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ACCIDENTAL DEATH AND DISMEMBERMENT BENEFIT
If, as a result of a Covered Accident, an Insured Person suffers an Injury that within the Loss Period results in any one of the Losses shown in the Schedule of Losses, the Company will pay the Benefit Amount shown for that Loss.
If more than one Loss is sustained by an Insured Person as a result of the same Covered Accident, only one amount, the largest, will be paid.
AMBULANCE BENEFIT
If, as a result of a Covered Accident, an Insured Person suffers an Injury that due to the nature and severity of the Injury requires Ambulance Services for the Insured Person, the Company will pay the Ambulance Benefit. Only one Ambulance Benefit is payable for all Injuries from the same Covered Accident.
The Ambulance Services provided must:
Only one Ambulance Benefit is payable per Insured Person per Covered Accident.
DISLOCATIONS/ FRACTURES/ BURNS/ SURGICAL REPAIRS BENEFIT
If, as a result of a Covered Accident, an Insured Person suffers an Injury that within the Loss Period is diagnosed by a Physician as any one of the covered Dislocations, Fractures, Burns or Surgical Repairs, the Company will pay the Benefit Amount shown for that loss.
If the Insured Person suffers more than one type of loss as a result of Injuries from the same Covered Accident, only one amount, the largest, will be paid.
EMERGENCY CARE TREATMENT BENEFIT
If, as a result of a Covered Accident, an Insured Person suffers an Injury that due to the nature and severity of the Injury requires emergency care treatment for the Insured Person within the Loss Period, the Company will pay the Emergency Care Treatment Benefit Amount for Hospital Emergency Room or Urgent Care or Physician’s Office Visit, as applicable.
Only one Emergency Care Treatment Benefit is payable for all Injuries from the same Covered Accident. If an Insured Person received emergency care treatment from more than one facility (a Hospital emergency room, an urgent care center or physician’s office) for the same Covered Accident, only one amount, the largest, will be paid.
HOSPITAL STAY BENEFIT
If, as a result of a Covered Accident, an Insured Person suffers an Injury that within the Loss Period requires him or her to be Confined in a Hospital, the Company will pay a Hospital Stay Benefit. The Hospital Stay Benefit Amount per day of the Insured Person’s Medically Necessary Confinement due to that Injury is payable up to the Maximum Number of Days of Confinement per Covered Accident.
Only one Benefit is payable for any one day of Confinement, regardless of the number of Injuries or Covered Accidents for which the Confinement is required.
PARALYSIS BENEFIT
If, as a result of a Covered Accident, an Insured Person suffers an Injury that within the Loss Period results in any one of the covered Types of Paralysis, the Company will pay the Paralysis Benefit Amount shown for that loss. In order for a Paralysis Benefit to be payable, the Paralysis must continue for the Benefit Waiting Period and a Physician must determine that the Paralysis is irreversible. No benefit is provided during the the Benefit Waiting Period.
If the Insured Person suffers more than one Type of Paralysis as a result of the same Covered Accident, only one amount, the largest, will be paid.
PHYSICAL THERAPY BENEFIT
If, as a result of a Covered Accident, an Insured Person suffers an Injury that requires initial medical treatment by a Physician within 72 hours of the date of the Covered Accident, the Company will pay the Physical Therapy Benefit to further treat that Injury subject to the following conditions.
Physical Therapy must:
TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY BENEFIT
If, as a result of a Covered Accident, an Insured Person suffers an Injury that within the Loss Period results in one of the types of covered Traumatic Brain Injuries, the Company will pay the Traumatic Brain Injury Benefit Amount shown for that loss.
If the Insured Person suffers more than one type of Traumatic Brain Injury as a result of the same Covered Accident, only one amount, the largest, will be paid.
LIMITATIONS
Limitation on Multiple Benefits.If an Insured Person suffers one or more covered losses from the same Covered Accident for which amounts are payable under more than one Benefit under the Policy, the maximum amount payable under all of the Benefits combined will not exceed the Maximum Benefit Amount per Insured Person per Covered Accident.
Limitation on Benefits under Multiple Accident Plans. If an Insured Person is covered under one or more same type accident policies underwritten by the Company or its affiliates and if the Insured Person suffers a loss from an accident for which one or more Benefits are payable under more than one same type accident policy, the maximum amount payable under all of the Benefits combined will not exceed the amount payable for one of those losses, the largest, subject to the maximum amount payable under such accident policy with the largest maximum. Benefit payments will be payable under only one accident policy.
