All India Tariff ON Boiler and Pressure Plant Insurance
All India Tariff ON Boiler and Pressure Plant Insurance
All India Tariff ON Boiler and Pressure Plant Insurance
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THE TARIFF ADVISORY COMMITTEE
(HEREINAFTER CALLED THE COMMITTEE) HAS
LAID DOWN RULES, REGULATIONS, RATES,
ADVANTAGES, TERMS AND CONDITIONS, AS
CONTAINED HEREIN, FOR TRANSACTION OF
BOILER AND PRESSURE PLANT INSURANCE
BUSINESS IN INDIA IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
PROVISIONS OF PART II B OF THE INSURANCE
ACT, 1938.
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BOILER AND PRESSURE PLANT INSURANCE
INDEX
Contents Page
5. ENDORSEMENTS - 24-27
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GENERAL REGULATIONS –
1. No policy to be issued on first loss basis.
It is a requirement of the policy that the boiler and pressure plants are
covered for their present day new replacement value with a view to
avoid under-insurance.
5. Boiler and Pressure Plant Insurance Policy cannot be issued on agreed value
basis.
6. Escalation benefit shall not be allowed under a Boiler and Pressure Plant
Policy.
Refund of premium for standstill period can be considered under this Policy.
12 months 50 %
Note -The risks will be eligible for the standstill discount only when the claims
experience under the policy for which the discount is sought is less
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than 60 % and that the standstill discount will not apply during
overhauling period (including Hydraulic Testing of Boiler Tubes under
BPP Policies).
9 ROUNDING OF RATES
It is not permissible to round off rates in Boiler and Pressure Plant Insurance
policies.
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SCHEDULE –
Policy No. __________ISSUED at _______ DATE _______________
3. Period of Insurance -
a) Personal Injury
b) Property damage
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4. ADDITIONAL PERILS COVERED LIMITS OF
LIABILITIES
IN Rs.
___________
(On payment of additional premium do you wish to cover the
following?)
NOTE - The term `Boiler' where used in the above schedule includes fittings,
integral super heaters and integral economisers but does not include
steam or feed water piping, separate super heaters, separate
economisers, such items being covered by the policy only if
specifically listed in the Schedule.
Examined ____________________
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STANDARD POLICY FORM
1. Damage (other than by fire) to the Boilers and/or other Pressure Plant
described in the Schedule;
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Provided that the liability of the Company for any one item of the insured
property and Third Party Liability shall not exceed in the aggregate in any one
period of Insurance the Sum Insured set against such item in the attached
Schedule(s) unless the Sum Insured under such item is reinstated after
occurrence of a claim for balance period.
GENERAL EXCEPTIONS -
10. Loss or damage and/or liability due to faults or defects existing at the
time of commencement of this Insurance and known to the Insured
or his responsible representatives but not disclosed to the Company.
In any action, suit or other proceeding where the company alleges that
by reason of the exceptions or exclusions above any loss destruction,
damage or liability is not covered by this insurance, the burden of
proving that such loss destruction, damage or liability is covered shall be
upon the Insured.
WARRANTIES -
i) The Boiler and Pressure Plants described in the Schedule are annually
inspected by Inspectors appointed by the appropriate Government
except where there is no statutory requirement for Government
Inspection; the inspections are to be carried out by an
independent competent person;
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ii) The Boilers and Pressure Plant described in the Schedule shall only be
operated by Attendants holding a valid certificate of competency
issued under the appropriate Boiler Act;
DEFINITIONS --
The following terms wherever used in this policy shall have attached to
them the under mentioned meanings -
2. ‘Pressure Plant’ shall mean any unfired closed container under steam
gas or fluid pressure.
CONDITIONS -
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attached Schedules shall bear the same meanings wherever they
may appear.
2. The pressure or load upon the safety valves of any items of plant shall
at no time exceed the maximum pressure specified in the Schedule
or the permissible working pressure therefore as set out in the report
on the last examination whichever is the lowest.
7. SUM INSURED -
If the Boiler Pressure Plant covered under Item No. 1 of the Policy
Schedule shall at the time of any loss be of greater value than the
Sum Insured shall be considered as being the own Insurer for the
difference and shall bear a rateable share of the loss accordingly.
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The terms value shall mean the new replacement value of the Plant
which is inclusive of freight dues and custom duties, if any and
erection costs. Every item if more than one of this Policy shall be
separately subject to this condition.
8. BASIS OF INDEMNITY -
The Company will make payments only after being satisfied, with
the necessary bills and documents that the repairs have been
effected or replacements have taken place, as the case may
be. The Company may, however, not insist for bills and
documents in case of total loss where the Insured is unable to
replace the damaged equipments for reasons beyond their
control. In such cases claims can be settled on ‘Indemnity Basis’.
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9. OBLIGATIONS OF THE INSURED -
a) The insured shall take all reasonable steps to maintain the insured
property in efficient working order and to ensure that no item is
habitually or intentionally overloaded. The Insured shall fully
observe the manufacturers Instructions for operating inspection
and overhaul, as well as Government statutory municipal and all
other binding regulations including the rules under the Indian
Boilers Act in force concerning the operation and maintenance
of the insured Boilers and Pressure Plants.
