Completing this Proposal Form does not mean that you will automatically be granted insurance cover proposed. However, if insurance is granted, it will be based upon representations you give us. Should any particulars given have changed or be incorrect you must notify us immediately. We reserve the right to revise or withdraw any insurance granted at any time subject to any changes in such particulars.
Role of Horsell Duffy Langley Pty Limited
Horsell Duffy Langley Pty Limited AFSL 422018 | ABN 12 155 940 604 has entered into an arrangement with the Underwriter to provide this product. We may act as either agent of the Insured or wholesale broker to the representative of the Insured. Where we operate as a wholesale broker, we are acting on the information provided to us and provide no advice in respect to the appropriateness of the coverage and suitability of the insurance for the policy holder. Where we act as wholesale brokers, the Insured should refer to their broker for advice
The Insurer
Certain underwriters at LLoyd’s.
Duty of Disclosure
Before you enter into a contract of general insurance with an Underwriter, you have a duty, under the Insurance Contracts Act 1984, to disclose to the Underwriter every matter that you know, or could reasonably be expected to know, is relevant to the insurer’s decision whether to accept the risk of the insurance and, if so, on what terms. You have the same duty to disclose those matters to the insurer before you renew, extend, vary or reinstate a contract of general insurance, Your duty however does not require disclosure of any matter:
It is important that all information contained in this proposal is understood by you and is correct, as you will be bound by your answers and by the information provided by you in this proposal. You should obtain advice before you sign this proposal if you do not properly understand any part of it. Your duty of disclosure continues after the proposal has been completed up until the contract of insurance is entered into.
Non –Disclosure
If you fail to comply with your duty of disclosure, the Underwriter may be entitled to reduce its liability under the contract in respect of a claim or may cancel the contract. If your non-disclosure is fraudulent, the Underwriter may also have the option of avoiding the contract from its beginning.
Change of Risk or Circumstances
You should advise Horsell Duffy Langley as soon as practicable of any material change to your normal business as disclosed in the proposal, such as changes in location, acquisitions and activities.
Privacy Statement
Only in this statement “we”, “us” and “our” means Lloyd’s and Horsell Duffy Langley Pty Limited as its agent.
We are bound by the obligations of the Privacy Act 1988 as amended by the Privacy Amendment (Enhancing Privacy Protection) Act 2012. This sets out basic standards relating to the collection, use, storage and disclosure of personal information.
Our Privacy Policy, available at www.HDLbrokers.com.au or by calling us, sets out how:
We need to collect, use and disclose your personal information in order to consider your application for insurance and to provide the cover you have chosen, administer the insurance and assess any claim. You can choose not to provide us with some of the details or all of your personal information, but this may affect our ability to provide the cover, administer the insurance or assess a claim.
We may disclose your personal information to third parties who assist us in providing the above services. These parties (which include our related entities, distributors, agents, insurers - including reinsurers - and service providers) will only use the personal information for the purposes we provided it to them for (unless otherwise required by law). It is likely that the information will be disclosed overseas.
Information will be obtained from individuals directly where possible and practicable to do so. Sometimes it may be collected indirectly (e.g. from your representatives or co-insured’s). If you provide information for another person you represent to us that:
you have the authority from them to do so and it is as if they provided it to us;
you have made them aware that you will or may provide their personal information to us, the types of third parties we may provide it to, the relevant purposes we and the third parties we disclose it to will use it for, and how they can access it. If it is sensitive information we rely on you to have obtained their consent on these matters. If you have not done or will not do either of these things, you must tell us before you provide the relevant information.
You are entitled to access your information if you wish and request correction if required. You may also opt out of receiving materials sent by us by contacting Horsell Duffy Langley.