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Home & Contents Insurance - Compare Star Ratings

Compare some of the Australian home and contents insurers and view some of the top rated policies using Star Ratings. Home and contents insurance can be broken down into three categories. Home insurance is where only the building and any improvements are covered against storm, fire, theft and more. Contents insurance covers furniture and personal belongings. Home and contents insurance is a package of cover for both property and its contents in the event of damage or loss.  Hints & Tips ...

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Types of Home & Contents Insurance

HOME COVER
"Home" means your residential building and its domestic fixtures and domestic structural improvements, including wall air conditioners, tiles, fixed dishwashers and more.

Low cover = 300K house value
High cover = 500K house value

CONTENTS COVER
"Contents" means your unfixed household goods and valuables and personal effects that you own including carpet, furniture, electrical appliances, jewellery and more.

Low cover = 75K contents
High Cover = 150K contents

HOME & CONTENTS
"Home and Contents" is a package of cover for both the home and its contents as described above.

Low cover = 300K house value, 75K contents
High cover = 500K house value, 150K contents

How we compare home & contents
Comparing home and contents insurance is not an easy job for most people. No one has the time to crawl through numerous product disclosure statements and pit one against the other.

This year, CANSTAR looked at 38 insurers, 74 policies and obtained over 12,000 individual quotes across the 6 Australian states to come up insurers we consider offer outstanding value nationally and at a state level for all three home insurance categories – home or building insurance, contents insurance, and home and contents package.

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Five Star Home & Contents Insurance
Our exhaustive research of home and contents insurers in Australia reveals winners across three categories.

For home insurance, ANZ and Commonwealth Bank came out on top, while for contents insurance it was Australian Unity and Westpac leading the charge. For combined home and contents insurance cover, Australian Unity and Commonwealth Bank triumphed.

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Better to be over-insured than under-insured!

Carpet, blinds, curtains and air conditioners attached to windows all come under contents insurance.

Are you covered for floods?

In most cases, flood-related events are not covered by home and contents insurance.

 
 
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