Youi Building And Contents

Sum insured policy. Provided by Youi. Available in ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic & WA

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Description

Insurer
Youi
Policy
Building And Contents
Provider
Youi Pty Ltd
About the insurer
Youi

Cover summary

Building cover
Nominate a sum insured for your building
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

Cost

Same price to pay monthly
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Covered events

Theft
  • Covers loss and damage due to theft, attempted theft and burglary
  • Covers theft by people carrying out a commercial service
  • Up to $1000 for cost of replacing locks and keys to external doors or windows, after theft of keys ($100 excess if only claiming this)
  • No cover theft by deception
  • No cover for theft by you or residents
  • No cover for theft by people allowed onto premises by you, your tenant, or someone who had your or your tenant's authority to do so
Fire
  • Covers accidental fire; bushfire and fire caused by mechanical, electrical, electronic breakdown or failure
  • Also covers damage caused by soot or smoke from bushfire
  • Also covers damage caused by soot or smoke from accidental fire within 100m of building
  • No cover for glowing, heat, smouldering, scorching, melting where there is no flame
  • 72 hour waiting period for bushfire
Flood
  • Covered
  • Covers damage caused by landslip and subsidence but must occur within 72 hours of flood
  • No cover for landslip, subsidence or erosion of occurring over time
  • No cover for damage caused by rising damp or seepage
  • No cover for retaining walls
  • No cover for jetties or pontoons
  • No cover for water leaking down the sides or against the sides or underneath damage to in-ground structures
  • 72 hour waiting period
Storm and cyclone
  • Covers damage caused by storm, lightning, wind, hail and snow
  • Also covers damage caused by stormwater overflow from roof gutters, downpipes and the area immediately around premises
  • Also covers damage caused by rain, wind, hail or snow entering building through opening created by the storm and through opening not created by the storm, that you could not reasonably have been aware of
  • Also covers damage caused by mechanical, electrical or electronic breakdown or failure caused by the storm
  • Covers damage caused by landslip and subsidence but must occur directly because and within 72 hours of storm
  • No cover for damage caused by rain, wind, hail or snow entering building through open windows, doors or openings made for alterations, renovations or repairs
  • No cover for landslip, subsidence or erosion of occurring over time
  • No cover for damage caused by rising damp or seepage
  • No cover for retaining walls
  • No cover for cost to remove or prune fallen trees, branches or other objects that have not damaged the property
  • No cover for jetties or pontoons
  • No cover for water leaking down the sides or against the sides or underneath damage to in-ground structures
  • Additional excess applies if you submit claim more than 90 days after storm
  • 72 hour waiting period
Storm surge
Action of the sea
Tsunami
Explosion
Earthquake
Vandalism
Impact damage
• Covers damage caused by falling trees or branchesu003cbru003e• Covers damage caused by vehicles; watercraft; or objects falling from a vehicle, watercraft or aircraftu003cbru003e• Covers damage caused by power poles, flagpoles or mastsu003cbru003e• Covers damage caused by aerials or satellite dishesu003cbru003e• Covers damage caused by aircraft, space debris, meteorites or asteroidsu003cbru003e• Accidental damage option covers damage caused by your actions or those of someone acting with your authorityu003cbru003e• No cover for damage caused by pruning, transplanting, tree lopping or felling by you or anyone acting on your behalfu003cbru003e• No cover for damage to driveways, paths, paving or underground services caused by vehicles, cranes or earthmoving equipmentu003cbru003e• Does not cover cost of removing or pruning fallen trees or branches that have not damaged the propertyu003cbru003e• Does not cover cost of removing the stump of the tree that caused the impact
Animal damage
  • Covers damage caused by animals not kept at the premises
  • Covers fire caused by amphibians, insects, lizards, pets, rodents, vermin or other animals kept at or allowed onto premises
  • Covers damage caused by birds that are accidentally trapped inside building biting, chewing, clawing, pecking, scratching, soiling, tearing or urinating
  • Covers damage caused by amphibians, insects, lizards, rodents or vermin escaping water
  • Accidental damage option covers damage caused by pets or other animals kept at or allowed onto premises
  • No cover for damage caused by any other animal biting, chewing, clawing, pecking, scratching, soiling, tearing or urinating
Escape of liquid
Breakage
Accidental damage
  • Optional
  • Choose cover for building, contents, or both
  • Covers accidental loss and damage to home and contents
  • No cover for business items (insurable under a separate option)
  • No cover for items which have reached the end of their functional life or kept at a storage facility
  • No cover for retaining walls, jetties or pontoons
  • No cover for swimming pools or outdoor spas including covers and liners
  • No cover for damage caused by earthworks, construction or renovation
  • 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 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
New for old contents replacement
1

Building

Motor burnout
Motors up to 10 years or $1000 overall
Keys and locks after break-in
Up to $500 overall
Gardens and landscaping
Costs to comply with building regulations
Professional fees
  • Up to 20% sum insured overall
  • Limit combined with debris removal
Mortgage discharge fees
Debris removal and demolition
  • Up to 20% sum insured overall
  • Limit combined with professional fees
  • Building only
Temporary accommodation
  • Up to 12 months or 10% building sum insured
  • Paid on top of sum insured
  • Covers residential accommodation at a similar standard to your home, mail redirection, utility connection costs and removal costs
  • Up to 48 weeks for residential accommodation
  • Up to 4 weeks for emergency or short-term accommodation
  • Up to $3000 for pet accommodation
  • Up to $250 per month of pet accommodation
  • Available after a claim for building damage

Contents

Cover for unspecified 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 individual portable 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
Emergency storage
  • Up to 10% contents sum insured
  • Paid on top of sum insured
  • Covers moving/storing contents
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
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 fire and accident involving removal vehicle

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