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Landlord Building and Contents Insurance?

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Pay your premium monthly or annually at no extra cost.6
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What does Landlord Building and Contents Insurance cover?

Our Landlord Building and Content Insurance covers the cost of loss or damage to your investment property and any contents you provide for your tenant(s).

With this combined policy, you only need to pay one excess if your home and contents are damaged by the same insured event.

This is a summary of policy features only. For information on the full coverage, exclusions and limits read the Product Disclosure Statement (PDS) and Target Market Determinations (TMD). The Landlord Insurance Key Fact Sheet (KFS) and Contents Insurance Key Fact Sheet (KFS) also contain information you may find helpful.

Included benefits:
Comprehensive cover
Cover for your investment property buildings and any contents owned by you against loss or damage resulting from 12 insured events, including fire7, storm7, theft, and flood7. Customise your insurance with optional benefits such as Rent Default and Theft by Tenant.
Flood cover
Cover against loss or damage caused by flood7, run-off, flood water7 combined with run-off and/or rainwater is included as standard in your policy.
Debris cover
You're covered for building and contents debris removal up to 10% of your building and/or contents sum insured.
Vandalism or malicious damage
Cover for loss or damage to your home building or home contents caused by vandalism or a malicious act.
Lost rental costs
If an insured event damages your investment property, we’ll pay the weekly rent for a maximum of 12 months if your tenants can’t live there for at least seven days.
Optional cover

Tailor your cover

Our Landlord Building and Contents Insurance offers a range of optional inclusions to ensure your policy meets your needs.

This is a summary of policy features only. For information on the full coverage, exclusions and limits read the Product Disclosure Statement (PDS) and Target Market Determinations (TMD). The Landlord Insurance Key Fact Sheet (KFS) and Contents Insurance Key Fact Sheet (KFS) also contain information you may find helpful.

Optional cover:
Rent default and theft by tenant
Covers up to $10,000 of lost rent during the period of insurance caused by listed rent default events. We’ll also pay for loss or damage to your investment property due to theft by your tenant or their invitees.
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What’s not covered?

While our Landlord Building and Contents Insurance covers most scenarios, there are a number of exceptions.

This is a summary of policy features only. For information on the full coverage, exclusions and limits read the Product Disclosure Statement (PDS) and Target Market Determinations (TMD). The Landlord Insurance Key Fact Sheet (KFS) and Contents Insurance Key Fact Sheet (KFS) also contain information you may find helpful.

Policy exclusions:
Wear and tear
Including depreciation, gradual deterioration, and lack of maintenance, including as a result of poor housekeeping by your tenants.
Consequential loss
You aren't covered for anything not expressly described in the cover sections of this policy. For example, we won’t pay for loss of income.
Vacant homes
Loss, damage or theft if the buildings haven’t or won’t be lived in for any period in excess of 60 consecutive days, unless you have our prior agreement in writing.
Actions of the sea
You aren't covered for storm surge or a rise in the level of the ocean or sea caused by a high tide, a king tide or any other movement of the sea.
Building defects
Including faulty design or materials, structural defects or poor workmanship, unless you weren't aware of (and a reasonable person couldn't be expected to have been aware of) the defects or poor workmanship in question.
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How much insurance do you need?

When you take out Landlord Building and Contents Insurance, the amount you're insuring should accurately reflect the cost of rebuilding your investment property and replacing any contents owned by you

Our insurance calculators can help reduce the chances of you being under-insured by helping you estimate their true value.

Landlord Buildings Replacement Calculator
Landlord Contents Replacement Calculator

Settling on a new investment property?

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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Landlord Building and Contents Insurance explained

Find the answers to frequently asked questions here.

A combined Landlord Building & Contents Insurance policy includes cover for both the physical structure of your investment property and the contents you provide for tenant use. This can include walls, roofs, fixtures, carpets, curtains, appliances, and furnishings, as well as cover from events like fire7, theft, storms7, and malicious damage.

Getting both building and contents insurance gives you more complete cover. While building insurance covers structural damage, contents insurance covers items you’ve provided for tenant use. Bundling both ensures you're not left out of pocket if damage occurs to things like carpets, blinds, or appliances not covered by strata or tenants.

Combining landlord building  and landlord contents into a single policy means you only need to pay one excess in the event of a claim.

Yes, having combined building and contents insurance is essential if your investment property is furnished. This is because it doesn't just cover the physical structure of the building but also any furniture, white goods and household items you've supplied for tenant use.

Absolutely. You can tailor your combined Landlord Building and Contents policy with optional extra inclusions such as Rent Default and Theft by Tenant. This flexibility helps match your cover to your specific investment property insurance needs.

Know your policy inside and out

Download our Landlord Insurance Product Disclosure Statements for full details of all our landlord insurance products.

Landlord Building and Contents Insurance - Product Disclosure Statement (PDF)
Landlord Building and Contents Insurance - Target Market Determination (PDF)
Landlord Building Insurance - Key Fact Sheet (PDF)
Landlord Contents Insurance - Key Fact Sheet (PDF)
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Important Information

Applicable to Car, Home, Landlords & Caravan & Trailer Insurance products

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