Insurance Terms
This is a theft insurance contract issued and underwritten by Loco Scooters Ltd for the insured electric scooter. It does not cover loss or damage to a person or third party.
Price and policy length
- Price: €79 per policy.
- Policy length: 12 months from the date of purchase, covering one scooter.
Cover
- Only the original purchaser is covered. Selling or disposing of the scooter ends the policy.
- A replacement scooter is not covered and must be insured separately.
- After a theft, the scooter is replaced like-for-like if you report it within 24 hours and provide a Garda Incident Report or statement within 7 days.
- Excess: 10% of the current full retail value (not a sale price) or €100, whichever is greater.
- You have a 14-day cooling-off period to cancel by email. If you do not sign the terms within 14 days of purchase, you are deemed to have accepted them.
Exclusions
- Fraudulent or intentional acts by the insured.
- Theft while used for commercial purposes.
- Theft from a motor vehicle, unless it has an operational alarm, is locked, and the scooter is in the boot completely out of sight.
- Theft from the home, unless the scooter was inside and door locks and alarms were operational.
- Theft from a workplace, unless secured to an immovable object with an approved lock.
- Theft by a person entrusted with the scooter, other than immediate family, with your consent.
- Theft from a garage, balcony, garden, shed, underground car park or communal hallway, unless locked to an immovable object through the frame (any shed must be securely locked).
- Theft away from home, unless locked to an immovable object through the frame.
An approved lock is a reinforced steel U or D lock.
Making a claim
- Email locoscooter@outlook.com to request a claim form.
- Report the theft within 24 hours.
- Send the Garda Incident Report or statement within 7 days.
- Expect a decision within 7 business days of receiving it.
Phone: +353 1 524 2062.
Summary of the terms published on locoscooters.ie. Check the original for exact legal wording.
