Storage insurance
For storage insurance price details contact Alexanders on 0800 369 8690 or complete the online contact form and we will get back to you.
If you ask us to accept responsibility for insuring your goods under our own insurance policy the insurance conditions set out below will apply. Please note that we cannot accept responsibility for insuring your goods unless you have provided us with a written declaration of values. If you do not provide a written declaration of values then our liability for loss or damage to your effects is limited by our trading conditions, which forms part of our contract with you.
For your information our insurance has been arranged with certain underwriters at Lloyds of London and a full policy may be inspected at our office upon request.
Please note that this insurance has been arranged solely in the name of our company. As our customer you will have no enforceable rights under our insurance policy.
Summary of our storage insurance policy
If you ask us to accept responsibility for insuring your goods under our own insurance policy the insurance conditions set out below will apply. Please note that we cannot accept responsibility for insuring your goods unless you have provided us with a written declaration of values. If you do not provide a written declaration of values then our liability for loss or damage to your effects is limited by our trading conditions, which forms part of our contract with you.
For your information our insurance has been arranged with certain underwriters at Lloyds of London and a full policy may be inspected at our office upon request.
Please note that this insurance has been arranged solely in the name of our company. As our customer you will have no enforceable rights under our insurance policy.
COVER
Cover is included for Fire, Lightning, Aircraft, Explosion, Riot, Malicious Damage, Storm, Flood, Burst Pipes, Impact, and Theft (following forcible and/or violent entry or exit).
SUM INSURED
As declared to us in writing.
BASIS OF CLAIMS SETTLEMENT
Insurers will take into consideration the age, quality, degree of use and consequent market value of items when calculating the settlement. Please note that no property shall be abandoned to insurers, but insurers reserve the right to claim appropriate salvage on any property which is the subject of a claim settlement under this policy.
UNDER INSURANCE
If you fail to declare the full market value of your property on the acceptance form, you will only be entitled to recover from insurers the same proportion of the loss as the declared value bears to the actual value of your property in the event of a claim.
PAIRS & SETS CLAUSE
Where any insured item consists of items in a pair or set, this insurance will not pay more than the value of any particular part or parts which may be lost or damaged, without reference to any special value which such part or parts may have as part of a pair or set, nor more than a proportionate part of the insured value of the pair or set.
FRAUD
If the insured shall make any claim knowing the same to be false or fraudulent as regard to the amount or otherwise, this insurance shall become void and all claims hereunder shall be forfeited.
TIME LIMITS FOR CLAIM NOTIFICATION
All claims must be notified to the storage company within 7 days of discovery of the loss.
EXCESS
In line with the policy conditions, we do not accept responsibility for the first £100 of every claim for loss or damage covered by this insurance.
LAW APPLICABLE TO THIS CONTRACT
The Terms and Conditions of this policy are subject to the Law and Jurisdiction of England.
EXCLUSIONS
There are various exclusions under the standard policy terms and conditions, amongst which are:
No cover is provided for the following:
- This policy shall not provide cover in respect of electrical and mechanical derangement unless shown to be as a result of physical external damage to the item concerned or as a result of fire or flood.
- Loss or damage to jewellery, watches, trinkets, precious stones, precious metals, coins, money, deeds, bonds, securities and stamps or collections of similar kind.
- Loss or damage caused by wear and tear, gradual deterioration, warping or shrinkage, moth and/or vermin unless it can reasonably be demonstrated that such loss or damage arose as a result of the actions or failings of the storage company or his subcontractors, agents or servants.
- Any consequential loss.
- Loss or damage to refrigerated or frozen food and/or drink, plants, house plants, brittle objects, items with inherent defects howsoever caused and/or goods likely to encourage vermin or other pests or to cause infection.
- Mysterious disappearance of customer goods in store unless evidence can be provided to prove beyond all reasonable doubt that the loss is solely attributable to the dishonesty or connivance of the storage companies employees.
- Theft or attempted which does not involve entry to our exit from a building by forcible and violent means.
- Radioactive contamination, Chemical, Biological, Bio-Chemical & Electromagnetic Weapons Exclusion
- Acts of Terrorism