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Building and Contents Insurance for Holiday Property

Match your clients with the most competitive building and contents insurance policy for their needs with SGUA. Choose from one of our specialised building and contents insurance products to cover your client’s investment or holiday property, with the ability to add optional products.

Explore our range of building and contents insurance for holiday properties, and feel free to contact us for a quote.

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Holiday Property Building and Contents Insurance Products

Whether your client rents out their property all year round or uses it for personal vacations throughout the year, ensure they do right by their investment with a comprehensive building and contents insurance policy. A well-suited holiday property building and contents policy provides peace of mind during the worst-case scenario, from fires to floods, theft, accidental damage and more.


SGUA’s range of building and contents insurance policies offer broad and comprehensive protection for a full range of defined events and unexpected circumstances. This selection of building and contents insurance is ideal for properties let out on Airbnb and Stayz (excluding those let out by the room) and suited for a range of building types, such as residential properties, apartments, townhouses, rural cottages, villas and more.


Choose from a standalone contents insurance policy, combine building and contents insurance for a comprehensive policy or add optional extras for a customised holiday property building and contents insurance policy, ensuring your clients receive coverage for the things that matter most to them.

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Contents Cover

Product: Standard Holiday Cover

Covering a range of property types including villas, cottages, houses and inner city apartments.

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Building and Contents Cover

Product: Custom Holiday Cover

Cover for holiday homes that need protection for the either property. This option combines building, contents & tenant covers into one policy. This cover also includes legal liability up to $20 million.

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Customised Cover

Add these optional products to your Building and/or Contents Holiday Insurance Products

These additional covers include Loss of Rent and Damage by Tenants.

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Cover Type
Holiday Unit Cover
Customised Cover
Fire, Explosion or Lightning
Not available
Up to the Sum Insured for your Building
Earthquake, Named Cyclone, tsunami or Volcanic Eruption
Not available
Up to the Sum Insured for your Building
Theft or attempted theft
Not available
Up to the Sum Insured for your Building
Bursting Leaking Discharging or overflowing
Not available
Up to the Sum Insured for your Building
Glass Breakage
Not available
Up to the Sum Insured for your Building
Malicious Damage by Third Party
Not available
Up to the Sum Insured for your Building
Flood (unless specifically excluded)
Not available
Up to the Sum Insured for your Building
Storm
Not available
Up to the Sum Insured for your Building
Impact Damage
Not available
Up to the Sum Insured for your Building
Riot or civil Commotion
Not available
Up to the Sum Insured for your Building
Electric Motor Burnout
Not available
Motor replacement up to 15 years of age
Accidental Damage by Third Party
Not available
Up to the Sum Insured for your Building
Landscaping
Not available
Up to $500 per tree, shrub or plant, maximum $2,000 per claim
Emergency Service Damages
Not available
Up to $5,000
Mortgage Discharge
Not available
Up to $5,000
Tax Audit Fees
Not available
Up to $5,000

(This is the total limit of your Policy regardless of whether you have Building cover, Contents cover, or both Building and Contents cover).

Excess Waiver for Total Loss
Not available
Nominated excess showing on your schedule
Cover Type
Holiday Unit Cover
Customised Cover
Fire, Explosion or Lightning
Up to $60k
Up to the Sum Insured for your Contents
Earthquake, Named Cyclone, tsunami or Volcanic Eruption
Up to $60k
Up to the Sum Insured for your Contents
Theft or attempted theft
Up to $60k
Up to the Sum Insured for your Contents
Bursting, Leaking, Discharging or overflowing
Up to $60k
Up to the Sum Insured for your Contents
Glass Breakage
Up to $60k
Up to the Sum Insured for your Contents
Malicious Damage by Third Party
Up to $60k
Up to the Sum Insured for your Contents
Flood (unless specifically excluded)
Up to $60k
Up to the Sum Insured for your Contents
Storm
Up to $60k
Up to the Sum Insured for your Contents
Impact Damage
Up to $60k
Up to the Sum Insured for your Contents
Riot or civil Commotion
Up to $60k
Up to the Sum Insured for your Contents
Electric Motor Burnout
Motor Replacement up to 15 years of age
Motor Replacement up to 15 years of age
Accidental Damage by Third Party
Up to $60k
Up to the Sum Insured for your Contents
Contents in Open Air
Up to $5,000 for theft claims
10% of the Sum Insured for Contents all other claims
Up to $5,000 for theft claims
10% of the Sum Insured for Contents all other claims
Oil Leakage from Heater
Up to $60k
Up to the Sum Insured for your Contents
Tax Audit
Up to $5,000

(This is the total limit of your Policy regardless of whether you have Building cover, Contents cover, or both Building and Contents cover).

Up to $5,000

(This is the total limit of your Policy regardless of whether you have Building cover, Contents cover, or both Building and Contents cover).

