No.  Your personal automobile insurance policy is considered primary and would respond to any claims arising from accidents regardless of the fact that it was on University business. The University insurance policies do not provide coverage for personally owned vehicles. Please review the Use of Personal Vehicles Guidelines.

The Contracts and Insurance Office makes every attempt to action Certificate of Insurance requests as soon as possible and aims to maintain a five (5) business day turnaround. However, since our certificates are issued by our insurer there may be delays that we cannot avoid. You can avoid delays in the receipt of your Certificate of Insurance by providing complete and accurate information on the Certificate of Insurance Request Form.

Please go to Certificates of Insurance and fill out the Certificate of Insurance Request Form.

The University carries various types of insurance including property, commercial general liability, errors and omissions, automobile, and machinery breakdown. If you have any coverage questions please reach out to the C&I Office.

MOUs are non-binding statements of goodwill or partnerships between two or more parties. Any specific initiatives arising from MOUs should be subject to more formal and binding agreements. There should be no monetary value.

A Secondment Contract is an arrangement made between UPEI and another employer, detailing the temporary transfer of an employee from his or her duties.

An agreement in which UPEI is contracted to provide a service for an individual, business or agency, and in return, UPEI will receive monetary compensation.

An agreement with the University where a business, individual or agency agrees to provide a service to the University in return for monetary compensation. The contract describes in detail the nature, duration, and description of the services provided as well as compensation for the services.

The University has developed standardized templates for contracts to expedite the contract process for certain frequently contracted services.  Some departments and faculties have also worked with the Contract and Insurance Office to develop Standard Agreements or Contracts – these are Unit specific Standard Contracts. The wording in these documents cannot be changed without prior approval from the Contracts and Insurance Office. The contract drafter can only fill in the required information in the blank fields provided.

In accordance with Section 4.1 of the Signing Authority Policy, the following positions are defined as Official Signing Officers:

• Chair of the Board of Governors
• President
• Vice-President, Administration and Finance
• Vice-President, Academic and Research (formerly the Vice-President, Academic and the Vice-President Research and Graduate Studies
• Comptroller