Plastic Card Insurance

About Plastic Card Insurance

Ever since Plastic Cards, as a medium of cash payment, have been introduced to ease the hassle of carrying large amounts of money since then criminal acts of fraudulently altering the data contained in the card and its theft has been commonly observed which now is on rise particularly these days, may be because the technology driven master minds are more keen to use shortcuts for quick money.

Providing coverage against fraud/skimming related losses:
Key Features:
Covers Skimming of Plastic Cards by any unauthorized person
Covers usage of lost or stolen Plastic Cards by any unauthorized person
Covers Fraudulent/unauthorized multiple swipping of Plastic Cards by the merchants
Covers fraudulent acts committed by the Employees of the Financial Institutions for their personal financial gain or for any other person or organization
Covers Skimming of plastic cards by any unauthorized person via interbank fund transfer
Covers Reward payments made by the Financial Institution to the designated Merchants for picking up and returning Lost/Stolen Plastic Cards to Financial Institution
Covers online use/e-commerce transactions of Plastic Cards by any unauthorized person
Covers legal fees, court costs and legal expenses incurred and paid by the Financial Institution in defending legal proceedings
Counterfeited Plastic Card

Covers, debits established against the Financial Institution/ Policy holder resulting only from the use of counterfeited/ Skimmed Plastic Cards purporting to have been issued by the Financial Institution and the subsequent use of such plastic cards by any unauthorized person;

  • in obtaining currency, coin, bank notes, travelers cheques, money orders, drafts or any similar written promise, order or direction to pay a sum in money from the Insured/Policy Holder or its premises or from any financial institution acting upon authorization received from the Insured/Policy Holder, or
  • in the purchase or lease of goods or services
Lost and Stolen Plastic Card

Covers, debits established against the Financial Institution/Policy holder resulting only from the use of any lost or stolen Plastic Cards or the contents thereof issued by the Financial Institution and the subsequent use of such Plastic Cards or the contents thereof by any unauthorized person;

  • in obtaining currency, coin, bank notes, travelers cheques, money orders, drafts or any similar written promise, order or direction to pay a sum in money from the Insured/Policy Holder or its premises or from any financial institution acting upon authorization received from the Insured, or
  • in the purchase or lease of goods or services.
Merchant Fraud

Covers, loss which the Financial Institution/ Policy holder shall sustain through;

  • Forgery or alteration of, on or in any written instrument required in conjunction with any Plastic Card issued by the Financial Institution to any person anywhere in Pakistan and if such forgery or alteration occurs within the Geographical Limits stated in the Policy.
  • Fraudulent/ unauthorized multiple swipping of Plastic Card issued by the Insured /Policy Holder to any person anywhere in Pakistan and if such fraudulent/unauthorized multiple swipping of Plastic Cards issued by the Insured/Policy Holder to any person anywhere in Pakistan occurs within the Geographical Limits stated in the Policy.
Employee Dishonesty

Covers, loss of money, securities and other property which the Financial Institution/ Policy holder shall sustain resulting directly from one or more fraudulent or dishonest acts committed by an Employee, acting alone or in collusion with others in respect of Plastic Card operations only.

Dishonest or fraudulent acts as used in this coverage shall mean only dishonest or fraudulent acts committed by such Employee with the manifest intent:

  • to cause the Insured/Policy Holder to sustain such loss; and
  • to obtain financial benefit for the Employee, or for any other person or organization intended by the Employee to receive such benefit, other than salaries, commission, fees, bonuses, promotions, awards, profit sharing, pensions or other employee benefits earned in the normal course of employment
Interbank Funds Transfer

Covers, debits established against the Financial Institution/ Policy holder resulting only from the use of counterfeited/ Skimmed Plastic Cards via interbank fund transfer purporting to have been issued by the Financial Institution and the subsequent use of such plastic cards by any unauthorized person via interbank fund transfer.

Merchant Reward

Covers, loss which the Financial Institution shall sustain by reason of Reward payments made by the Financial Institution to the designated Merchants for picking up and returning Lost/Stolen Plastic Cards to the Insured/Policy Holder in an effort to prevent any misuse of such Plastic Cards

Unauthorized E-Commerce/Online Transactions

Covers, debits established against the Financial Institution/ Policy holder resulting only from the use of Plastic Cards purporting to have been issued by the Financial Institution/Policy Holder and the subsequent e-commerce/ online use of such Plastic Cards by any unauthorized person;

  • In obtaining currency , coin, bank notes, travels cheques , money orders, drafts or any similar written prom
Court costs, legal charges & expenses

Reasonable legal fees, court costs and legal expenses incurred and paid by the Policy Holder in defending any suit or legal proceeding brought against the Policy Holder to enforce the liability of the Policy Holder which is finally established against the Policy Holder, whether by judgment on the merits or by settlement agreed by the Policy Holder and the Insurance Company, provided that such liability constitutes a valid and collectable loss sustained by the Policy Holder under this Policy in excess of the Deductible.

The liability of Insurance Company under this Policy for legal fees, court costs and legal expenses shall be limited to the Sum Covered as mentioned in the Policy against this coverage.

In order to avail the benefits of Plastic Card Insurance, 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 including the per day usage limit of different category of cards are required
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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