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Insurance Certificates and Evidence of Cover Letters

 

Edinburgh Napier's cover provider is UMAL, the UK’s only dedicated higher and further education risk specialist.

 

In the following sections, you will find relevant cover documents, links to claim forms and other useful information. If you have any queries that are not answered below, please email insurance@napier.ac.uk.


 

Staff & Student Travel

Ref No: UM176/17
Cover Provider: UMAL and Excess Cover Providers  Canopius Managing Agents Limited Syndicate 4444
Expiry: 31 July 2024
Cover enquiries:
insurance@napier.ac.uk
Claims:
claims@umal.co.uk

 

The TWIMC travel cover document​ relates to the Travel Cover Summary which should always be carried with you when travelling on University business. The emergency medical expenses cover will provide you with advice and assistance should you become ill or sustain injury during your journey.​


In the event of an emergency whilst travelling, call Global Response for advice and assistance. This service is operated by a team of multi-lingual coordinators at Global Response in the UK, who can be contacted 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Global Response will assist you with requirements and decide on the most appropriate course of action to help you through an emergency. Should you need to use this service whilst travelling, their contact details are:
 
Tel: +44 (0)2920 662425
 
E-mail: UMAL@global-response.co.uk
 
Reference: UMAL/176
For non-emergency incidents, you should use a travel claim form.
 
While the University has arranged extensive World coverage, risk must always be assessed prior to travel by filling in a Travel Risk Assessment. To further support staff and students to mitigate the risks of operating in, and traveling to difficult and unfamiliar environments, the University also has access to the Risk Monitor Traveller Website. This includes an online service which provides advice and travel alerts for potential destinations, which should be used in conjunction with the FCO Website. This dedicated website offers more destination details and advice on controlling operation risk, as well as the ability to set up email alerts for specific regions, countries or events. See the Travel Cover Summary​​ for details of how to access.
 
TravelPrepare is an expanded e-learning facility to assist both staff and students prior to travel. This resource supports staff and students traveling to high or extreme risk environments is the online training modules. These can be accessed by all staff and students by following the instructions in the Travel Risk Assessment​.
 
Contact details for our travel management provider Key Travel can be found here.

 

The University's current TWIMC 2023-24 travel cover letter for both students and staff

 

Motor Insurance (University and hire vehicles)

Ref No: 4199095
Insurer: ERS
Expiry: 31 July 2024
Policy enquiries: insurance@napier.ac.uk
New Claims: agriculturefnol@ers.com
Existing Claims: claims@ers.com
 
All UK hire vehicles must be registered on the insurer’s database. Please email insurance@napier.ac.uk with the vehicle registration number and the hire dates and we will register the vehicle on your behalf.
 
The policy will automatically provide cover for UK hired vehicles if they are taken overseas. If a vehicle is hired overseas, insurance must be purchased from the car hire company.
 
For UK hire vehicles, the University car hire company will carry out the driving licence checks. For University vehicles, driving licences must be checked by the School/Department using the vehicle to ensure there are no points on the licence and that the driver has not been barred from driving. This check can be carried out either by logging on to the website below and sending through a PDF of the page of the ‘Vehicles you can drive’ page and the ‘Penalties and disqualifications page’ or by clicking the link in the ‘Share your licence information’ page and emailing the access code and the last 8 digits of the licence to insurance@napier.ac.uk We will keep a record of the result.
 
 

View or share your driving licence information.

 

The University's current 2023-24 Certificate of Motor Insurance

 

Claims Procedure

 

Motor Insurance (Employee own vehicles)

Ref No: 4199095
Insurer: ERS
Expiry: 31 July 2024
Policy enquiries: insurance@napier.ac.uk
New Claims: agriculturefnol@ers.com
Existing Claims: claims@ers.com
 
Staff are insured for Occasional Business Use if authorised to drive their own car for University business. If using their own vehicles for University business on a regular or frequent basis then staff should ensure they have such business use on their own motor insurance policy.
 
Driving licences must be checked to ensure there are no points on the licence and the driver has not been barred from driving. This check can be carried out either by logging on to the website below and send through a PDF of the page of the ‘Vehicles you can drive’ page and the ‘Penalties and disqualifications page’ or by clicking the link in the ‘Share your licence information’ page and emailing the access code and the last 8 digits of the licence to insurance@napier.ac.uk. This will allow ENU to carry out the check. We will keep a record of the result.
 
 

View or share your driving licence information.

 

The University's current 2023-24 Cer​tificate of Motor Insurance

 

Claims Procedure

 

Clinical Trials

Ref No: UM176/17
Cover Provider: UMAL
Expiry: 31 July 2024
Indemnity limit: £30 million any one claim and in the aggregate
Cover enquiries: 
insurance@napier.ac.uk
 
Generally research involving healthy volunteers conducted within the United Kingdom is automatically covered including the categories given below:
  • Questionnaires;
  • Venepuncture;
  • Measurements of physiological processes;
  • Collections of body secretions by non-invasive methods;
  • Intake of foods or nutrients or variation of diet (other than administration of drugs);
  • Psychological activity.
For all other research involving Human Participants please refer to this flowchart to assist in deciding whether a trial has to be referred to UMAL.
 
If the referral flowchart results in a ‘Refer to UMAL’ outcome, please complete this questionnaire and send to insurance@napier.ac.uk. Cover will not apply pending advice from UMAL, and early referral is advised.
 
 

The University's current 2023-24 Clinical Trials TWIMC Cover Letter

 

Employers Liability

Ref No: Y016458QBE0123A/176
Insurer: QBE Insurance (Europe) Limited
Expiry: 31 July 2024
Indemnity limit: £25,000,000 any one event unlimited in the aggregate.
 
Contact: in the first instance, please email insurance@napier.ac.uk.
 
 

The University's current 2023-24 Employers Liability Insurance Certificate

 

The University's current 2023-24 TWIMC Employers Liability Cover Letter

 

Professional Indemnity

Ref No: UM176/17
Cover Provider: U M Association Limited
Expiry: 31 July 2024
Indemnity limit: £5,000,000 any one claim and in the aggregate except for Pollution where cover is limited to £1,000,000 in the aggregate
 
Contact: in the first instance, please email insurance@napier.ac.uk.
 
 

The University's current 2023-24 TWIMC Professional Indemnity Cover Letter

 

Property Damage Cover (Building/Contents)

Ref No: UM176/17
Cover Provider: UMAL
Expiry: 31 July 2024
Indemnity limit: World – wide Extension – cover includes property outside the UK up to a total value of £250,000 and a limit per item of £60,000
 
Contact: in the first instance, please email insurance@napier.ac.uk.
 
If you need to make a claim, please contact facilitieshelpdesk@napier.ac.uk and refer to the Property & Facilities help desk for further information.
 
 

The University's current 2023-24 TWIMC Property Damage Cover (Building/Contents) Letter

 

Public and Products Liability

Ref No: UM176/17
Cover Provider: UMAL and Excess Cover Providers led by QBE Insurance (Europe) Limited
Expiry: 31 July 2024
Indemnity limit: £20,000,000 any one event and in the aggregate in respect of Products Liability and unlimited in the aggregate in respect of Public Liability.
 
Contact: in the first instance, please email insurance@napier.ac.uk.
 
 

The University's current 2023-24 TWIMC Public and Pro​ducts Liability Cover Letter​

 

Miscellaneous

Please see additional cover information here and FAQs here
 
 
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