Purpose: To inform you about the terms and conditions for Sendcloud Shipping Protection. The insurer will reimburse the sales value in addition to the shipping costs when a claim is approved. Before you send a parcel with Sendcloud Shipping Protection, please read these conditions carefully. When you apply this insurance to your shipment you automatically agree to the terms.
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Sendcloud Shipping Protection
We have partnered with XCover to provide you with simple, stress-free protection for your shipment. XCover’s digital claim process is simple and hassle-free with instant payment of approved claims and their friendly support team can help you with any questions not answered in this Help Center. You can also visit XCover to find out more information.
Who is XCover?
XCover is owned by Cover Genius, a leading insurance technology firm that was recently ranked #1 in the Financial Times list of fastest-growing companies. Cover Genius has won dozens of industry awards in the US, EU, UK, Asia, India, and Australia for its claims handling and customer support and has investment from one of the world’s largest insurers, Sompo. XCover's policies are backed by some of the world's largest insurance companies including Lloyd’s, Generali, Sompo, Swiss Re, and Munich Re.
When does my Shipping Protection start and end?
Once enabled, your Shipping Protection begins as soon as your shipments receive a shipping label. Your shipment is covered for the duration of the transit and delivery.
Your Shipping Protection ends when your shipment has been successfully delivered to the intended recipient.
What am I covered for?
Shipping Protection covers your shipments for theft, loss, or damage during transit and delivery. Shipping Protection also covers return shipping costs for damaged items and re-shipping costs for stolen or lost items.
Shipping Protection covers your items until they are delivered to the intended recipient. For example, If your shipment is delivered and is subsequently stolen, it is protected.
To find out what you are and are not covered for in more detail, you can log in to your XCover Account and check your protection wording. To get started, simply find the confirmation email from XCover in your inbox and click the link to set up your XCover Account.
Laptops, televisions, jewelry, and mobile phones are covered under special conditions. To read more about the special conditions we advise you to go to the Shipping Protection Policy of XCover.
What's not covered?
Protection doesn’t extend to items that are damaged before shipment. Any duties or taxes applied to the cost of return shipping or re-shipping stolen, lost, or damaged shipments are also not covered.
Depending on your protection, certain goods are also excluded. Perishable goods, antiques, vehicles, and tobacco are typically not covered. You’re also not covered for shipping any illegal items and for any associated costs.
To find out what you are and are not covered for in more detail, you can log in to your XCover Account and check your protection wording.
You're not covered if:
- If items are delayed during transit.
- If you provide inaccurate, dishonest, or misleading information to XCover, or the administrator, or the merchant.
- If your items are damaged before the shipment has left for transit.
- For any duties or taxes applied to the cost of “return shipping” or “re-shipping” stolen, lost or damaged items.'
- For any perishable goods.
- For any items listed below:
- Cash, bullion, securities, and cash-like instruments and credit cards.
- Antiques and artwork.
- Arms, ammunition, military equipment, and any similar items.
- Motor vehicles including cars and motorcycles.
- Treasury notes and bonds, deeds, manuscripts, documents of any nature, and stamps.
- CBD, tobacco, and tobacco substitute products.
- Computer chips, CPUs, and circuit boards.
- Drones.
- Furs, skins, hides, plants, animals, perishable items, and other temperature-sensitive goods.
- Precious metals and stones (such as high-value jewellery; like rings with stones). Diamonds, rubies, emeralds, sapphires, pearls, chrysoberyls, and alexandrites are not covered.*
- Hazardous, restricted, or controlled items.
- For costs resulting from the items being ineligible for shipping according to the terms and conditions of our partner.
- If your items are lost because an incorrect address was entered for the intended recipient.
- If you ship anything illegal (such as contraband items).
- For any loss in weight or volume, or wear and tear of the shipment.
- For any claims arising from IT or electronic risks.
- If you’ve packed the item in an unsuitable or improper way.
- For any mechanical, electrical, and/or electronic breakdown, failure, and/or derangement of items unless there is evidence that the loss occurred during transit.
- If there's insufficient evidence that a loss to the items occurred during the transit.
- For any claims caused by or related to war, strikes, or terrorism.
- For claims caused by or arising in any way from:
- Rust, oxidation, or any discoloration.
- Marring, chipping, denting, scratching.
- Inherent vice, mold and mildew, or infestation.
- Electrical, electronic, and/or mechanical derangement.
- Radioactive, toxic, explosive, or hazardous matter.