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EXCLUSIONS
No coverage shall be provided under the Policy and no payment shall be made for any loss resulting in whole or in part from, or contributed to by, or as a natural and probable consequence of any of the following excluded risks even if the proximate or precipitating cause of the loss is an accidental bodily Injury:
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Policy Maximum Amount (per Insured Person)
$50,000.00
Maximum Benefit Amount (per Insured Person per Covered Accident)
$25,000.00
BENEFITS
BENEFIT AMOUNT
Accidental death and Dismemberment Benefit
$25,000.00
Loss Period:
90 days following the date of the Covered Accident
Schedule of Losses
Loss of:
Benefit Amount
LOSS OF A FINGER means complete Severance through the metacarpophalangeal joint of the digit.
LOSS OF A HAND OR FOOT means complete Severance through or above the wrist or ankle joint.
LOSS OF HEARING in One Ear means total and irrecoverable loss of the entire ability to hear in an ear. The Loss of Hearing must be irrecoverable by natural, surgical or artificial means.
LOSS OF SIGHT of One Eye means total and irrecoverable loss of the entire sight in that eye. The Loss of Sight must be irrecoverable by natural, surgical or artificial means.
LOSS OF SPEECH means total and irrecoverable loss of the entire ability to speak.
LOSS OF THUMB AND INDEX FINGER OF THE SAME HAND means complete severance of each through or above the metacarpophalangeal joint of both digits of the same hand.
SEVERANCE means complete separation and dismemberment of the part from the body.
Ambulance Benefit (per Covered Accident)
Dislocation/ Fractures/ Burns/ Surgical Repairs Benefit (per Covered Accident):
*Closed Reduction means the realignment of a fracture or dislocation by other than surgical means.
**Open Reduction means the realignment of a fracture or dislocation by surgical means.
^If a benefit is payable under Schedule A and Schedule B in the Schedule of Benefits as a result of Injuries from the same Covered Accident, only one amount, the largest, will be paid.
Emergency Care Treatment Benefit (per Covered Accident):
Hospital Stay Benefit (per Covered Accident):
Paralysis Benefit (per Covered Accident):
Type of Paralysis
Benefit Amount
"Quadriplegia" means the complete and irreversible paralysis of both upper and both lower limbs.
"Paraplegia" means the complete and irreversible paralysis of both lower limbs.
"Hemiplegia" means the complete and irreversible paralysis of the upper and lower limbs of the same side of the body.
"Uniplegia" means the complete and irreversible paralysis of one limb.
"Limb" means entire arm or entire leg.
Physical Therapy Benefit (per Covered Accident):
Traumatic Brain Injury Benefit (per Covered Accident):
Type of Traumatic Brain Injury
Benefit Amount
IMPORTANT DISCLOSURES
This is an Accident Only Policy.
This is a brief description of coverage provided under policy form series
The insurance described in this document provides limited benefits. Limited benefit plans are insurance products with reduced benefits intended to supplement comprehensive health insurance plans. This insurance is not an alternative to comprehensive coverage. It does not provide major medical or comprehensive medical coverage and is not designed to replace major medical insurance. Further, this insurance is not minimum essential coverage as set forth under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
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In order for Buddy (hereinafter referred to as “we” or “us) to conduct the policy fulfillment process electronically, to the extent permitted by law, you must first consent to us doing so. The insurance related documents you will receive in electronic format will have the same contractual force and effect as insurance‐related documents and communications sent to you in paper format. We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to provide any insurance‐related documents and communications to you in paper form instead, and / or to discontinue this service or modify the terms of this agreement at our option. If we do, we will provide you with reasonable notice and you will have the option to withdraw your consent at that time.
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By selecting the “Yes” button, you are signing this application for insurance electronically, thereby providing your electronic signature. You agree your electronic signature is the legal equivalent of your manual signature and that your electronic signature constitutes your acceptance and agreement as if this application was signed by you in writing. Furthermore, you consent to be legally bound by all statements made by you in this application for insurance. You also agree that no certification authority or other third party verification is necessary to validate your electronic signature and that lack of any such certification or verification will not in any way affect the enforceability of your electronic signature.
