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Fire and Allied Perils

Two kinds of policies:

1. Fire Policy: This covers insurers against the risk of losses or damages due to fire and lightning only.

2. Fire and Allied perils: Adding to the above mentioned cover, this type of policy covers a number of additional perils which may differ from one policy to another but most usually include the following perils:

 

Explosions

 

Storms, tempests and floods

 

Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions

 

Aircraft or any other aerial devices or articles dropped from impact damage by your own or any third party road vehicles, horses or cattle.

 

Bursting or overflowing of water tanks, apparatus or pipes

 

Loss of profits or the interruption of business

 

Loss of Rent

 

Third party legal liability including the liability of landlords towards their tenants

 

Tenants liability towards their landlords

 

Strikes, riots & civil commotions

 

Malicious damage

 

Theft/Burglary following a forcible entry/exit from the insured premises

 

Accidental damage to plate glass fixed to the buildings

 

Removal of debris expenses following losses or damages to the insured property

 

Fire brigade charges and extinguishing expenses

 

Architects, surveyors and legal and consulting engineeing fees