Contents Insurance for renters
Insure your belongings if you live in a rental property for loss or damage from insured events such as theft, fire⁶ and storm⁶.
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Call 1300 50 50 99 to speak to a real person who understands you
Flexible payment options
Pay by the month at no extra cost⁵ and enjoy the flexibility to adjust your excess which may reduce your premium⁴
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Save up to 10%
Up to 10% discount on your first year's premium when you quote and buy a new policy online¹,³
24/7 claims assistance
24/7 claims online claims lodgement or call 1300 55 50 30 to speak to a real person
Cover when you’re moving house
We 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 being moved between premises, or in transit (unless you have Accidental damage cover).
Cover for storm damage
Rest easy, within the first 72 hours following a storm, National Seniors Contents Insurance for renters has got you covered for loss or damage caused by soil movement, landslide, mudslide or subsidence caused by a storm.
Alternative accommodation for 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, National Seniors Insurance will pay the additional costs for temporary accommodation based on your building’s rentable value prior to the damage, up to 10% of your contents sum insured and up to $500 for temporary accommodation for your pets in commercial boarding establishment. This benefit applies up to a maximum of 12 months.
Food or medicine spoilage
If your refrigerator or freezer breaks down and you lose your perishable food or medicine as a result, we will pay for you to replace it. If the spoilage is due to a natural disaster (declared by Allianz, the government or the Insurance Council of Australia ) the maximum we will pay is $500. No excess will apply.
Debris removal
In addition to your contents sum insured, National Seniors Contents Insurance for Renters will pay up to 10% of your contents sum insured for the removal of debris from your home buildings if your contents are damaged or destroyed by an insured event.
Legal liability
We will cover your legal liability up to $20 million for payment of compensation relating to death, bodily injury or illness caused by an accident, and/or physical loss of or damage to property caused by an accident (or series of accidents). If you have contents cover, it does not cover any legal liability you may incur as owner of buildings unless the buildings are defined as a lot.
Accidental breakage cover for you rental property
We will cover you for accidental breakage of a fixed glass or ceramic item, like a window, cooking surface, sink or toilet if you are legally liable as a tenant to pay for the breakage.
Vet costs
If you have insured your contents and your cat or dog is injured in a road accident during the period of insurance, we will pay up to $500 in any one period of insurance for related veterinary expenses.
Emergency contents storage
We’ll pay to move and store your contents when the home building you live in is damaged by an insured event and is unable to be lived in - up to a maximum of 12 months.
Contents insurance protects the belongings you have at the insured address: from your furniture, carpet and appliances to your BBQ and even your clothes, shoes and handbags.
So, if any of the below insured events happen during the period of insurance, we’ll generally pay to repair or replace your contents – up to the policy limits.
- Fire or smoke⁶ (including bushfires and grassfires)
- Theft or burglary
- Lightning
- Water or other liquid damage
- Impact damage
- Earthquake or tsunami⁷
- Accidental breakage of glass or ceramic items
- Vandalism or malicious damage
- Explosion
- Riots or civil commotion
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.
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.
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.
Call our friendly customer care team on 1300 50 50 99
(Monday to Friday 8:30am to 6pm AEST)
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 Buildings Key Fact Sheet (KFS) also sets out some information about the cover.
Penny, 70 - VIC Travel Insurance Customer
I can't speak highly enough of the help Sinead gave me when choosing my travel insurance for an upcoming 6-week trip to Ireland. She explained everything and made it all so easy. I will certainly recommend her to any senior planning to travel. Many thanks Sinead.
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Sinead presented herself as a very happy, knowledgeable person with terrific people skills, she answered all of my questions without hesitation. This lady has nailed it, she knows how to make a potential client feel important and she treats people with respect. It was late on the Friday, and we ran out of time to finalise the deal, Sinead promised me that she would phone me on the Monday around 9:00am, sure enough she did! Sinead is a first-class employee, and she deserves a high level of recognition.
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Narelle was exceptional in every way as a representative of Australian Seniors Insurance. She went out of her way to explain our caravan insurance policy in detail. Narelle was friendly, knowledgeable, competent and had an obvious love for her job in her attitude towards the customer, especially making sure we felt confident with every detail before signing up to our new policy. This was particularly important as we had used another provider for the past 46 years. Narelle gave me time to discuss the new policy with my husband after my initial enquiry and rang back exactly as promised to finalise payment. Narelle is huge asset to your insurance company.
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Travel Insurance Customer
Sinead provided excellent assistance in arranging my insurance cover for my travel next year. She had good product knowledge, very good interpersonal skills and always delivered what she promised within agreed timeframes. From a customer's perspective, personnel such as Sinead are great to deal with and should be valued and retained.
