Contract preparation without a case narrative
What should you ask before choosing or reviewing legal protection cover?
Select broad categories only. The tool orders points to read in the policy and general terms; it gives no legal advice and never confirms that a dispute is covered.
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No name, opponent, exact date, amount, policy number or free-text account is requested.Question plan
Contract review matrix
Priorities only indicate an order for reading and written questions.People, fields and territory
Define whom and which situations the contract describes.
- Which people are named or defined as insured, and under what household conditions?
- Are private and traffic protection separate, and which fields are expressly included?
- Which subjects, situations, people or activities are excluded or limited?
Insured event and timing
Identify the definitions and timing rules in the general terms.
- How do the general terms define the insured event or legal case?
Costs, limits and deductible
Compare cost categories and conditions, not a headline limit alone.
- Which advice, lawyer, expert, court, advance or adverse-party costs are considered, and under what limits?
- Is there a deductible, dispute-value threshold or limit per case or period?
Notification and case handling
Check contacts, approvals and disagreement routes before acting.
- Which expenses or steps require prior written approval?
- When is a choice of lawyer possible and which contractual process applies?
- Who should receive a request, how, and with which broad information?
This matrix is not legal advice, an offer or a coverage decision. Rights can only be established from the policy, general terms, case facts and decisions by competent actors.
This tool asks for no identifying data
The five answers remain only in temporary page memory. They are not sent, stored, added to the URL, passed to the request form or shared with analytics.
Method
- Define the people, fields and territory sought.
- Read the insured event, timing, exclusions and costs.
- Obtain the applicable process in writing before major expense.
Limits
- No view on a dispute or prospects of success.
- No confirmation of cover, price or eligibility.
- No calculation of legal or contractual deadlines.
- The applicable policy and terms prevail.
Verified Swiss sources
FINMA and Ombudsman guidance is linked in English. The consolidated federal statutes are linked to the official French text; no authoritative English legal translation is asserted here. The law, policy, terms and competent decisions prevail. The Ombudsman is an independent foundation, not a regulator or court.
- Fedlex — Federal Act on Insurance Contracts (official French text)Official French legal text · Consolidated federal law governing pre-contract information and the rights and duties arising from an insurance contract.↗
- Fedlex — Insurance Supervision Act (official French text)Official French legal text · Supervisory framework for insurers and special safeguards against conflicts of interest in legal-expenses insurance.↗
- Fedlex — Insurance Supervision Ordinance (official French text)Official French legal text · Definition of legal protection, separate disclosure, claims handling and representative choice in the situations laid down by law.↗
- FINMA — You have a problem with your insurance companyEnglish · First approaching the insurer, FINMA’s supervisory role and its inability to decide a private-law insurance dispute.↗
- Ombudsman — Ombudsman of Private Insurance and of SuvaEnglish · Primary source for an independent out-of-court service within its remit and for member insurers; its recommendations are not binding judgments.↗