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Youi Contents (strata owners)

Youi Contents (strata owners)

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Description

Insurer
Youi
Policy
Contents (strata owners)
Owner type
Strata owners
Provider
Youi Pty Ltd
About the insurer
Youi

Cover summary

Contents cover
  • Nominate a sum insured for your contents
  • Specify a sum insured for each item worth more than $15000
Legal liability
  • Up to $20 million
  • Cover for anyone living at the insured address
  • Cover for incidents in Australia
Renters liability

Cost

Same price to pay monthly
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Covered events

Theft
  • Covers theft, attempted theft and burglary
  • No cover for theft by deception
  • No cover for theft from common areas
  • Covers theft by someone carrying out a commercial service
  • No cover for theft by residents or someone at the premises with consent
Fire
  • Covers accidental fire; bushfire; soot/smoke from bushfire; soot/smoke from accidental fire within 100m of building; and fire caused by mechanical, electrical or electronic breakdown/failure
  • 72 hour waiting period for bushfire
Flood
u0026#149; Coveredu003cbru003eu0026#149; Covers landslip and subsidence but must occur within 72 hours of floodu003cbru003eu0026#149; No cover for damage caused by rising damp; seepage; or landslip, subsidence or erosion over timeu003cbru003eu0026#149; 72 hour waiting period
Storm and cyclone
u0026#149; Covers storm; lightning; wind; hail; snow; storm water overflow from roof gutters, downpipes and the area immediately around premises; and mechanical, electrical or electronic breakdown or failure caused by the stormu003cbru003eu0026#149; Covers landslip and subsidence but must occur directly because and within 72 hours of stormu003cbru003eu0026#149; No cover for damage caused by rising damp; seepage; or landslip, subsidence or erosion over timeu003cbru003eu0026#149; 72 hour waiting period
Storm surge
Action of the sea
Tsunami
Explosion
Earthquake
Vandalism
Impact damage
u0026#149; Covers damage caused by falling trees or branchesu003cbru003eu0026#149; Covers damage caused by vehicles; watercraft; or objects falling from a vehicle, watercraft or aircraftu003cbru003eu0026#149; Covers damage caused by power poles, flagpoles or mastsu003cbru003eu0026#149; Covers damage caused by aerials or satellite dishesu003cbru003eu0026#149; Covers damage caused by aircraft, space debris, meteorites or asteroidsu003cbru003eu0026#149; Accidental damage option covers damage caused by your actions or those of someone acting with your authorityu003cbru003eu0026#149; No cover for damage caused by pruning, transplanting, tree lopping or felling by you or anyone acting on your behalfu003cbru003eu0026#149; No cover for damage to driveways, paths, paving or underground services caused by vehicles, cranes or earthmoving equipmentu003cbru003eu0026#149; Does not cover cost of removing or pruning fallen trees or branches that have not damaged the propertyu003cbru003eu0026#149; Does not cover cost of removing the stump of the tree that caused the impact
Animal damage
u0026#149; Covers damage caused by animals not kept at the premisesu003cbru003eu0026#149; Covers fire caused by amphibians, insects, lizards, pets, rodents, vermin or other animals kept at or allowed onto premisesu003cbru003eu0026#149; Covers damage caused by birds that are accidentally trapped inside building biting, chewing, clawing, pecking, scratching, soiling, tearing or urinatingu003cbru003eu0026#149; Covers damage caused by amphibians, insects, lizards, rodents or vermin escaping wateru003cbru003eu0026#149; Accidental damage option covers damage caused by pets or other animals kept at or allowed onto premisesu003cbru003eu0026#149; No cover for damage caused by any other animal biting, chewing, clawing, pecking, scratching, soiling, tearing or urinating
Escape of liquid
Breakage
Accidental damage
u0026#149; Optionalu003cbru003eu0026#149; Covers accidental loss and damage to your contentsu003cbru003eu0026#149; No cover for business items (insurable under a separate option)u003cbru003eu0026#149; No cover for items which have reached the end of their functional life or kept at a storage facilityu003cbru003eu0026#149; No cover for swimming pools or outdoor spas including covers and linersu003cbru003eu0026#149; No cover for damage caused by earthworks, construction or renovationu003cbru003eu0026#149; No cover for burning, melting or scorching caused by processes that involve heat or fire relating to any substance designed to be burned or heated up

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
1

Contents

Cover for unlisted portable contents
  • Covers general contents for accidental loss/damage
  • Up to contents sum insured overall
  • Up to $15000 per item
  • Covered anywhere worldwide
  • Contents excess applies
  • Optional
Optional cover for specially listed valuables
  • Cover for accidental loss/damage
  • Covered anywhere worldwide
  • Contents excess applies
Contents in the open air
Up to 10% sum insured or $20000 overall
Temporary accommodation
  • Up to 12 months or 10% sum insured
  • Paid on top of sum insured
  • Covers suitable temporary accommodation
  • Up to 1% contents sum insured for months of accommodation
  • Up to $3000 per pet accommodation stay
  • Up to $250 for months of pet accommodation
Debris removal
1
Emergency storage
  • Up to 10% sum insured
  • Paid on top of sum insured
  • Covers moving/storing contents
Keys and locks after break-in
Up to $500 overall
Motor burnout
Motors up to 10 years or $1000 overall
Jewellery
  • Nominate a sum insured for this category
  • Up to $15000 per item, set or pair
  • Optional
Artworks
Up to general contents item limit per artwork
Collections (e.g. stamps, coins)
Up to general contents item limit per item, set or pair
Digital media
Spoiled food
1
Visitors' contents
Up to $1000 overall
Pet cover
Permanent fixtures
  • Up to sum insured overall
  • Covers fixtures/fittings not legally part of the building according to state/territory law
  • Covered fixtures include kitchen/bathroom units, floorboards, floating floorboards, tiles, solar power systems, screens, blinds/shutters and cooling systems
Overlapping cover at a new house
Up to 14 days cover at both addresses
Cover for contents while moving house
  • Up to 20% contents sum insured overall
  • Cover for accident involving removal vehicle and fire

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