Bankers Blanket Bond

About Bankers Blanket Bond

Bankers Blanket Bond is an umbrella cover offered to Financial Institutions to cover their operational risks against fraud and crime related losses.

Providing coverage against fraud and crime-related losses
Key Features:

Covers fraud Committed by the Employees of the Financial Institutions for their personal financial gain

Covers Loss of Property i.e. cash and valuables due to robbery or armed hold up while being in the premises

Covers Loss of Property i.e. cash and valuables etc. possessed by the Insured’s authorized employee (s)as custodian during transit

Covers forgery or fraudulent alteration of financial instruments meant for withdrawal or payment of funds

Covers loss due to any counterfeited altered paper currency, coins

Covers damage to facilities, furniture, fixtures and contents caused by the acts of robbery or attempted robbery

Covers False, fraudulently altered, lost or stolen securities

Infidelity of Employees:

It covers the dishonest or fraudulent acts of any of the Employees of the financial institutions which are committed with the manifest intent of making, and which result in, improper personal financial gain for themselves wherever committed and whether committed alone, directly or in collusion with others, including loss of Property through any such acts of any of such Employees. Salary, fees, commissions and other emoluments, including salary increases and promotions, shall not constitute improper personal financial gain.

On Premises:

Provides coverage against:

  • Property being lost through theft, larceny, burglary, robbery, hold-up or being damaged, destroyed or misplaced, howsoever or by whomsoever caused, whilst such Property is or is supposed to be in or upon any Premises of the Financial Institution or of any other premises, wherever situated.
  • Property being lost through any of the perils specified in the policy, while in the possession of a customer or any representative of such customer, when on the Premises of the Financial Institution, whether or not the Insured is legally liable for such loss, however excluding any event loss caused by such customer or representative.
In Transit:

Provides coverage against the Property being lost or damaged from any cause while in transit, anywhere in the custody of any Employee or while in the custody of any Security or Armoured Motor Vehicle Company for the purpose of transportation on behalf of the Financial Institution however no coverage for a loss of or damage to Property while the same is in the mail or while in the custody of any Security or Armoured Motor Vehicle Company unless the amount of such loss or damage shall be in excess of the amount recoverable, recovered or received by the Financial Institution by way of an indemnity already available to the third party carrier, any security or armoured vehicle company.

Forged Cheques:

Provides coverage against:

  • The forgery or fraudulent alteration of, or in any cheques, bills of exchange, acceptances, drafts, certificates of deposit, letters of credit, withdrawal receipts for the withdrawal of funds, money orders, orders upon public treasuries,
  • The Payment by the Insured of forged or altered promissory notes or of promissory notes bearing forged endorsements.

The foregoing instruments may be in any script with which the Employee, acting upon such instrument, is conversant. Mechanically reproduced facsimile signatures shall be treated the same as handwritten signatures

This Insuring Clause DOES NOT cover any loss sustained by reason of forgery of any of the above mentioned instruments if they are genuinely signed or endorsed but are false as to contents. The words 'forgery' or 'forged' DO NOT mean nor include such genuinely signed or endorsed instruments which are false as to contents.

The word 'Payment' of a promissory note means the discharge by the Insured of said promissory note and DOES NOT include the purchase, discount, sale, loan or advance of or on said promissory note.

Counterfeited Currency:

It provides coverage to the financial institutions:

By reason of the receipt by them in good faith of any counterfeited or altered paper currency or coin issued or purporting to have been issued by or to be legal tender in the Country in which the Financial Institutions office sustaining the loss is located.

Damage to Office & Contents:

It provides coverage to the Financial Institutions against:

  • Loss of or damage to furnishings, fixtures, equipment (excepting computers and peripheral equipment), stationery, supplies or safes and vaults within any office of the Financial Institutions , caused by burglary, robbery, hold-up, theft or larceny, or any attempt there at, or by vandalism or malicious mischief,
  • Loss through damage to any such office caused by burglary, robbery, hold-up, theft or larceny, or any attempt thereat, or to the interior of any such office by vandalism or malicious mischief,

provided that the Financial Institution is the owner of such furnishings, fixtures, equipment, stationery, supplies or safes and vaults or offices or is liable for such loss or damage.

This Insuring Clause of the Policy DOES NOT cover loss or damage through fire

Securities et al:

Provides coverage to the Financial Institutions having, in good faith and in the ordinary course of business, acted upon securities or written as defined herein which prove to have been:

  • forged as to be signature of any maker, drawer, issuer, assignor, lessee transfer agent or registrar, acceptor, surety or guarantor or
  • fraudulently altered or
  • lost or stolen
In order to avail the benefits of Bankers Blanket Bond the Financial Institutions are required to furnish the following information/documents:
Proposal Form

Duly filled, signed, stamped, titled and dated proposal form. The proposal form can be obtained by contacting any of our offices.

Limit of Indemnity/Insurance required including the list of values at risk at various premises
Loss history for the 5 to 10 years atleast
Annual Financials for 2 to 3 years atleast
Note:

The above is the basic list of requirements and we may ask further information if required.

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