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AHM Comprehensive

AHM Comprehensive home

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Description

Insurer
AHM
Policy
Comprehensive
Provider
The Hollard Insurance Company Pty Ltd
About the insurer
AHM

Cover summary

Building cover
Nominate a sum insured for your building
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 in Australia

Cost

Same price to pay monthly
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Covered events

Theft
  • Covers theft and attempted theft
  • No cover for theft from unoccupied homes
  • No cover for theft by residents or someone at the site with consent of residents
  • Up to $5000 for stolen credit card fraud
Fire
  • Covers fire, bushfire and application of heat where there is no flame
  • Up to $750 for fire brigade charges
  • 72 hour waiting period for bushfire
Flood
  • Covered
  • Covers earth movement, vibration, erosion, subsidence, landslide, mudslide, settling, collapse and earth shrinkage/expansion, but must occur within 168 hours of flood
  • Flood excess: greater of $500 or your basic excess
  • No cover for damage to plants, trees, artificial grass, lawns, swimming pool covers, spa covers, plastic/vinyl swimming pool liners, outdoor walls (retaining or freestanding) or loose surfaces of paths/driveways
  • No cover for replacing pool/spa water and cleaning/removing mud or debris from pools/spas
  • Fences and gates not covered unless structurally sound/well maintained
  • 72 hour waiting period
Storm and cyclone
  • Covers storm, cyclone, tornado, lightning, hail and snow
  • Covers earth movement, vibration, erosion, subsidence, landslide, mudslide, settling, collapse and earth shrinkage/expansion, but must occur within 168 hours of storm
  • No cover for damage caused by water seeping/percolating into building
  • No cover for damage to plants, trees, artificial grass, lawns, swimming pool covers, spa covers, plastic/vinyl swimming pool liners, outdoor walls (retaining or freestanding) or loose surfaces of paths/driveways
  • No cover for cracking to any outdoor surfaces or gradual deterioration due to rainwater
  • Covers professionally installed external shade cloths/sails up to 5 years old
  • No cover for replacing pool/spa water and cleaning/removing mud or debris from pools/spas
  • Fences and gates not covered unless structurally sound/well maintained
  • Damage to external paintwork not covered if this is the only damage to that part of the home
  • 72 hour waiting period
Storm surge
Action of the sea
Tsunami
Explosion
Earthquake
Vandalism
Impact damage
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Animal damage
Escape of liquid
Breakage
Accidental damage
  • Covered by default
  • Covers accidental loss and damage to home and contents
  • No cover for breakage of glass in conservatories or glasshouses or forming part of stovetops, cooking surfaces, heaters or oven doors
  • No cover for damage to swimming pools caused by or contributed by you lowering the level of water in the pool
  • No cover for chipping, denting or scratching caused by normal use

Claims

Out-of-hours claiming
Online and 24/7 phone
How the insurer can settle your claim
  • Repair damaged property
  • Replace damaged property
  • Pay you the property's replacement value, up to your sum insured or other sublimits
Cash settlement for building claims
Customer cost
Cash settlement for contents claims
  • Customer cost if insurer offers cash
  • Insurer cost if you ask for cash (may be less than retail cost)
New for old contents replacement
Yes (excludes clothing, computers more than 4 years old, household linen, items out of use/stored away and shoes)

Building

Motor burnout
Keys and locks after break-in
Up to $1500 overall
Gardens and landscaping
  • Up to $1500 overall
  • Cover for fire, malicious damage, theft and vehicle damage
Costs to comply with building regulations
Professional fees
Mortgage discharge fees
Debris removal and demolition
  • Up to 10% sum insured overall
  • Paid on top of sum insured
Temporary accommodation
  • Up to 12 months or 10% building sum insured
  • Paid on top of sum insured
  • Covers temporary accommodation for your family

Contents

Cover for unspecified portable contents
Optional cover for individual portable valuables
  • Cover for insured events (including accidental loss/damage)
  • No cover for disappearance when cause cannot be established
  • Covered anywhere in Australia
  • $100 excess
Contents in the open air
  • Up to $8000 overall
  • Up to $2000 per item
  • No item sublimit for barbecues or garden furniture
Emergency storage
  • Up to 12 months or 15% contents sum insured
  • Covers moving/storing contents
Jewellery
  • Up to $1000 per item
  • Up to $5000 per collection
Artworks
  • Up to $1000 per item
  • Up to $5000 per collection
Collections (e.g. stamps, coins)
  • Up to $1000 per item
  • Up to $5000 per collection
Digital media
  • Up to $1000 per item
  • Up to $5000 per collection
Spoiled food
  • Up to $1000 overall
  • Cover for failure of public electricity supply
Visitors' contents
Up to $5000 overall
Pet cover
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 overturning of removal vehicle, collision and fire

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