What is Contract Certainty?
Introduction
The objective of contract certainty is to provide clarity for both customer and insurer on the terms and conditions of the policy prior to inception/renewal. Evidence of cover must be provided within 7 working days of inception/renewal for retail customers and 30 days for commercial customers.
Within the Contract Certainty Code of Practice developed by the MRG contract certainty has been defined as follows:
Contract certainty is achieved by the complete and final agreement of all terms (including signed lines) between the insured and insurers before inception.
In addition:
- The full wording must be agreed before any insurer formally commits to the contract.
- An appropriate evidence of cover is to be issued within 30 days of inception for commercial customers and within 7 working days for retail customers.
This has become the accepted definition throughout the UK insurance market and has been noted and agreed by the FSA.
The full wording of the submission to insurers will be a combination of:
- wordings and/or clauses
- either referenced and/or full text
- bespoke and/or model material
Brokers may choose which combination is submitted to insurers; insurers may choose whether to accept this or require a different approach.
Where Allianz Commercial policy wordings and clauses are required these can be downloaded from the product library or dedicated product pages on this site or through a quick download facility on the homepage.
For more information please use the useful links on this page to visit the Market Reform, ABI, BIBA, IIB or FSA websites.
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