The following are the Standard exclusions applicable under the Home policy.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Exclusion:
It is hereby declared and agreed that cover under this policy specifically excludes any loss or damage to or liability howsoever arising from and to unmanned aerial vehicles.
Endorsement applicable to Section 1 – Buildings, Section 2 – Contents and Section 3 – Personal Belongings:
COMMUNICABLE DISEASE EXCLUSION – LMA5394
- Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary within this insurance agreement, this insurance agreement excludes any loss, damage, liability, claim, cost or expense of whatsoever nature, directly or indirectly caused by, contributed to by, resulting from, arising out of, or in connection with a Communicable Disease or the fear or threat (whether actual or perceived) of a Communicable Disease regardless of any other cause or event contributing concurrently or in any other sequence thereto.
- As used herein, a Communicable Disease means any disease which can be transmitted by means of any substance or agent from any organism to another organism where:
- the substance or agent includes, but is not limited to, a virus, bacterium, parasite or other organism or any variation thereof, whether deemed living or not, and
- the method of transmission, whether direct or indirect, includes but is not limited to, airborne transmission, bodily fluid transmission, transmission from or to any surface or object, solid, liquid or gas or between organisms, and
- the disease, substance or agent can cause or threaten damage to human health or human welfare or can cause or threaten damage to, deterioration of, loss of value of, marketability of or loss of use of property.
Endorsement applicable to Section 4 – Liability:
General exclusion for pandemics:
This insurance excludes loss, damage, cost or expense caused by, resulting from, arising out of or related to, either directly or indirectly, or any action taken to hinder, defend against or respond to any Pandemic or fear or threat of a Pandemic, including but not limited to:
- Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19);
- Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2);
- any mutation or variation of SARS-CoV-2;
This exclusion applies regardless of any other cause or event that in any way contributes concurrently or in any sequence to the loss, damage, cost or expense, and regardless whether or not there is any declaration of an outbreak of a Pandemic by the WHO or any authorised national or international body or legal jurisdiction.
For the purpose of this exclusion, a Pandemic shall be defined as a widespread outbreak of a human infectious disease, i.e. a human-to-human spread of a virus (e.g. influenza, SARS-CoV-2) into at least three countries on two different continents.