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Template 3 – Leaseholder’s notice to insurer of possible claim

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Template letter

To: [insert name of insurance company]

Property address: [insert address of flat or house]

  1. I am/we are the leaseholder(s) of the above property.
  2. This notice is given under Section 30A and paragraph 7 of the Schedule to the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985
  3. Damage appears to me/us to have been caused to the dwelling in respect of which a claim could be made under the terms of the insurance policy number [insert number of insurance policy]
    OR
    The dwelling is a flat and damage appears to me/us to have been caused to the dwelling or to another part of the building containing it in respect of which a claim could be made under the terms of the insurance policy number [insert policy number of insurance policy]
  4. A term of the insurance policy is that the person insured under the policy should give notice of any potential claim under it to the insurer within a specified period
  5. The nature of the damage is [insert brief description of damage]
  6. Please acknowledge receipt of this notice by signing and returning the accompanying copy of this notice

Signed: [signature of the person(s) giving the notice]

Address: [Give the address for future correspondence about this request]

Date:

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