Contents Insurance
Save up to 10% on your first year’s premium when you purchase a new contents policy online1,4
Protect the belongings kept at the insured address for loss or damage caused by one or more of 11 insured events.
It’s your personal contents that make the house your home – protect them with Over Fifty’s Contents Insurance.
Contents Insurance can cover your important items from damage or loss caused by insured events such as fire7, storm or theft.
The better you understand your policy, the easier it will be if you ever have to claim.
Here is a limited summary of the benefits of a contents insurance policy. For full details of the standard terms, conditions, limits and exclusions that apply please read the Product Disclosure Statement (PDS), any applicable supplementary PDS before making a decision to purchase the insurance. The Home Contents Key Fact Sheet (KFS) also sets out some information about the cover.
Select the cover to suit your needs.
Effective 22 February 2021
Cover when you’re moving house
Over Fifty’s Contents Insurance will cover your contents for loss or damage caused by an insured event both at your new and old address for up to 14 days after you first start to move. No cover is provided for loss or damage whilst contents are in transit (unless you have Accidental damage cover).
Alternative accommodation for you and your pets
If your contents are damaged by an insured event during the period of insurance to such an extent that you can’t live in your home buildings, Over Fifty’s Contents Insurance will pay the additional costs for temporary accommodation for you up to 10% of the contents sum insured and up to $500 for temporary accommodation for your pets in a commercial boarding establishment.
Guest, visitor and domestic helper property
Over Fifty’s Contents Insurance will also provide cover for property belonging to your guests, visitors and domestic helpers up to $5,000 (included in your contents sum insured), if it is lost or damaged as a result of an insured event that you are claiming for.
Emergency Contents Storage
If your home buildings are damaged by an insured event and is unable to be lived in, Over Fifty’s Contents insurance will reimburse the reasonable costs to move and store your contents for the time necessary to repair or rebuild your home building or until you find alternative accommodation up to an maximum of 12 months.
Debris removal
Over Fifty’s Contents Insurance will pay up to 10% of the contents sum insured for removal of debris from the home building if your contents are damaged or destroyed by an insured event.
Food or medicine spoilage
If your refrigerator or freezer breaks down and you lose your perishable food or medicine as a result, Over Fifty’s Contents Insurance will pay for you to replace it. If you claim for this benefit, excess will apply. If the spoilage is due to a natural disaster (declared by Allianz, the government or the Insurance Council of Australia ) the maximum Allianz will pay is $500. No excess will apply.
24/7 claims lodgement
When you need to make a claim Allianz are there for you with 24 hour claims lodgement available online, or you can call the claims line to commence the claims process over the phone.
Cover for your contents intended to be kept outside
Over Fifty’s Contents Insurance will cover contents intended to be kept outside like your barbeque, outdoor furniture and childrens play equipment up to $2,000 in total.
Optional covers
Apply to add any of these optional covers for an additional premium and greater cover
Accidental damage
The accidental damage cover option helps protect you in the event of accidental unexpected mishaps that are caused unintentionally – giving you greater coverage for your home contents.
Portable contents
Optional cover to protect your portable contents such as mobile phones, cameras and engagement rings in the event of theft or an accident at the insured address and when you take them out of your home, even when you are temporarily outside Australia for up to 120 continuous days in any period of insurance. Some portable contents must be specified as Listed portable contents with the full replacement value to be covered away from the home
Motor burnout
The Motor burnout option covers you if an electrical current damages your household electrical motors. This cover is automatically included if you have taken optional Accidental Damage cover
Domestic workers’ compensation cover
Cover for a domestic worker (e.g. gardener or cleaner), if they are injured while working for you at the insured address. Only available in ACT, WA and TAS.
Flood cover
Flood cover may be available as an optional cover to your contents. A 72 hour exclusion period applies.
What does Contents Insurance cover?
Contents > What’s covered?
Contents insurance protects the belongings you have at the insured address: from your furniture, carpet and appliances and even your BBQ. So, if any of the insured events happen during the period of insurance, we’ll generally pay to repair or replace your contents – up to the policy limits.
Policy Documents and Key Fact Sheets
We do not provide advice based on any consideration of your objectives, financial situation or needs. Terms, conditions, limits and exclusions apply. Before making a decision please refer to the Home Product Disclosure Statement (PDS) any applicable supplementary PDS and Home Contents Key Fact Sheet is also available for reference.
Home Contents Calculator
It’s up to you to decide the sums insured, and the type and level of cover that you want to take out. People generally want enough insurance to cover the property’s estimated replacement value. If you don’t have enough cover, you could end up having to cover some of the costs yourself. Remember, Allianz will only pay up to the amount of your loss or the sum insured, whichever is the lesser (subject to the policy terms and conditions) – so you should also be careful not to over insure. That’s why we’ve provided the calculator. It works as a guide to help you estimate the replacement value of your home contents.