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Insurance of Your Jewellery - FAQ

Why are some items listed separately on my policy? Most policies have limits for jewellery items that are not listed, usually a figure between $1000 and $5000 for each, but some are as low as $500. There is also usually a total limit for each claim of between…

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Why Get My Jewellery Valued for Insurance?

The saddest part of our job as jewellery valuers is when you, the jewellery owner, gets burgled and we are asked to evaluate your loss only to find that there are is no documentation of the items. This makes it impossible for us to establish a fair value for y…

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Beware the Misleading Valuation When Jewellery Shopping

For too long now the jewellery buying public have been mislead by insurance replacement valuations being used by jewellers and other traders in advertising and in the sales process. GemLab has a strict policy of not valuing jewellery items for insurance when w…

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Who Should Insure My Jewellery

Check the limits on the policy Most policies have limits for jewellery items that are not listed, usually a figure between $1000 and $5000 for each, but some are as low as $500. There is also usually a total limit for each claim of between $15000 and $50,000…

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GemLab To The Rescue!

Consumer illustrates the benefits of GemLab's Independent Jewellery Valuation Service. See in this Consumer piece how our comprehensive understanding of jewellery insurance has prevented this jewellery owner from an incorrect claim settlement. https://www.con…

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Valuing Jewellery for Insurance : Is a New Approach Needed?

This article was first published on the AIJV website Most Valuers would agree that when they write an insurance valuation on a piece of jewellery for a consumer their primary objective is to protect the owner. Here are two scenarios where that objective may…

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Consumer Alert : EGL Diamond Reports

Two of the largest jewellery trade supply channels in the United States have just announced that they will no longer list diamonds with European Gemological Laboratory (EGL) Diamond Reports. The reason given is, quote... "We are concerned about the misreprese…

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Is Your Engagement Ring Up To It?

At GemLab, we provide jewellery owners and insurance companies with independent reports on damaged jewellery items that are the subject, or potential subject, of an insurance claim. For the claim to be accepted the damage has to have been caused by an accident…

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Insurance of Your Jewellery - FAQ

16 Jan, 2023 · Paul Nilsson

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Why Get My Jewellery Valued for Insurance?

12 Jan, 2023 · Paul Nilsson

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Beware the Misleading Valuation When Jewellery Shopping

16 Nov, 2022 · Paul Nilsson

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Who Should Insure My Jewellery

22 Nov, 2021 · Paul Nilsson

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