Why choose Great Southern Bank Home Insurance?
Find home insurance cover that’s right for you
- 24/7 claims assistance.
- Upgrade your policy with optional extras such as motor burnout and portable contents.
- Receive up to 10% discount by combining your home's buildings and contents cover.2,4
- Temporary accommodation up to policy limits for you and your pets if your home is rendered uninhabitable by an insured event.
- Option to increase your excess which may reduce your premium.5
- Option to pay monthly at no extra cost.6
- Cover against insured events such as theft, fire7, water damage, and more.
- Emergency storage up to policy limits for your undamaged contents.
- Upgrade your policy with optional extras such as motor burnout and portable contents.
Flood cover as standard
Our Home Insurance insures against flood7, run-off & flood water7 (combined with run-off and/or rainwater) as standard.
Flood cover is automatically included on new policies and cannot be removed.
How much insurance do you need?
With any insurance, it’s important you have the right level of cover. When you take out home insurance, the amount you’re insuring should reflect the cost of rebuilding your property and replacing your contents. Otherwise, should the unthinkable happen and you’re under-insured, you might have to pay the difference out of your own pocket.
Our insurance calculators can help reduce the chances of this happening by helping you estimate the true cost of replacing your home and its contents.
Three steps to one less thing to worry about
Give us some basic information and we'll give you an on-the-spot quote.
Tell us a few more details and buy your insurance online in minutes.
We'll email you the important policy documents for you to keep handy.
Settling on a new home?
When should you purchase insurance?
Some states (QLD, ACT, TAS & SA) will require you to insure your home on the day that you sign your contract or the next day, while in other states and territories insurance may not be required until your settlement date.
If your settlement date is more than 30 days away, please call us today about purchasing your insurance policy.
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Download our Home Insurance Product Disclosure Statements for full details of our home and contents insurance products.
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Great Southern Bank Home Insurance explained
Home and contents insurance covers your home’s structure (building insurance) and the belongings inside it (contents insurance) from damage or loss caused by events such as fire7, theft, storm7, or flood7. You can choose:
- Home insurance: Covers the structure of your home, including walls, roof, floors, and built-in fixtures (except strata properties).
- Contents insurance: Covers personal belongings inside your home, such as furniture, electronics, and clothing. Built-in fixtures are also covered if you are in a strata property.
- Combined home and contents insurance: A comprehensive policy that covers both the building and its contents.
You should read the Product Disclosure Statement (PDS) of our policy to ensure that it meets your needs.
Yes, most lenders including Great Southern Bank require you to have home insurance as a condition of your mortgage. Home insurance protects your investment from unexpected events that could cause financial loss.
It varies from state to state so talk with your conveyancer or solicitor to clarify when you become legally responsible for the property you're buying.
If your settlement date is more than 30 days from today, you won't be able to buy your policy online.
Our insurance experts are here to help. If you have any questions, visit a branch or call 133 282.
The cost depends on factors like:
- The size and location of your home.
- The total value of your belongings.
- Your level of cover and optional extras (e.g., accidental damage, portable contents cover).
The quickest way to know the cost of insurance is to get a quote.
There is no legal requirement to have home and/or contents insurance in Australia. However, you may be legally obliged to insure your property if you have a mortgage. It's highly recommended to check this with your lender before settlement.
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Great Southern Bank, a business name of Credit Union Australia Ltd ABN 44 087 650 959 AFSL 238317 arranges this insurance as an agent for the insurer Allianz Australia Insurance Limited ABN 15 000 122 850 AFSL No 234708. Great Southern Bank does not guarantee or otherwise support this insurance product. We do not provide any advice based on any consideration of your objectives, financial situation or needs. Policy terms, conditions, limits, exclusions and underwriting criteria apply. Before making a decision, please consider the relevant Product Disclosure Statement & Target Market Determination available from the Great Southern Bank website or by calling 133 282. If you purchase this insurance, we will receive a commission that is a percentage of the premium. Ask us for more details before we provide you with services.
1. Online Discounts (See applicable products below)
Car Insurance Only
The online discount applies when you quote and buy a new Comprehensive Motor Insurance policies 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.
Home Insurance Only
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, not available from 21 December 2025), or upon renewal. Minimum premiums may apply.
Landlord Insurance Only
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, not available from 21 December 2025), or upon renewal. Minimum premiums may apply.
2. Combined Discounts - Applicable for Home & Contents Insurance products only
A discount of up to 10% is applied to your premium when you combine Buildings and Contents on one Home and Contents Insurance policy, including the optional covers (if selected): Motor Burnout and Accidental Damage cover. The combined discount doesn't apply to any flood component of the premium (where covered) or to the optional covers Portable contents (if selected) and Domestic workers’ compensation (if available and selected, not available from 21 December 2025). Minimum premiums may apply.
