Landlord's Contents Insurance

Protection for the chattels and key furnishings in your rental home. 

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Benefits at a glance

Feel safe knowing that your rental property’s chattels and key furnishings are covered if the unexpected happens.  

  • If your landlord’s contents at your rental property are damaged in a natural disaster: 
    We’ll pay to repair or replace most of your landlord’s contents if they’re damaged in events like earthquakes, storms, floods and landslips. 

  • If your landlord’s contents get damaged:

    We’ll pay to repair or replace fitted chattels like kitchen ovens and fixed carpets, if they’re not covered by a rental home policy or body corp.

  • If your rental home becomes unliveable due to something we cover:
    We’ll pay up to $30,000 of lost rent if the loss or damage to your rental home or its landlord’s contents makes your rental home unfit to live in.

  • If your tenant leaves their things behind:
    We’ll pay up to $10,000 to remove their abandoned items so you can rent your property out again. 

  • If your tenant moves out with rent owing:
    Add the ‘Rent default’ optional benefit to either your Landlord’s Home or Landlord’s Contents policy, and we’ll cover up to 15 weeks of lost rent if your tenant moves out without notice or is evicted due to unpaid rent.

  • If your landlord’s contents are damaged by hidden leaks:
    We’ll cover up to $3,000 a year for hidden gradual damage, caused by water leaking from an internal tank or internal plumbing. 

This information is intended as a guide only. Exclusions and limitations apply. Talk to us about these or refer to the full policy wording.

 

Which Landlord’s Insurance is right for you?

Landlord’s Home and Contents Insurance

Cover for your partially or fully furnished rental home, the garage and shed on your rental property, as well as landlord’s chattels and key furnishings that your tenants use. Plus, support for landlords during tricky times, like protection against lost rent in certain situations and removal costs for abandoned items. 

Landlord’s Home Insurance

Cover for your unfurnished rental home, the garage, shed and other structures on your rental property. Plus, support for landlords during tricky times, like protection against lost rent in certain situations and removal costs for abandoned items. 

Landlord’s Contents Insurance

For when your rental home is insured by someone else, like through a body corporate, but you need additional cover for the chattels and household goods your tenants use. Get cover for things like furniture, furnishings and electrical appliances. Plus, support for landlords during tricky times, like protection against lost rent in certain situations and removal costs for abandoned items.

Landlord’s Contents Insurance key features

Select cover option

What's included

What's included

Natural disaster cover for your landlord’s contents
Loss of rent while your rental home is unliveable

Up to $30,000

Removal of abandoned possessions

Up to $10,000

Removal of unrepairable items
Damage or theft by tenants
Hidden gradual damage to your landlord’s contents

Up to $3,000 per year

Replacement of whiteware appliances with a more energy-efficient model
Legal liability cover

Up to $5,000,000

Sudden and accidental loss or damage to your landlord’s contents

Optional benefits

Optional benefits

Rent default benefit for if your tenant leaves without notice, and other situations

Optional extra

Plain language policy wording

What's included

What's included

Natural disaster cover for your landlord’s contents
Loss of rent while your rental home is unliveable

Up to $30,000

Removal of abandoned possessions

Up to $10,000

Removal of unrepairable items
Damage or theft by tenants
Hidden gradual damage to your landlord’s contents

Up to $3,000 per year

Replacement of whiteware appliances with a more energy-efficient model
Legal liability cover

Up to $5,000,000

Sudden and accidental loss or damage to your landlord’s contents

Optional benefits

Optional benefits

Rent default benefit for if your tenant leaves without notice, and other situations

Optional extra

Plain language policy wording

This is a summary only, for a full list of the benefits as well as exclusions and other terms, read the policy wording.




Some of our policy wordings are now in plain language, making them easier for you to read, understand, and act on.

Note: If you already have a policy with us, you may have a different policy wording to the plain language policy wording above. Check your policy details, then find your policy wording on our Policy documents page.

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