Home and contents insurances

Guild Home Essential (renters)

Sum insured policy. Provided by Guild. Available in ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic & WA

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Description

Insurer
Guild
Policy
Home Essential (renters)
Owner type
Renters
Provider
Guild Insurance Limited
About the insurer

Cover summary

Contents cover
Nominate a sum insured for your contents
Legal liability
  • Up to $20 million
  • Cover for people named on the policy, plus their family members living with them
  • Cover for incidents worldwide
Renters liability
Covers damage to fixtures and fittings and landlord contents

Cost

Same price to pay monthly
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Covered events

Theft
  • Covers loss and damage due to theft, attempted theft, burglary and housebreaking
  • Up to $2500 for contents in the open air
  • Up to $2500 for cost of security firm attendance in response to monitored alarm signal
  • Up to $500 for handbags and wallets plus their contents, after theft while being carried by you anywhere in Australia ($100 excess)
  • Up to $200 for cash and negotiable documents in handbags and wallets (part of $500 total sublimit)
  • No cover for theft by residents or tenants and their family
  • No cover for theft from internal or external common property
Fire
  • Covered
  • No cover for scorching, arcing or heat damage that happens without flames
  • 48 hour waiting period for bushfire and grassfire
Flood
Storm and cyclone
• Covers damage caused by storm, hail and rainwateru003cbru003e• Covers damage caused by erosion, landslide and subsidence, but must occur as a result of and within 72 hours of storm, hail or rainwateru003cbru003e• 48 hour waiting period for named cyclone
Storm surge
Action of the sea
Tsunami
Explosion
Earthquake
Vandalism
Impact damage
• Covers damage caused by falling trees or parts of treesu003cbru003e• Covers damage caused by vehiclesu003cbru003e• Covers damage caused by mastsu003cbru003e• Covers damage caused by aerialsu003cbru003e• Covers damage caused by animals (except those kept at the address)u003cbru003e• Covers damage caused by aircraft, spacecraft, space debris or meteoritesu003cbru003e• No cover for damage caused by trees or branches lopped by you or on your behalf
Animal damage
• Covers impact damage caused by animals not kept at the addressu003cbru003e• No cover for damage caused by birds, insects or vermin
Escape of liquid
Breakage
Accidental damage

Claims

Out-of-hours claiming
Online and 24/7 phone
How the insurer can settle your claim
  • Repair damaged items
  • Replace damaged items
  • Pay you the item's replacement value, up to your sum insured or other sublimits
Cash settlement
Customer cost
New for old contents replacement
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Contents

Cover for unlisted portable contents
  • Covers some items for accidental loss/damage
  • Optional cover for flood
  • Up to $15000 overall
  • Up to $2500 per item, pair and set
  • Covered anywhere in Australia, and for up to 30 days in rest of the world
  • Contents excess applies
  • Optional
Optional cover for specially listed valuables
  • Cover for accidental loss/damage
  • Optional cover for flood
  • Covered anywhere in Australia, and for up to 30 days in rest of the world
  • Contents excess applies
Contents in the open air
  • Up to 20% sum insured overall
  • Up to $500 for cash and negotiable instruments
  • Up to $2500 for building materials awaiting installation
  • Up to $2500 for theft
Temporary accommodation
  • Up to 12 months or 20% sum insured
  • Paid on top of sum insured
  • Covers additional costs for similar temporary accommodation and commercial pet boarding
  • Up to 7 days or $2000 for emergency accommodation and pet boarding
Debris removal
  • Up to $5000 overall
  • Paid on top of sum insured
Emergency storage
  • Up to 12 months or $5000
  • Covers moving/storing undamaged contents in commercial storage facility
Keys and locks after break-in
Up to $1500 overall
Motor burnout
Motors up to 10 years
Jewellery
  • Up to $10000 overall
  • Up to $1500 per item, set or pair
  • Optional
Artworks
  • Up to 20% sum insured overall
  • Up to $10000 per item
Collections (e.g. stamps, coins)
  • Up to $15000 overall
  • Up to $2500 per item
Digital media
Spoiled food
  • Up to $1500 overall
  • Cover for unit failure, escape of refrigerant fumes and failure of public electricity supply
Visitors' contents
Up to $2500 overall
Pet cover
  • Up to $1000 overall
  • Cover for vehicle impact
Permanent fixtures
Overlapping cover at a new house
Up to 14 days cover at both addresses
Cover for contents while moving house
  • Up to contents sum insured overall
  • Cover for fire, overturning of removal vehicle, accident involving removal vehicle and theft involving forcible entry to removal vehicle

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