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Contents Insurance

Be ready to pay monthly at no extra cost1 when you buy a new policy
Whether it's a burglary, fire4, or storm4, we're here to help you repair, replace or rebuild.
You can make a claim online or call 13 10 13 for claims service 24 hours, 7 days a week.
With our Home Insurance, you could get up to 30% No Claim Bonus depending on your claims history.
From Insurer of the Year to Excellence in Claims, we’re proud to have won numerous industry awards over the years.
Australian Insurance Industry Awards Finalist 2022 and Insurance Business Awards Winner 2022
Insurance Business Awards Winner 2021 and The Mansfield Awards 2021
Has your property or its contents been damaged? Making a claim with us is quick and simple. Find out what’s involved and what you’ll need to make a claim.
Find out what is and isn’t covered under our Contents Insurance, as well as some optional covers you can buy.

We’ll cover your contents for loss or damage caused by 11 insured events, including fire,4 storms,4 and theft. This is a limited summary only of some of the benefits. For further details, see the relevant Product Disclosure Statement (PDS)
  • Repair or replacement after an insured event
  • If an insured event damages your contents, and we’ve accepted your claim, we’ll pay the reasonable cost of repairing or replacing your damaged contents items.

    We’ll pay up to the contents sum insured you nominate, or any set limits outlined in the PDS.
  • Legal liability cover
  • Covers you if you’re found liable to pay compensation to someone because you’ve accidentally injured them or damaged their property during the period of insurance.

    We’ll pay up to $20 million.
  • Alternative accommodation for you and your pets
  • If an insured event damages your contents during the period of insurance to such an extent that your home can’t be lived in, we’ll pay the rental costs for your temporary accommodation.

    We’ll pay up to 10% of your contents sum insured for a maximum of 12 months, calculated on your building’s rentable value before the damage.5 We’ll also pay up to $500, as a one-off payment, for commercial pet boarding.
  • Emergency contents storage
  • If you can’t live in your home due to damage from an insured event, we’ll reimburse the reasonable costs to move and store your undamaged contents. This will be while the buildings are repaired or rebuilt, or you find alternative accommodation – for up to 12 months.

    The most we’ll pay is the balance of your contents sum insured, after we’ve paid any claim for damage to your contents.
  • Moving house cover
  • If you have Contents Insurance and you’re moving house, we'll cover your contents both at your new and old Australian address for up to 14 days after you first start to move.

    Note: We won’t cover your contents while they’re in transit.
  • Debris removal
  • Covers the reasonable costs to remove debris from your home buildings if your contents are damaged or destroyed by an insured event.

    Covers up to 10% of your contents sum insured.
  • Vet costs
  • If you’ve insured your contents and your cat or dog is injured in a road accident, we’ll help with the related veterinary costs.

    We’ll pay up to $500 in any one period of insurance. No excess applies.
  • Food or medicine spoilage
  • If your fridge or freezer breaks down and you lose perishable food or medicine, we'll pay for them to be replaced up to the sum insured. If the spoilage is due to a natural disaster, the most we’ll pay is $500.

If you own your home and it’s part of a strata title development, we’ll also cover your fixtures, fittings, and structural improvements that aren’t insurable by your body corporate.

These are some of the things that our Contents Insurance won’t cover:
  • Certain items while they’re being used, such as sports equipment, bicycles, and watercraft.
  • Cracked glass or screens in laptops, mobile phones, computers or their accessories where that’s the only damage to the item.
  • Lost property unless it’s insured under optional Portable Contents for worldwide coverage or optional Accidental Damage cover within Australia.
  • Wear and tear, including gradual deterioration or lack of maintenance.
  • Loss or damage caused by flooding – unless you’ve added optional Flood cover to your policy4, where available.
  • Existing defects, damage, or poor workmanship.
  • Loss or damage caused by pets or domestic animals, or birds, insects, or vermin.

You can consider adding any of these optional covers to your policy at an additional cost.
  • Portable Content
  • Covers loss or damage to your portable items, such as wallets, glasses, jewellery, cameras and mobile phones,6 caused by theft or an accident.

    This option covers your portable contents Australia-wide or anywhere in the world when you’re outside Australia for up to 120 continuous days in any period of insurance.

    Choose from two types of cover – listed or unlisted
  • Flood
  • Covers you for loss or damage to your contents caused by flood and certain flood-related events. Optional Flood cover may not be available in some areas.

