Bankers’ blanket bond

Broad policy protecting the first-party liability of leading financial institutions. Key areas of cover embrace: fidelity dishonesty of employees; fraud; forgery of cheques or other instruments; theft or robbery of valuables from own premises or in transit; damage to premises and contents during theft; counterfeit securities and counterfeit currency. The policy may be extended to cover computer fraud, safe deposit liability and kidnap and ransom. Cover is available for banks and financial institutions such as central depositories, processing centres and clearing houses. Standard wordings and manuscript wordings are available.

Bankruptcy Action

Assignments of policies may also be void or against the trustee in bankruptcy by Sec. 42 of the Bankruptcy Act. But once the assignor has made a settlement of the Policy caught by that section, subsequent payments of premium up to the date of his bankruptcy will not constitute fresh settlement within it.