3. No Claims Bonus - Applicable for Home and landlords Insurance products only
When you take out a new policy, we calculate your No Claims Bonus (NCB) based on your home or landlord (as applicable) insurance claims history. To qualify for the maximum No Claim Bonus of up to 30%, home insurance customers must have had no Building or Contents insurance claims in the preceding 5 years. Landlord customers must have had no Landlord insurance claims in the preceding 3 years. However, customers who have had claims may still qualify for a reduced No Claim Bonus. We won’t apply the full percentage of the No Claim Bonus if it results in you paying less than the minimum premium.
Home Insurance Only
The No Claim Bonus isn’t applied to the flood component of the premium (if covered) or Domestic workers’ compensation (if available and selected, not available from 21 December 2025) or Portable contents (if selected).
Landlords Insurance Only
The No Claim Bonus isn’t applied to the flood component of the premium (if covered), or Landlord workers’ compensation (if available and selected, not available from 21 December 2025).
4. Minimum Premiums - Applicable for Car, Home & Landlords Insurance products only
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. Discounts may not be applied to the premium for optional covers.
Most discounts won’t apply below the minimum amount payable for the policy.
5. Option to change your excess - Applicable for Home & Landlords Insurance products only
Home Insurance Only
Not available with respect to any additional compulsory excess, any imposed excess applied to the policy, or to the Portable contents excess (if Portable Contents is selected). Any reduction in premium won’t be applied to government taxes and charges, any flood component of the premium (where covered), or to the optional covers Portable contents (if selected) and Domestic Workers’ compensation (if available and selected, not available from 21 December 2025). Minimum premiums may apply.
Landlord Insurance Only
Not available with respect to any additional compulsory excess, or to any imposed excess applied to the policy. Any reduction in premium won’t be applied to government taxes and charges, any flood component of the premium (where covered), or to Landlord’s workers compensation (if available and selected, not available from 21 December 2025) and the Theft by Tenant part of the optional cover Rent Default and Theft by Tenant (if selected). Minimum premiums may apply.
6. Instalment premiums - Applicable for Car, Home & Landlords Insurance products only
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.
7. 72 Hour exclusion period - Applicable for Home & Landlords Insurance products only
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.
8. Earthquake excess - Applicable for Home & Landlords Insurance products only
An additional imposed excess amount of $250 applies for each claim or loss or damage caused by an earthquake or tsunami, or a series of earthquake or tsunamis, during any period of 48 consecutive hours.
9. Rental Car limits - Applicable for Car Insurance products only
Allianz will extend your rental car or daily travel allowance period to the extent that Allianz caused or contributed to the delay in repairing your vehicle.
10. Safe Driver Discount - Applicable for Car Insurance products only
Safe Driver Discount applies to Comprehensive Car Insurance policies only. Any discount entitlement is determined by the insurance history and driving history of all drivers on the policy and the number of claims made by them. If eligible, the maximum Safe Driver Discount that may be applied on new policies is up to 10%. For more information see the Premium, Excess, Discount and Options Guide (PED).
11. Choice of Repairer - Applicable for Car Insurance products only
Allianz may authorise repairs at your repairer of choice; pay you the reasonable costs of repairing your vehicle; or move your vehicle to another repairer we both agree upon. We will act reasonable in doing so.
12. Cover Limits - Applicable to Life Insurance products only
Cover available up to $1,500,000 for persons aged 19-45, up to $1,000,000 for persons aged 46-54, up to $750,000 for persons aged 55-59 and up to $500,000 for persons aged 60-69.
Applicable to Life Insurance products only
Ezicover Life Insurance is issued by Zurich Australia Limited (Zurich) ABN 92 000 010 195 AFSL 232510 of 118 Mount Street, North Sydney, NSW 2060. Zurich has prepared the information on this website about Ezicover Life Insurance and Great Southern Bank is simply passing the information onto you. This information is of a general nature only and does not take in to account your objectives, financial situation or needs. You should consider these factors and the relevant Product Disclosure Statement, the relevant target market determination here, which contains details of conditions, limits and exclusions of cover, before making a decision regarding the product. Great Southern Bank does not recommend, endorse or advise you about this insurance. Great Southern Bank can only refer you to Zurich. If you buy an Ezicover policy, Great Southern Bank will receive a referral commission from Zurich of 20% (plus GST) of your insurance premium. This amount is paid by Zurich and is not an additional cost to you. This information is current as at 27 September 2021 and is subject to change. PDR GCLS-017496-2021