home insurance

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Home Insurance

Home Insurance

Home is where the heart is; it's also where you keep all of your prized possessions and with MYER Insurance you can have peace of mind knowing they are protected.

Choose the level of cover that best suits your needs from building, contents or building and contents combined.

Two cover options are available, Home Cover and Home Cover Prestige.

If you want to protect a property you own and rent to tenants, you might want to consider our Landlord Insurance.


Features include:

  • New for old cover on most replaced contents
  • Burning out of electric motors
  • Replacement of locks & keys
  • Cover identity theft up to $5,000
  • Accommodation Costs (Should you be unable to live in your home as a result of damage caused by a defined event).
 
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Benefit Home Cover Home Cover Prestige
Insured Events 13 - excluding flood 13 - excluding flood
Accidental Damage No Yes
Fusion Covered for motors up to 15 years old Covered for motors up to 15 years old
Additional Cost of Temporary Accommodation Highest of 10% of Sum Insured or $10,000 Highest of 10% of Sum Insured or $10,000
Building Materials awaiting installations $2,000 $2,000
Building Modifications following serious injury $10,000 $10,000
Change of risk address 30 days cover for contents at both sites 30 days cover for contents at both sites
Club Committee Errors and Omissions $5,000 $5,000
Contracting Purchaser No Yes
Compensation for Death (by insured event) $5,000 $10,000
Domestic Workers Compensation Optional Optional
Emergency Storage of Contents Maximum 12 months Maximum 12 months
Exploratory Costs Yes Yes
Forced Evacuation due to Government authority Yes Yes
Frozen Food $500 Yes - Reasonable
Identity Theft $5,000 $5,000
Landlords Fixtures (when tenant) Yes Yes
Landscaping, trees, plants and shrubs $500 per tree, shrub or plant max $1,500 in total $500 per tree, shrub or plant max. $3,000 in total
Legal Defence Costs $2,500 $5,000
Legal Liability $30 Million $30 Million
Loss or theft of credit or transaction card $2,500 $5,000
Monitored alarm attendance $1,000 $1,250
Replacement of locks and keys $1,000 $2,500
Taxation Audit $2,500 $5,000
Temporary Removal of Contents Another person's home, bank safety deposit, hotel, motel, nursing home or hospital which insured is temporarily residing in anywhere in Australia - Insured Events only cover Limit 25% of the sum insured up to max $3,000 Anywhere in Australia and New Zealand whilst temporarily removed from your home or anywhere in the world for a maximum of 90 days. Sub-limits apply to certain items
Veterinary Expenses $500 $750
Visitors Contents $5,000 $5,000
Waiver of Excess N/A Yes


Optional Extras available

Valuables cover - works hand-in-hand with our Home Contents insurance by protecting items such as your mobile phone, camera, laptop, sporting equipment or jewellery from accidental loss, or damage or theft away from home. You can tailor your cover to match your specific requirements.


Home Cover Prestige

Home Cover Prestige

In addition to the specific events cover, it also protects you against accidental loss or damage to home and contents at the insured address. Plus it automatically provides extended cover for your contents when temporarily removed anywhere in Australia and New Zealand, or for up to 90 days when overseas.

 

Ways to save:

With MYER Insurance there are various ways to enjoy discounts on your premium.

  • Multi-policy discount
  • Security discounts
  • Household no claim bonus
  • Retirees discount
  • Choice of excess options
 

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Having difficulty obtaining a quote online, call MYER Insurance Customer Care Centre on 1300 155 694

Terms, conditions and acceptance criteria apply. Cover limits apply as set out in the policy wording. This material contains general information only and may not suit your particular circumstances. Before deciding to acquire any insurance product, you should obtain and consider the relevant Product Disclosure Statement to decide if a policy is right for you. Insurance issued by QBE Insurance (Australia) Ltd ABN 78 003 191 035 AFS Licence 239545. Myer Pty Ltd ABN 83 004 143 239 Authorised Representative Number 269255 ("Myer") is an Authorised Representative of QBE Insurance (Australia) Limited.

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