Any person who knowingly presents a false or fraudulent claim for payment of a loss or benefit or knowingly presents false information in an application for insurance is guilty of a crime and may be subject to fines and confinement in prison. (Fraud language varies by state. For New York Residents: Any person who knowingly and with intent to defraud any insurance company or other person files an application for insurance or statement of claim containing any materially false information, or conceals for the purpose of misleading, information concerning any fact material thereto, commits a fraudulent insurance act, which is a crime, and shall also be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed five thousand dollars and the stated value of the claim for each such violation. For other state specific fraud warning notices, please see below)
For residents of California: For your protection California law requires the following to appear on this form: a) Any person who knowingly present a false or fraudulent claim for the payment of a loss is guilty of a crime and may be subject to fines and confinement in state prison. b) A false statement in an application shall not bar the right to recovery under the Policy unless such false statement was made with actual intent to deceive or unless it materially affected either the acceptance of the risk or the hazard assumed by the Company.
For residents of Colorado: It is unlawful to knowingly provide false, incomplete, or misleading facts or information to an insurance company for the purpose of defrauding or attempting to defraud the company. Penalties may include imprisonment, fines, denial of insurance, and civil damages. Any insurance company or agent of an insurance company who knowingly provides false, incomplete, or misleading facts or information to a policyholder or claimant for the purpose of defrauding or attempting to defraud the policyholder or claimant with regard to a settlement or award payable from insurance proceeds shall be reported to the Colorado Division of Insurance within the department of regulatory agencies.
For residents of Florida: Any person who knowingly and with intent to injure, defraud, or deceive any insurer files a statement of claim or an application containing any false, incomplete, or misleading information is guilty of a felony of the third degree.
For residents of Kansas: Any person who knowingly presents a false or fraudulent claim for payment of a loss or benefit or knowingly presents false information in an application for insurance may be guilty of insurance fraud as determined by a court of law and may be subject to fines and confinement in prison.
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For residents of Maryland: Any person who knowingly or willfully presents a false or fraudulent claim for payment of a loss or benefit or who knowingly or willfully presents false information in an application for insurance is guilty of a crime and may be subject to fines and confinement in prison.
For residents of Maine, Tennessee, Virginia and Washington: It is a crime to knowingly provide false, incomplete or misleading information to an insurance company for the purpose of defrauding the company. Penalties may include imprisonment, fines or a denial of insurance benefits.
For residents of New Jersey: Any person who includes any false or misleading information on an application for an insurance policy is subject to criminal and civil penalties.
For residents of New Mexico: ANY PERSON WHO KNOWINGLY PRESENTS A FALSE OR FRAUDULENT CLAIM FOR PAYMENT OF A LOSS OR BENEFIT OR KNOWINGLY PRESENTS FALSE INFORMATION IN AN APPLICATION FOR INSURANCE IS GUILTY OF A CRIME AND MAY BE SUBJECT TO CIVIL FINES AND CRIMINAL PENALTIES.
For residents of Ohio and Oklahoma: Any person who, with intent to defraud or knowing that he is facilitating a fraud against an insurer, submits an application or files a claim containing a false or deceptive statement is guilty of insurance fraud.
For residents of Oregon: Any person who knowingly presents a false or fraudulent claim for payment of a loss or benefit or knowingly presents false information in an application for insurance may be guilty of a crime and may be subject to fines and confinement in prison.
For residents of Pennsylvania: Any person who knowingly and with intent to defraud any insurance company or other person files an application for insurance or statement of claim containing any materially false information or conceals for the purpose of misleading, information concerning any fact material thereto commits a fraudulent insurance act, which is a crime and subjects such person to criminal and civil penalties.
For residents of Vermont: Any person who knowingly presents a false statement in an application for insurance may be guilty of a criminal offense and subject to penalties under state law.
(Version Date: November 17, 2017)
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If any provision of these Terms of Use is held by a court or other tribunal of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason, such provision shall be eliminated or limited to the minimum extent such that the remaining provisions of the Terms of Use will continue in full force and effect.
The Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy constitute the sole and entire agreement between you and Company with respect to the Services and supersede all prior and contemporaneous understandings, agreements, representations and warranties, both written and oral, with respect to the Services.
This Website is operated by Buddy Technology, Inc. located at 1717 East Cary St, Suite 2120, Richmond, VA 23223.
All feedback, comments, requests for technical support and other communications relating to the Services should be directed to: support@buddy.insure.
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(Version Date: November 17, 2017)
Buddy Technology, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Company" or"We") respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it through our compliance with this policy. This policy describes the types of information we may collect from you or that you may provide when you access or use Company’s services through the website my.buddy.insure (the"Website"), any third party using an application programming interface ("API"), the Company chatbot via any platform (the"Chatbot"), or any other medium or device now used or hereinafter developed (collectively, the"Services") and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information.