- Any weapon or device employing atomic or nuclear fission and/or fusion.
- Any chemical, biological, bio-chemical, or electromagnetic weapon.
- Indirect or consequential damages or losses.
- The geographical locations of Afghanistan, Belarus, Burundi, Crimea, Cuba, Donetsk, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Kherson, Lebanon, Libya, Luhansk, Mali, Myanmar(Burma), Nicaragua, North Korea, Republic of Guinea, Republic of Guinea-Bissau, Russia, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Tunisia, Ukraine, Venezuela, Yemen, Zaporizhzhia, Zimbabwe.
* Gold, silver, ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, osmium, iridium, and platinum are covered, if worked into jewelry, but please note: claims will be declined if sent in bulk or bullion.
Sendcloud Shipping Protection in combination with carrier insurance
Carrier insurance and Sendcloud Shipping Protection have different conditions. Carriers work with the purchase value, whereas Shipping Protection works with the sales value. To help you understand how a combination of these two works, please take a look at the examples below.
Example 1
Insurance | Product Value |
Carrier insurance €200 | Purchase value €150 |
Shipping Protection €380 | Sales value €580 |
Total insurance: €580 |
Example 2
Insurance | Product Value |
Carrier insurance €300 | Purchase value €250 |
Shipping Protection €350 | Sales value €650 |
Total insurance: €650 |
FAQ: Apple Account or iCloud email address
I bought my protection using my Apple Account or iCloud email address. How do I activate my XCover Account?
Apple has a few extra security features for users including ‘Hide My Email’ and Private Relay that may impact the way you log in or use XCover.
If you choose to ‘Sign in with Apple’ when purchasing protection as part of your Sendcloud purchase, you may be given the option to hide your email address. If you use Apple’s Hide My Email feature, or you sign up using an iCloud email address, your email address is not shared with XCover and there may be a few extra steps to set up your XCover Account. To check Apple’s Hide My Email settings on your Apple Account, follow these instructions.
This means you may not be able to log in to XCover with your usual email address and some customers are blocked from receiving any emails from XCover. You will need those emails in order to set up your XCover Account and submit a claim.
I can’t find any emails from XCover
If you made your initial purchase on the XCover website or app using Apple’s Hide My Email feature or an iCloud email address and can’t find any emails from XCover, please contact XCover’s friendly Support Team and include the first and last name used and the booking time, date and timezone.
To activate your XCover Account
When you first visit XCover you will need to activate your account. Simply find the XCover confirmation SMS or email in your inbox and click the link to set up your XCover Account.
Make sure you check your spam folder if you can’t find your confirmation email. Once you have clicked the link in the confirmation email, you will need to nominate a personal email address to associate with your XCover Account, which you can then use to log in.
Once you have set up your XCover Account, you should be able to easily log in, view your policy documents, make changes, and start a claim.
Apple Privacy
Apple also has a Privacy feature that gives you additional privacy when browsing the web in Safari. This feature is available on all Apple devices for iCloud + users and is enabled or disabled from your Settings.
While Private Relay offers additional privacy, it can also make it difficult for XCover to help you if you need assistance in case of an emergency as it can hide your location. You can turn off Apple Privacy or view your settings at any time.
General FAQ
What happens to my parcels that were already insured by Insureship?
We will cease insuring parcels through Insureship on June 4th 2023. However, all Insureship claims can still be filed after that date by creating a ticket within your Sendcloud panel.
Can I still start an investigation for my parcel with the carrier, even though I'm insured with XCover?
Yes, although your insurance will be handled by XCover, you can still start an investigation with the carrier for your parcel.Can I insure my multicollo shipments with XCover and how does it work?
Yes, you can insure multicollo shipments with XCover. To do this, add insurance per label, as opposed to per order. This means that the insurance amount is to cover the value of the goods per label and not the total value of the order. E.g.: If you create 3 labels as part of a multicollo shipment, you have to add insurance to each of those labels (3 times).Is the insurance automatically transferred over when duplicating a label?
Any duplicate is considered a new shipment, which means that the duplicated shipment will not have insurance enabled automatically. To add insurance to your duplicate shipment, enable it (again) before creating the label.Are the XCover insurance costs different from Insureship?
Yes, you can check the full details of pricing here.Will Xcover refund the nett or gross sales value, and does the payout include VAT?
Xcover will refund the gross sales value, including VAT, as confirmed by Xcover. This means that the payout amount you receive will cover the total sales value, including any VAT that was applied.