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Single Item Insurance

Cover for the things you care about most, like a new laptop, your favourite electric guitar or something extra special like an engagement ring.

What is Single Item Insurance?

Single Item Insurance is a type of home insurance that lets you pick specific items in your home that you want to cover.

Whether it’s a piece of heirloom jewellery, designer furniture, a new TV or sports equipment, you could save money by only insuring what’s most important to you. You can also add optional cover in case your item is stolen anywhere in Australia, not just in your home.

Get a quote, log in or make a claim at nrma.insurance4that.com.au.

What kind of items can I cover?

With Single Item Insurance, you can choose to insure one, two, or a whole range of individual items in your home against damage caused by fire, theft, storm or flood.1

This could include things like:

  • Jewellery
  • New laptops and tablets
  • New TVs and gaming consoles
  • New cameras
  • Musical instruments
  • Watches
  • Furniture
  • Bicycles
  • Sporting equipment
  • Appliances.

For full details, including limits, conditions and exclusions, read the Product Disclosure Statement (PDS).

Insurance

What does Single Item Insurance cover?

Here’s a summary of what’s included

Included

  • Electronics, furniture & more
    We cover things like new tablets, new laptops, gaming consoles, new TVs, new cameras and musical instruments.

  • Theft from your home
    We cover items stolen from your home or damaged in an attempted theft at your home.

  • Storms & floods
    We cover items damaged in a storm or flood at your home1.

  • Fire
    We cover damage to your items caused by fire at your home.

Not included

  • Lightning
    We don’t cover damage caused by lightning unless you add Accidental damage cover.

  • Broken glass
    We don’t cover accidentally broken glass in furniture unless you add Accidental damage cover.

  • Malicious acts
    We don’t cover others deliberately damaging your things.

  • Animal damage
    We don't cover damage caused by animals.

Optional extras

You can add these optional extras for certain items when you get a quote

  • Accidental damage
    Add cover for damage from unintentional mishaps like spills, knocks and drops, both at home and away anywhere in Australia.

  • Theft anywhere in Australia
    Optional cover for items if they’re stolen anywhere in Australia, not just your home.

Why Australians choose NRMA Single Item Insurance

New replacement for an old item

If we replace your covered item after it’s been stolen or damaged, we’ll replace it new for old as standard5

Optional cover outside your home

We offer policy add-ons for certain items with optional cover for theft or accidental damage anywhere in Australia

100 years of help

With a century of experience, we know how to protect the things you care about

Protect your valuable items

Whether you use your laptop for work, study or leisure, we can help you protect it. Discover how to get cover for your laptop at home or overseas with a Home Contents Insurance policy or Single Item Insurance.

Discover how to insure your mobile phone with Home Contents Insurance or Home Building and Contents Insurance.

When you have something precious, you want to know it’s protected. Discover how to insure your jewellery with Home Contents Insurance or Single Item Insurance.

Looking for something else? Explore more items.

Learn more about Single Item Insurance

Save up to 10% on your policy when you pay for a year upfront2

Cover as many items as you like from a range of different categories

Pick a payment plan that suits you: pay weekly, monthly or yearly

Need help?

We’re here for you. Call us on 132 818.

Existing customers

Already have a policy with us?

Make sure to read our policy booklets

For full details including limits, conditions and exclusions, read these policy documents

Want more cover?

Looking to cover everything, not just a few items?

FAQs

Single Item Insurance FAQs

Single Item Insurance allows you to cover individual items you have in your home. You might choose to cover just one thing that matters to you, like a wedding ring, new laptop or new camera.

Some items can also add optional theft cover for anywhere in Australia, or optional ‘Accidental damage’ cover anywhere in Australia.

Home Contents Insurance lets you cover the items inside your home, including furniture, electronics, clothes, carpets, and more, without needing to specify them individually.

You’ll have cover for events such as fire, theft, flood, storm and storm surge3 and have optional benefits to choose from, like accidental damage or motor burnout. We’ll also help cover the cost of your temporary accommodation if your home becomes unlivable after an insured event.6

For more information, read the Product Disclosure Statement for Single Item Insurance and for our Home Contents Insurance.