    Note: 72-hour exclusion period may apply. We may not provide cover for any loss of or damage to your property caused by cyclone, flood, grassfires and bushfires, during the first 72 hours after you first take out or increase the cover under the policy. For full details of conditions and exclusions, see the relevant PDS.
  • Accidental Damage
  • Covers you for accidental damage caused by sudden, unforeseen and unintended events, not just the specified insured events. This option automatically includes Motor Burnout cover.
  • Motor Burnout
  • Covers you if an electrical current damages your domestic household’s electrical motors, such as your fridge or freezer, providing they’re under 10 years old.
  • Domestic Workers' Compensation
  • Covers people you employ at your insured address to help you around the house, such as a cleaner, gardener or nanny. Only available in Tasmania, Western Australia and the Australian Capital Territory.

This is a summary only of some of the features and benefits available on Allianz Home Insurance, as well as some of the exclusions. Before deciding on a policy, carefully consider the relevant Product Disclosure Statement (PDS) and Supplementary PDS (where applicable) which set out the standard terms, conditions, limits and exclusions.
Conveniently combines Building and Contents cover on the one Home Insurance policy. Covers the cost of loss or damage to both your home building and home contents.
Our Contents Insurance covers the cost of loss or damage to the contents in your home if caused by the following events^.
  • Fire or smoke (including bushfires4 and grassfires4)
  • Theft or burglary
  • Storm and cyclone4, rainwater or run off (not including flood which subject to eligibility may be available under the optional Flood cover4)
  • Lightning
  • Water or other liquid damage
  • Impact damage
  • Earthquake or tsunami
  • Accidental breakage of glass or ceramic items
  • Vandalism or malicious damage
  • Explosion
  • Riots or civil commotion

^ For a full list of events covered by Allianz Home Insurance, see the relevant PDS.

When you take out Contents Insurance, it’s important the amount you’re insured for accurately reflects the cost to replace your contents. This is because you might have to pay the difference out of your own pocket if you’re insured less than the replacement value of your contents.

Contents insurance is designed to help cover the cost of loss or damage to your contents at your home. This includes everything from furniture, rugs and appliances to your BBQ and even clothes, shoes, handbags and more.

Our Contents Insurance covers the cost of repair or replacement when loss or damage is caused by fire (including bushfires4 and grassfires4), break-ins, storms, earthquakes and more. Flood cover4 may be available as an optional cover.

Plus, it provides legal liability cover which can cover you if you’re found liable to pay compensation to someone because you’ve accidently injured them or damaged their property during the period of insurance.

The amount you choose to insure your contents for is called the 'contents sum insured'.

The cost of your insurance is called a ‘premium’. Your premium will depend on a number of factors, and can change each year when you renew your policy. Your premium for each period of insurance will be shown on your policy schedule.

There are a number of factors that determine how your Allianz Contents Insurance premium is calculated, including:

  • Your risk profile. We work this out using a number of factors, such as:
    • Where you live
    • The type of property you’re insuring
    • The amount and type of cover you require
    • Any other people also insured under the policy
    • The relevant claims history of the people being insured
    • The likelihood of a claim being made on your policy
  • Any discounts that may apply
  • Any compulsory government charges such as Stamp Duty and GST
  • Emergency Services Levies if they apply to the State or Territory where your home is located
  • Any other charges we tell you of
  • The excess you choose8

To find out the cost of your Contents Insurance through Allianz, get a quick quote in minutes.

With Allianz, you may be able to save on your Contents Insurance premium by increasing your basic excess. Our policies come with flexible excess levels, giving you the option to increase your basic excess, within a given range, which could reduce your premium.8

We offer a contents calculator that’s powered by Sum Insured Pty Ltd, to make estimating the value of your contents easy. Simply enter your address into the contents calculator and verify a few details to get an estimate of your contents’ value.

You can even adjust the pre-populated fields like number of rooms in your home and add specific contents categories to generate an estimated replacement value (sum insured amount).  

It’s important that the amount you’re insured for accurately reflects the cost to replace your contents. This is because you might have to pay the difference out of your own pocket if you’re insured for less than the replacement value of your contents. The contents calculator works as a guide that can help you avoid being underinsured.

It’s easy – calculate your contents in minutes in a few simple steps.

If you take out Contents Insurance, here’s how it can work if you experience an insured loss:

  • Your house or apartment you live in burns down and destroys all your contents within it. With adequate sums insured under contents cover, you could replace your insured contents.
  • A kitchen fire damages your kitchen in your house or apartment. With adequate sums insured under contents cover, you could replace damaged items like blinds and kitchenware including crockery and domestic appliances.
  • A thief enters the door to your house or apartment and steals your contents. You can replace the items that were stolen under your Contents Insurance.
  • While rearranging your furniture, you accidentally drop your bookshelf on your glass coffee table, and the glass breaks. You can repair or replace the glass on your coffee table in this instance. This is because your Allianz Contents Insurance covers accidental breakage of glass that forms part of your contents in your home (other than those contents that are excluded such as televisions – see the PDS).