This policy applies to information we collect:
It does not apply to information collected by:
Please read this policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we will treat it. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, your choice is not to use our Services. By accessing or using our Services, you agree to this privacy policy. This policy may change from time to time (seeChanges to ourPrivacy Policy). Your continued use of our Services after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check the policy periodically for updates.
Our Services are not intended for children under 18 years of age. No one under age 18 may provide any information to or on the Website. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 18. If you are under 18, do not use or provide any information on this Website or on or through any of its features/register on the Website or otherwise, make any purchases through the Website, use any of the interactive or public comment features of this Website or otherwise, or provide any information about yourself to us, including your name, address, telephone number, e-mail address or any screen name or user name you may use. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 18 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 18, please contact us at support@buddy.insure.
We collect several types of information from and about users of our Services, including information:
We collect this information:
The information we collect on or through our Website or through your use of the Services may include:
You also may provide information to be published or displayed (hereinafter,"posted") on public areas of the Website, or transmitted to other users of the Website or third parties (collectively,"User Contributions"). Your User Contributions are posted on and transmitted to others at your own risk. Although we limit access to certain pages, please be aware that no security measures are perfect or impenetrable. Additionally, we cannot control the actions of other users of the Website with whom you may choose to share your User Contributions. Therefore, we cannot and do not guarantee that your User Contributions will not be viewed by unauthorized persons.
As you navigate through and interact with our Website or otherwise use the Services, we may use automatic data collection technologies to collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions and patterns, including:
We also may use these technologies to collect information about your online activities over time and across third- party websites or other online services (behavioral tracking).
The information we collect automatically is statistical data and may include personal information, or we may maintain it or associate it with personal information we collect in other ways or receive from third parties. It helps us to improve our Services and to deliver a better and more personalized service, including by enabling us to:
The technologies we use for this automatic data collection may include:
We do collect some personal Information automatically, and we may tie other information to personal information about you that we collect from other sources or you provide to us.
Some content or applications, including advertisements, on the Website are served by third-parties, including advertisers, ad networks and servers, content providers and application providers. These third parties may use cookies alone or in conjunction with web beacons or other tracking technologies to collect information about you when you use our website. The information they collect may be associated with your personal information or they may collect information, including personal information, about your online activities over time and across different websites and other online services. They may use this information to provide you with interest-based (behavioral) advertising or other targeted content.
We do not control these third parties' tracking technologies or how they may be used. If you have any questions about an advertisement or other targeted content, you should contact the responsible provider directly.
We use information that we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any personal information:
We may also use your information to contact you about goods and services that may be of interest to you. If you do not want us to use your information in this way, please adjust your user preferences in your account profile.
We may disclose aggregated information about our users, and information that does not identify any individual, without restriction.
We may disclose personal information that we collect or you provide as described in this privacy policy:
We may also disclose your personal information:
We strive to provide you with choices regarding the personal information you provide to us. We have created mechanisms to provide you with the following control over your information:
We do not control third parties’ collection or use of your information to serve interest-based advertising. However, these third parties may provide you with ways to choose not to have your information collected or used in this way. You can opt out of receiving targeted ads from members of the Network Advertising Initiative ("NAI") on the NAI’s website.
You can review and change your personal information by logging into the Website and visiting your account profile page.
You may also send us an e-mail at support@buddy.insure to request access to, correct or delete any personal information that you have provided to us. We cannot delete your personal information except by also deleting your user account. We may not accommodate a request to change information if we believe the change would violate any law or legal requirement or cause the information to be incorrect.
If you delete your User Contributions from the Website, copies of your User Contributions may remain viewable in cached and archived pages, or might have been copied or stored by other Website users. Proper access and use of information provided on the Website, including User Contributions, is governed by our terms of use.
California Civil Code Section § 1798.83 permits users of our Website that are California residents to request certain information regarding our disclosure of personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. To make such a request, please send an e-mail to support@buddy.insure or write us at: Buddy Technology, Inc., Attn: California Privacy, P.O. Box 81, Richmond, VA 23218-0081.
We have implemented measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration and disclosure.
The safety and security of your information also depends on you. Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password for access to certain parts of our Website, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share your password or credentials with anyone.
Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted to our Website. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the Website or underlying systems.
We may update Our privacy policy from time to time. If We make material changes to how We treat Our users’ personal information, We will post the new privacy policy. The date the privacy policy was last revised is identified at the top of the page. You are responsible for periodically visiting this privacy policy to check for any changes.
To ask questions or comment about this privacy policy and our privacy practices, contact us at: support@buddy.insure.