2024-11-28
The Autorité des marchés financiers has amended additional coverage 4.1 for travel expenses due to vehicle theft in Q.P.F. No. 1 – Owners' Form and eight related endorsements, raising the maximum reimbursement to $3,000 per loss with no daily cap. The revised terms now permit insureds to claim similar replacement vehicle leases, taxis, other remunerated passenger transport, and incidental costs such as gasoline and tolls. These amendments take effect on January 15, 2025, and apply to all affected insurance contracts until insurers distribute the updated forms.
Notice regarding the coming into effect on January 15, 2025, of amendments to Q.P.F. No. 1 – Owners' Form and to certain endorsements related to Q.P.F. No. 1 and Q.P.F. No. 4 – Garage Form Under section 71 of the Insurers Act, CQLR, c. A-32.1, the form and terms of insurance policies relating to the ownership or use of motor vehicles are determined by the Autorité des marchés financiers (the “Authority” or the “AMF”). The same is true for any riders (“endorsements”) that may be attached to those policies. This notice sets out the amendments made to the following forms:
• Q.E.F. No. 20b – Travel expenses and loss of income (Section B) • Q.E.F. No. 20c – Travel expenses and loss of income (broad form) (Section B) Such amendments have also been made to the following endorsements related to Q.P.F. No. 4 - Garage Form: • Q.E.F. No. 4-20 – Travel expenses (Section B) • Q.E.F. No. 4-20a – Travel expenses (broad form) (Section B) • Q.E.F. No. 4-20b – Travel expenses and loss of income (Section B) • Q.E.F. No. 4-20c – Travel expenses and loss of income (broad form) (Section B) 3- Effective date of the amendments The amendments made to the following forms are effective as of January 15, 2025: • Q.P.F. No. 1 – Ownersʼ Form • Q.E.F. No. 20 – Travel expenses (Section B) • Q.E.F. No. 20a – Travel costs (broad form) (Section B) • Q.E.F. No. 20b – Travel expenses and loss of income (Section B) • Q.E.F. No. 20c – Travel expenses and loss of income (broad form) (Section B) • Q.E.F. No. 4-20 – Travel expenses (Section B) • Q.E.F. No. 4-20a – Travel expenses (broad form) (Section B) • Q.E.F. No. 4-20b – Travel expenses and loss of income (Section B) • Q.E.F. No. 4-20c – Travel expenses and loss of income (broad form) (Section B) Insurers will have to apply the revised forms to insurance contracts taken out before and after January 15, 2025, until they have delivered the new versions of the forms to the insureds. The new Q.P.F. No. 1 form and amended endorsements are available on the AMF website at www.lautorite.qc.ca, under Professionals/Insurers/Automobile insurance/AMF approved forms. Further information Further information is available from the AMF Information Centre: Québec City: 418-525-0337 Montréal: 514-395-0337 Toll-free: 1-877-395-0337 www.lautorite.qc.ca November 28, 2024