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Travel Insurance customer
I was very impressed by the friendly efficient service I received from Sinead. She answered my many questions with patience and understanding. I got all the clear answers I needed to enable me to confidently decide to take out National Seniors Travel Insurance.
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Caravan Insurance customer
Jeremy was the most helpful person I have ever spoken to. Thank you so much Jeremy, I wish there were more caring and experienced people like you.
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Travel Insurance customer
What a pleasure it has been to enquire about travel insurance with Sinead. She was so professional and helpful at all times. She was a pleasure to talk with and answered every question I had regarding travel insurance and above all returned my phone calls quickly with any questions she wasn't sure of. National Seniors Insurance are blessed to have such a delightful, helpful person working for them and I would recommend Sinead to any of my friends for travel insurance.
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Travel Insurance customer
I would like to say that Sinead was extremely helpful and knowledgeable in quoting for insurance for a couple of policies we were getting for comparison for. She is very friendly, easy to talk to and makes you feel like a friend rather than just another customer, which I like. I would recommend anyone to contact her for their insurance quotes.
Need more information? Read our Buildings and Contents Insurance Frequently Asked Questions.
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Lodge your claim online 24/7 or call 1300 55 50 30 and a consultant will help you.
It’s up to you to decide the sums insured, and the type and level of cover that you want to take out. If you don’t have enough cover, you could end up having to cover some of the costs yourself.
Use this calculator as a guide to help you estimate the replacement value of your home contents.
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National Seniors Australia Ltd ABN 89 050 523 003 AR 282736 arranges this insurance as agent for the insurer Allianz Australia Insurance Limited ABN 15 000 122 850 AFSL No 234708. We do not provide any advice based on any consideration of your objectives, financial situation or needs. Policy terms, conditions, limits and exclusions apply. Before making a decision, please consider the relevant Product Disclosure Statement available from www.nationalseniorsinsurance.com.au. The relevant Target Market Determination is available by calling 1300 50 50 99. If you purchase this insurance, we will receive a commission that is a percentage of the premium. Ask us for more details before we provide you with services.
Information contained on this website is general information only.
1. Online discount
[Home] When you both quote and buy a new home insurance policy online a discount of up to 10% is applied to your first year’s premium. This discount is not applied to Domestic workers’ compensation (if available and selected), or upon renewal. Minimum premiums apply.2. NCB
When you take out a new policy, we calculate your No Claims Bonus (NCB) based on your home or landlord (as applicable) insurance claims history. To qualify for the maximum No Claim Bonus of up to 30%, home insurance customers must have had no Building or Contents insurance claims in the preceding 5 years. Landlord customers must have had no Landlord insurance claims in the preceding 3 years. However, customers who have had claims may still qualify for a reduced No Claim Bonus. We won’t apply the full percentage of the No Claim Bonus if it results in you paying less than the minimum premium.
[Home:] The No Claim Bonus isn’t applied to the flood component of the premium (if covered) or Domestic workers’ compensation (if available and selected) or Portable contents (if selected).
3. Minimum premiums
Where discounts are applied, your premium is subject to rounding. If more than one discount applies, they’re applied in a predetermined order, so the later discounts apply to the amount already reduced by the earlier discounts instead of the total amount. Discounts do not apply to government taxes and charges.
Most discounts won’t apply below the minimum amount payable for the policy.
4. Excess reduction
[Home] Not available with respect to any additional compulsory excess, any imposed excess applied to the policy, or to the Portable contents excess (if Portable Contents is selected). Any reduction in premium won’t be applied to government taxes and charges, any flood component of the premium (where covered), or to the optional covers Portable contents (if selected) and Domestic Workers’ compensation (if available and selected). Minimum premiums may apply.
5. Instalment premiums
If you choose to pay your premium by instalments you do not pay us any more than if you pay your premium in one lump sum annually. The premiums payable by instalments may be subject to minor adjustments (upwards or downwards) due to rounding. Note: Your financial institution may apply transaction fees to instalment payments.
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6. 72 hour waiting period
We may not provide cover for any loss of or damage to your property caused by cyclone, grassfires and bushfires, and certain other insured events during the first 72 hours after you first purchase a policy or increase your cover under an existing policy. Refer to the PDS for a full list of the insured events to which the 72 hour exclusion period applies and the relevant exceptions.7. Earthquake excess
An additional imposed excess amount of $250 applies for each claim or loss or damage caused by an earthquake or tsunami, or a series of earthquake or tsunamis, during any period of 48 consecutive hours.