There’s no limit to the number of individual items you can insure.

However, if you want to insure a large number of items, you might want to consider a Home Contents Insurance policy to see if this option better suits your circumstances.

If you choose to add optional ‘Theft cover anywhere in Australia’ to your Single Item Insurance policy, the item will be covered for theft anywhere in Australia.

Similarly, if you choose to add optional ‘Accidental damage’ cover, the item will be protected for accidental damage occurring anywhere in Australia.

If you don’t select either of these optional extras, your item(s) will only be covered while they’re in your home.

If you want to insure a large number of items, you might want to consider a Contents Insurance policy to suit your circumstances.

A Contents Insurance policy can help cover a number of items in your home that are eligible for cover under your policy.

When you get a Single Item Insurance policy, it’s important that you insure each item for its full new replacement value.  Our policies cover your item for the value of a brand new replacement.

Yes, our Single Item Insurance policy covers electronics, including:

  • New laptops
  • New desktop computers
  • New tablets
  • New cameras
  • New TVs and home AV systems
  • Gaming consoles
  • Headphones
  • Smartwatches
  • Dash cameras.

Please note that we no longer offer new Single Item Insurance policies for mobile phones. We continue to offer renewals for existing policies.

You can add extras or accessories for some types of items with our cover. You’ll need to list each item separately on your policy. When you purchase a policy, you’ll have the option to insure accessories for specific item categories.

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Things you should know

  1. Storm means violent wind, cyclone, tornado, thunderstorm, hail, rain, snow or dust – but not persistent rain only. We don’t cover damage from storm surge which is an abnormal increase in sea level caused by a cyclone or severe storm.

  2. Any applicable discounts may be subject to minimum premiums. Discounts only apply until a minimum premium is reached. When we determine your premium on renewal, we may also limit any increases or decreases in your premium by considering factors such as your previous year’s premium amount.

  3. We don’t cover actions of the sea, such as tides and waves. Check the PDS for a full list of exclusions. For insured properties in NSW, ACT or Tasmania, if we give you the option to remove cover for flood, rainwater run-off and storm surge from your Contents Insurance and you choose to do so, you won’t be covered for loss or damage to your contents caused by flood, rainwater run-off or storm surge.

  4. If you’re renting the home, we pay the reasonable extra rent costs for temporary accommodation. If you own and live in your home, we cover the reasonable costs of temporary accommodation. As long as you were living in the damaged home permanently before the incident, we pay for accommodation for up to a year for the Home Contents Standard policy (or up to two years if you have a Home Contents Plus policy), or when your home is repaired or replaced (whichever is first). We pay your extra temporary accommodation costs up to 10% of your sum insured for Home Contents Standard policies, and up to 20% for Home Contents Plus. We need to be satisfied your home is unliveable and we need to agree to the cost before you make arrangements.

  5. At our option, we may otherwise choose to repair the covered item to normal working order, provide a store voucher, credit or value card or a cash settlement of the amount it would cost us to replace the covered item or pay the sum insured for the covered item.

  6. If you’re renting the home, we pay the reasonable extra rent costs for temporary accommodation. If you own and live in your home, we cover the reasonable costs of temporary accommodation. As long as you were living in the damaged home permanently before the incident, we pay for accommodation for up to a year for the Home Contents Standard policy (or up to two years if you have a Home Contents Plus policy), or when your home is repaired or replaced (whichever is first). We pay your extra temporary accommodation costs up to 10% of your sum insured for Home Contents Standard policies, and up to 20% for Home Contents Plus. We need to be satisfied your home is unliveable and we need to agree to the cost before you make arrangements.
     

Single Item Insurance is issued by Insurance Australia Limited ABN 11 000 016 722 AFS Licence No. 227681 trading as NRMA Insurance. When making decisions about a product, always read the Product Disclosure Statement and Target Market Determinations.

Single Item Insurance can cover nominated items against loss or damage caused by fire and theft in the home. Optional extras cover is available, such as for accidental damage and/or theft outside the home, on certain items. Terms, conditions, exclusions and limits apply.