A Chesty Problem
If you cancel travel on advice from a doctor, will this mean there will be no cover under your insurance policy?
Topic: Insurance
An Untimely Restructure
Cancellation of travel – What are your obligations to re-arrange your travel before you cancel your trip?
The river runs high: a ruined cruise
The Complainants were on a disrupted cruise. Can they claim for the disrupted days?
Is an iPhone a “handheld computer”?
Marnie was waiting to board a ride in a theme park in the United States when his iPhone was taken from his pocket. Marnie claimed $1,279 from his travel insurer for the loss of the iPhone.
A pre-existing problem – the need to declare
Gillian saw her doctor on 17 June 2013. She was suffering from ‘acute infective exacerbation of bronchial asthma’. She was prescribed antibiotics and Prednisone for 2 weeks.
Stretching the cover available
Olive booked a two-week trip to run in the New York Marathon. Unfortunately New York was battered by Hurricane Sandy and race organisers cancelled the marathon two days before it was due to start.
A Chesty Problem
If you cancel travel on advice from a doctor, will this mean there will be no cover under your insurance policy?
An Untimely Restructure
Cancellation of travel – What are your obligations to re-arrange your travel before you cancel your trip?
19 policies taken out over 16 years – FSCL investigates the ability of a person with an intellectual disability to enter into contracts of insurance
Brian has an intellectual disability and was sold a number of insurance policies by an insurance company over a period of around 16 years. FSCL investigates whether Brian had the capacity to enter into the insurance contracts, and whether Coverit was aware of his disability.
Trouble with an eye – fit to fly?
Phillip and Phyllis arrived into New Zealand from the Philippines on 18 December 2013 to visit their son Peter and his family. On the trip to New Zealand Phillip noticed his vision was blurry. Phillip was diagnosed with retinal detachment of his right eye.