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a) immediately notify the Company by telephone or telegram as
well as writing giving an indication as to the nature and extent of
loss or damage.
b) take all reasonable steps within his power to minimise the extent
of the loss or damage or liability;
c) preserve the damage or defective parts and make them
available for inspection by an official or surveyor of the
Company;
d) furnish all such information and documentary evidence as the
Company may require.
The company shall not be liable for any loss or damage of which
notice and completed form have been received by the Company
within Fourteen days of its occurrence.
The liability of the Company under the Policy in respect of any item
of property sustaining damages, for which indemnity is provided,
shall cease if the said item is kept in operation without being repaired
to the satisfaction of the Company.
If at the time any claim arises under this Policy there is any other
insurance covering the same loss, damage or liability, the Company
shall not be liable to pay or contribute more than its rateable
proportion of such loss, damage or liability.
15. RECOURSE -
16. ARBITRATION -
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__________________________________________________ CO. LTD.
(The liability of the Company does not commence until this proposal has
been accepted by the Company and the premium paid.)
2. a) Period of Insurance -
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D) On payment of additional If Yes provide Limits of
premium do you wish to cover the Idemnity
following?
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b) By whom are they inspected, and b)
at what intervals?
a) permitted withdrawal of or
declined any proposal from you? a) Yes No
OR
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15. a) Have you ever had an accident
to your Boiler Plant? a) Yes No
b) If so which ones b)
I/We the undersigned hereby declare that the above statements and particulars
are true and complete and I/We declare and agree that this declaration and
the answers given above shall be held to be promissory and shall be the basis of
the contract between me/us and the Company.
Proposer's Signature
Place ___________________
Date ____________________
Note -
i) The term `Boiler' where used in the above schedule includes fittings, integral
super heaters and integral economisers but does not include steam or feed
water piping, separate super heaters, separate economisers, such items
being covered by the Policy only if specifically listed in the schedule.
ii) Value of the Boiler and/or Pressure Plant older than 20 years must be
indicated separately.
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Section 41 of Insurance Act 1938
PROHIBITION OF REBATES -
2. Any person making default in complying with the provisions of this Section
shall be punishable with fine, which may extend to five hundred rupees.
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RATING SCHEDULE
FOR
BOILER AND PRESSURE PLANT INSURANCE
Minimum premium rates for insurance of steam boiler explosion and collapse
including flue gas explosion are as follows -
The rates are also applicable to the fittings, super heaters, and built-in-
economisers –
NOTES –
1. For recovery boilers, the basic rate is including explosion due to smelt water
reaction.
2. The basic rate is applicable upto the age stipulated
3. The basic rate will have to be increased @ 0.005 per mille per year for each
year in excess of the stipulated age.
Example for (1) age of boiler at the time of insurance is say 30.
Rate = 1.20 + 0.005 x (30-25)
= 1.20 + 0.025
= 1.20 + 0.025 = 1.225 per mille
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4. For boilers not certified by the boiler inspectorate the rate to be loaded by
50 %
5. For TPL and surrounding property the rate applicable will be 25 % of the rate
applicable as in 3 & 4 above.
6. Boilers, which may be fired by oil or gas alternatively, shall be rated as gas-
fired boilers.
ADDITIONAL RATES -
1. Additional rate for express freight (air freight excluded), holiday and
overtime rates of wages –
The additional premium for covering express freight (air freight excluded),
holiday and overtime rate of wages, will be at the average rate applied on
the limit selected.
The rate and excess as under shall be charged exclusively for items of air
freight only and subject to the limit selected by the Insured for indemnity
against air freight only.
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5. Additional Rate for Custom Duty –
The cover for Additional Custom Duty will be subject to the following rates,
terms and conditions -
a) the cover for Additional Custom Duty will be on first Loss Basis,
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ENDORSEMENTS
1. OWNER'S SURROUNDING PROPERTY –
The Company pays to the insured the value of the damaged property at
the time of accident or at its ---- reinstate or replace such damage
property or any part thereof provided that -
The liability of the Company shall in no case exceed Rs._____ for any one
accident or series of accidents arising out of any one event and in the
whole the total indemnity of Rs._______ during the currency of the Policy.
The insured shall bare the same excess as mentioned in the schedule of
the policy.
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work site/ premises/ location or members of the family of the insured
or any of the aforesaid.
The Company will not indemnify the insured, under this extension in
respect of -
a) The first amount of policy excess of each claim for any one
occurrence related to property damage.
b) Expenditure incurred in doing or redoing or making good or repairing
or replacing any thing covered or coverable under the policy.
c) Liability consequent upon -
Provided always that such extra charges are incurred in connection with
any loss of or damage to the insured items recoverable under the policy.
If the sum(s) insured of the demand item(s) is/are less than the amount(s)
required to be insured the amount payable under this endorsement for
such extra charges shall be reduced in the same proportion.
4. AIR FREIGHT –
‘It is hereby declared and agreed that the Policy shall also indemnify
towards Air Freight incurred by the Insured in connection with the
indemnifiable loss under the Policy.
The Indemnity for such Additional Customs Duty will stand reduced after
occurrence of the claim unless reinstated by payment of an additional
premium prescribed by the Company.
Subject otherwise to the terms, conditions and exceptions of the Policy.
Note-
i) For computation of indemnity under the Additional Customs Duty
extension, exchange rate applicable on date of occurrence shall be
considered.
ii) Under this only Sea Freight charge would be taken into account even
though the replacement supplies had been air freighted and the policy has
been endorsed for airfreight cover.
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