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Cover for contents intended to be kept outside

like your barbeque, outdoor furniture and children’s play equipment up to $2,000 in total.

24/7 claims assistance

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Up to 10% Discount on your first year's premium when you quote and buy a new policy online.~~@&

It's your personal contents that make the house your home - insure them with Allianz Contents Insurance.

Contents insurance can cover your important items for damage or loss caused by insured events such as fire#, storm#, theft, or flood#.

Features and benefits

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), and 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.

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Cover when you're moving house

Allianz 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).
Cover for flood and/or run off

Covers loss or damage caused by flood#, run-off, flood water# combined with run-off and/or rainwater.
Cover for storm damage

Covers loss or damage caused by storm, cyclone#, or rainwater but this does not include run-off.
Alternative accommodation for you and your pets

If your Building or 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, Allianz will pay the additional costs for temporary accommodation based on your building’s rentable value prior to the damage, up to 10% of the building or contents sum insured (as applicable) and up to $500 for temporary accommodation for your pets in a commercial boarding establishment. This benefit applies up to a maximum of 12 months.
Debris removal

In addition to your contents sum insured, Allianz 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.
Emergency contents storage

If your home buildings are damage by an insured event and is unable to be lived in, Allianz 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 a maximum of 12 months and the remaining balance of your contents sum insured after payment of claim.
Guest, visitor and domestic helper property

Allianz 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.
Food or medicine spoilage

If your refrigerator or freezer breaks down and you lose your perishable food or medicine as a result, Allianz 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 assistance

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 team to commence the claims process over the phone.
Cover for your contents intended to be kept outside

Allianz will cover contents intended to be kept outside, like your barbeque, outdoor furniture and children’s play equipment up to $2,000 in total.
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Optional covers

Apply to add any of these optional covers for an additional premium and greater cover.

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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 insure 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 that are less than 10 years old. 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.
Insurance FAQs

Key Information:
This is a limited summary of cover only. For full details of the terms, conditions, limits and exclusions about our home insurances please refer to the relevant Home and/or Landlord Product Disclosure Statement (PDS) and any applicable supplementary PDS before making a decision to purchase the insurance. To see some of the events covered and not covered, please refer to the Home Buildings, Home Contents, Landlord Building or Landlord Contents Key Fact Sheet. 

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Newcastle Permanent, part of Newcastle Greater Mutual Group Ltd, arranges this insurance as agent for the insurer Allianz Australia Insurance Limited ABN 15 000 122 850 AFSL No 234708 (Allianz), acting under our own AFSL. Travel insurance is issued and managed by AWP Australia Pty Ltd ABN 52 097 227 177 AFSL 245631, trading as Allianz Global Assistance (AGA), for the insurer Allianz. Policy terms, conditions, limits and exclusions apply. Before making a decision, please consider the Product Disclosure Statement and key fact sheets available on this website, by calling 13 19 87 or from any branch. The relevant Target Market Determination is available by calling 1300 493 824. If you purchase this insurance, we will receive a commission that is a percentage of the premium.  Ask us for more details or see our Website Disclosure Information before we provide you with services.


^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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~~ Save up to 10%: 
[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.
[Landlord] When you both quote and buy a new Landlord insurance policy online a premium discount of up to 10% is applied to your first year’s premium. This discount is not applied to Landlord workers’ compensation (if available and selected), or upon renewal. Minimum premiums may apply.
[Motor] The online discount applies when you quote and buy a new Comprehensive Motor Insurance policy online only. Any online discounts offered are applied to Allianz’s standard rates, excluding optional covers, and are for the first year’s premium only, unless otherwise stated. Promotional or other discounts may apply from time to time for customers who apply for insurance using other methods.

@ To access your Premium Plus Package insurance discount please visit us at your local branch or alternatively call us on 13 19 87. This discount is not available online.

& 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.


# 72 hour exclusion period: We may not provide cover for any loss of or damage to your property caused by cyclone, flood, flood water combined with run-off and/or rainwater, grassfires and bushfires during the first 72 hours after you first purchase a policy or increase your cover under an existing policy. Refer to PDS for when exclusion periods apply.