Excess Waiver for Total Loss
Nominated excess showing on your schedule
Nominated excess showing on your schedule
Contents in Storage units / cages
Up to $2000
Up to $2000
Cover Type
Holiday Unit Cover
Customised Cover
Legal liability to pay for personal injury or Property Damage in connection with your ownership of your Building and/ or Contents
Up to $20 million.

(This is the total limit of your Policy regardless of whether you have Building cover, Contents cover, or both Building and Contents cover this is a combined limit under Building and Contents)

Up to $20 million.

(This is the total limit of your Policy regardless of whether you have Building cover, Contents cover, or both Building and Contents cover this is a combined limit under Building and Contents)

Cover Type
Holiday Unit Cover
Customised Cover
Loss of rent by Defined Event
Up to 52 weeks, maximum $50,000
Up to 52 weeks, up to a maximum of the Sum Insured for Loss of Rent as shown on your Certificate of Insurance
Prevention of Access
No cover available
Up to 52 weeks, up to a maximum of the Sum Insured for Loss of Rent as shown on your Certificate of Insurance
Loss of Rent following Tenant Damage
Up to 52 weeks, maximum $50,000
Up to 52 weeks, up to a maximum of the Sum Insured for Loss of Rent as shown on your Certificate of Insurance
Loss of Rent following Murder / Suicide
Up to 52 weeks, maximum $50,000
Up to 52 weeks, up to a maximum of $50,000
Untenantable due to Death of a Tenant
Up to 12 weeks, maximum $11,538
Up to 12 weeks, up to a maximum of the Sum Insured for Loss of Rent as shown on your Certificate of Insurance
Failure to Vacate
Up to 26 weeks, maximum $25,000
Up to 26 weeks, up to a maximum of $25,000
Cover Type
Holiday Unit Cover
Customised Cover
Deliberate Damage by Tenants
Up to $60,000
Up to the Sum Insured for your Building
Up to $60,000 for your Contents
Accidental Damage by tenants
Up to $60,000
Up to the Sum insured for your building,
Up to $60,000 for your Contents
Damage by Pets
Up to $5,000
Up to $5,000
Theft by Tenant
Up to $60,000
Up to the Sum Insured for your Building,
Up to $60,000 for your Contents
Garbage removal
Up to $500
Up to $500

For full details on what's covered per product, please read our Product Disclosure Statements.

 

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Who is SGUA?

Since 1991, SGUA has been Australia's trusted insurance provider for investment properties. We understand how important it is to find the right building and contents insurance policy on behalf of your clients, which is why we’ve created a simple platform for comparing and applying for a policy online. Thanks to our online quoting and cover placement system, brokers can easily alter policies and conduct transactions quickly.

Ensure your client’s most valuable asset is protected with SGUA’s holiday property building and contents insurance policy. Reach out to us today for a tailored quote.

Holiday Property Building and Contents Insurance Products

Whether your client rents out their property all year round or uses it for personal vacations throughout the year, ensure they do right by their investment with a comprehensive building and contents insurance policy. A well-suited holiday property building and contents policy provides peace of mind during the worst-case scenario, from fires to floods, theft, accidental damage and more.

SGUA’s range of building and contents insurance policies offer broad and comprehensive protection for a full range of defined events and unexpected circumstances. This selection of building and contents insurance is ideal for properties let out on Airbnb and Stayz (excluding those let out by the room) and suited for a range of building types, such as residential properties, apartments, townhouses, rural cottages, villas and more.

Choose from a standalone contents insurance policy, combine building and contents insurance for a comprehensive policy or add optional extras for a customised holiday property building and contents insurance policy, ensuring your clients receive coverage for the things that matter most to them.

Compare Our Building and Contents Insurance Products

Unsure of which building and contents insurance policy is right for your client? SGUA is here to simplify your search. As a specialist underwriter for property insurance, we understand the overwhelming task of comparing building and contents insurance options. With our dropdown menu, we make it easy to find the right and most competitive coverage solution for your client.

The information presented below contains a brief description of each of our policy covers and the circumstances under which they may be appropriate. From natural disasters to man-made complications and loss of rent, you can view how much your client will be insured depending on the policy you select. Legal liability of up to $20 million is also available for both standard and customised building and contents insurance options.

This is designed to help you decide which insurance product cover will meet your client’s specific needs and helps you compare between policies. Expand each section to read more about the product feature for easy comparison.

Give your clients peace of mind with our range of holiday property building and contents insurance policies. To receive a tailored quote or for more information about insurance policies, please get in touch with us.

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SGUA is a brand name of The Proplab Group Pty Ltd trading as St George Underwriting Agency, an Australian Financial Services Licensee (AFSL) authorised to deal in general insurance products.

Policies are issued by Certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s and distributed by The Proplab Group Pty Ltd trading as St George Underwriting Agency (ABN 59 009 357 582, AFSL No 236663).

General advice provided on this website does not take into account your objectives, financial situation, or needs. Please read the relevant Product Disclosure Statement, Financial Services Guide and Target Market Determination available from us to consider whether our product is right for you. Benefits are subject to terms and conditions, including excesses, limits, and exclusions of your policy.

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