Home & Contents Insurance 2013 Winners for Best Value

Home & contents insurance is a cost that something that Australian households really need to have – but will hopefully never have to use! Just in case though, finding a policy that represents both great value and excellent quality is essential. Canstar’s home & contents star ratings report obtains 11,116 individual quotes across Australia to research 42 insurers across 96 policies. The result? There is outstanding value to be found!

NATIONAL AWARDS:

For building-only insurance, CommInsure repeated last year?s results. CommInsure figured prominently in the states of Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia. ANZ, who shares this award, was a convincing winner in Queensland, particularly in the tropical area of the state with its own unique challenges. ANZ was also just a whisker away from top placings in four other states, and it was this consistency that got them over the line when the points were added up.

When we looked at contents insurance we found CommInsure ahead again, this time alongside OnePath, owned by ANZ. Both insurers offer outstanding value contents insurance. Comminsure took out the state awards in Queensland and Western Australia, while placing highly in other states. OnePath was strong in Victoria and New South Wales, and knocking on the door in Queensland and Western Australia.

The home and contents package saw domination by CommInsure, this time sharing the honours with OnePath which was a consistently strong performer across the board nationally.  CommInsure topped the scores for outstanding value in all three states – New South Wales, South Australia and Western Australia. OnePath triumphed in Queensland and posted strong scores in other states to earn its overall award.

STATE AWARDS:

While the three national winners also dominated the state awards, some other players also proved their outstanding value in specific states, as follows:

Source: Canstar home and contents star ratings September 2013

Canstar congratulate all national and state winners of its home and contents insurance star ratings for providing outstanding value for service to the communities they care for.

All consumers have individual needs, though, and there can be significant differences in coverage and price between insurers depending on your place of residence and Canstar’s Home & Contents star ratings is a great place to start shopping around.  Canstar lists five star products for the two levels of cover – Home, Contents and Home & Contents packages.

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