accident bodily injury or loss has occurred. Spouse means your husband or wife or domestic partner who is recognized as such by the laws of the jurisdiction in which the primary insured person resides. War means hostilities following a formal declaration of war by a governmental authority; in the absence of a formal declaration of war by a governmental authority, armed, open and continuous hostilities between two countries or armed, open and continuous hostilities between two factions, each in control of territory or claiming jurisdiction over the geographic area of hostility. We, Us and Our means Federal Insurance Company.

EXCLUSIONS: This insurance does not apply to any Accident, Accidental Bodily Injury or Loss caused by or resulting from, directly or indirectly: 1) the Insured Person entering, or exiting any aircraft while acting or training as a pilot or crew member; 2) the Insured Person's emotional trauma, mental or physical illness, disease, pregnancy, childbirth or miscarriage, bacterial or viral infection, bodily malfunctions or medical or surgical treatment or diagnosis thereof; 3) the Insured Person’s suicide, attempted suicide or intentionally self-inflicted injury; or 4) a declared or undeclared War. This exclusion does not apply to the Insured Person's bacterial infection caused by an Accident or by Accidental consumption of a substance contaminated by bacteria.

This exclusion does not apply to passengers who temporarily perform pilot or crew functions in a life-threatening emergency.

CLAIM NOTICE: Written claim notice must be given to us within 20 days after the occurrence of any loss covered by this policy or as soon as reasonably possible. Failure to give notice within 20 days will not invalidate or reduce any otherwise valid claim if notice is given as soon as reasonably possible.

CLAIM FORMS: When we receive notice of a claim, we will send you forms for giving proof of loss to us within 15 days. If you do not receive the forms, you should send us a written description of the loss.

CLAIM PROOF OF LOSS: Complete proof of loss must be given to us within 90 days after the date of loss, or as soon as reasonably possible.

CLAIM PAYMENT: We will pay you or your beneficiary the applicable benefit amount within 60 days after we receive complete proof of loss and if you, the Policyholder and/or the beneficiary have complied with all the terms of this policy.

EFFECTIVE DATE: Your insurance becomes effective on the latest of: the effective date of this policy, the date on which you first meet the eligibility criteria as the Insured Person or the beginning of the period for which required premium is paid for you. Insurance for you automatically terminates on the earliest of: the termination date of this policy, the expiration of the period for which required premium has been paid for you, the date on which you no longer meet the eligibility criteria as the Insured Person or the date on which we pay out 100% of the principal sum.
Answers to specific questions can be obtained by writing the Plan Administrator. To make a claim please contact the Plan Administrator:

Plan Administrator
CBSI Card Benefit Services
550 Mamaroneck Avenue, Suite 309
Harrison, NY 10528
PLAN UNDERWRITTEN BY
Federal Insurance Company a member of the
CHUBB GROUP OF INSURANCE COMPANIES
15 Mountain View Road, P.O. Box 1615 Warren, New Jersey 07061-1651

POLICY #: 9907-74-40
Form No. CCA7000Acc-NJ (Ed.09/06)