    If you take out optional accidental damage cover, we’ll repair or replace the whole coffee table including the glass.

This cover option allows you to insure items which you wear or carry with you outside your insured address, such as a handbag, wallet, sunglasses, jewellery or a musical instrument. You can choose from two types of Portable Contents cover – unlisted or listed – or you can choose both.

Unlisted Portable Contents

This option allows you to select a per item limit and per claim limit, e.g. up to $2,000 per item and $7,500 per claim. This means you don’t have to specifically list an item. However, this option doesn't cover items such as laptops, tablets, mobile phones and other wearable technology which need to be covered under Listed Portable Contents.

Listed Portable Contents

This cover option allows you to cover specific portable options for their full value (less any excess). Laptops, tablets, mobile phones and other wearable technology can be listed under your policy and covered as listed portable items.

If you’re moving house, we'll cover your contents at your new address and at your old address for up to 14 days after you first start your move. This covers your contents when they are contained in the buildings at either your old or new address, but not while in transit. Read the PDS for full details of what’s covered and information that you need to provide us about your new address.
To discuss contents in storage, speak to us on 13 1000.

To see some of the events covered and not covered by our Home Insurance, refer to our Key Fact Sheets (KFS)
 
  1. Pay by instalments

    Premiums payable by instalments may be subject to minor adjustments (upwards and downwards) due to rounding, and financial institution transaction fees may apply.

  2. Up to 30% No Claim Bonus – Home

    When you take out a new policy, we calculate your No Claim Bonus based on your home insurance claims history. To qualify for the maximum No Claim Bonus of 30%, Home Insurance customers must have had no Building or Contents insurance claims in the preceding five years. However, customers who  have had claims may still qualify for a reduced No Claim Bonus.

    After each claim-free year, the No Claim Bonus applied to your renewal premium will be increased by 10%, to a maximum of 30%. However, for every claim you make in a year, the No Claim Bonus applied to your renewal premium will be reduced by 10% to a minimum of 0%.

    The No Claim Bonus is applied to some optional covers if available and selected; Motor Burnout and Accidental Damage, but not Flood, Domestic Workers Compensation or Portable Contents cover.
  3. Minimum premiums may apply

    Any discounts may be subject to rounding and only apply to the extent that any minimum premium isn't reached. If you’re eligible for more than one discount, Allianz applies them in a predetermined order. This means the effect of applying any subsequent discount will be reduced. For example, the aggregate effect of applying two discounts consecutively means that you won't see the full benefit of both these discounts.

    Discounts don't apply to taxes or government charges.

  4. 72-hour exclusion period may apply

    We may not provide cover for any loss of or damage to your property caused by cyclone, flood, grassfires, and bushfires, during the first 72 hours after you first purchase a policy or increase your cover under an existing policy. For full details of conditions and exclusions please refer to the relevant PDS.

  5. Alternative accommodation

    We don’t pay additional alternative accommodation costs under the contents section if we’ve paid it under the buildings  section. No excess applies to this benefit.

  6. Portable Contents

    Some portable contents must be specified on your policy schedule as Listed Portable Contents to be covered.

  7. Combined Discounts

    A discount of up to 10% is applied to your premium when you combine Buildings and Contents on one Home Insurance policy, including for the following optional covers if selected: Motor Burnout and Accidental Damage cover. The combined discount doesn't apply to Landlord policies, Flood, Portable Contents, or Domestic Workers Compensation optional covers (if available and selected).

  8. Option to change your excess

    Not available with respect to any additional compulsory excess, imposed excess applied to the policy or to the Portable Contents excess. Any reduction in premium will not be applied to government taxes and charges, or to optional covers (if available and selected): Domestic Workers’ Compensation, Flood or Portable Contents. Minimum premiums apply.

Allianz acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the lands on which we live and work across Australia. We pay our respect to First Nations Elders past and present.



Any advice here does not take into account your individual objectives, financial situation or needs. Terms, conditions, limits, and exclusions apply. Before making a decision about this insurance, consider the relevant Product Disclosure Statement (PDS)/Policy Wording and Supplementary PDS (if applicable). Where applicable, the PDS/Policy Wording, Supplementary PDS and Target Market Determination (TMD) for this insurance are available on this website. We do not provide any form of advice if you call us to enquire about or purchase a product.

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