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Suncorp Contents Insurance has been recognised with Canstar’s Outstanding Value Award four years in a row.
The content on this page applies to policies started or renewed on or after 24 May 2025.
What is Contents Insurance?
Whether you’re an owner-occupier or tenant, the place you call home is one of the things that matters most. Contents Insurance can cover you for loss or damage to your home’s contents – including your furniture, clothing, appliances and more – from events such as burglaries and natural disasters. Plus, with our new-for-old repair or replacement and 24/7 online claims service, we'll get you back on your feet as soon as possible.
For more details, check out our Visual Guide to Home & Contents Insurance.
^We do not insure you for bushfire, storm, storm surge, flood or tsunami in the first 72 hours of your policy.
Very limited exceptions apply. Read the PDS for more details.
Options for added cover
Learn about the other optional covers you can pay extra for with Suncorp Classic Contents only Insurance.
Personal valuables
Personal valuables are some of the valuable things you might leave the house with. It’s things like your mobile phone, camera, laptop, or tablet. It also includes bicycles (as long as you’re not racing or pace making).
With personal valuables, the items are covered anywhere in Australia and New Zealand.
You can choose whether to specify the items so as to cover them up to a specified value, or if you’re happy to have unspecified cover, we pay up to $1,000 per item.
Accidental damage at the home
We’ll cover loss or damage to your contents that occurs without intent e.g. losing, breaking or damaging something, up to the contents sum insured. For example, accidentally dropping a ring down the drain and you’re unable to retrieve it.
Automatically included with Classic Extras and Classic Advantages.
Automatically included with Classic Extras & Classic Advantages
Motor burnout
Covers the burning out or fusing of electric motors that are part of your household equipment or appliance which are part of your contents and where the motor is equal to or less than 10 years old. This includes the motor in things like portable air conditioning units, washing machines and fridges. An extra premium applies if you choose to add this to your Classic cover while if you have Classic Extras or Classic Advantages it is automatically included in your cover. This optional cover has its own excess, and the standard excess does not apply.
Automatically included with Classic Extras & Classic Advantages
Injury to pet dogs and cats
If your pet dog or cat is injured in an incident, we’ll pay for necessary veterinary treatment (up to $2000 per accident). Extra premium and injury to pet dogs and cats excess will apply.
Limits, exclusions and conditions apply to these optional covers. Check out the PDS for more detail.
Need a little clarity on your coverage?
Our visual guide to your Home & Contents Insurance can help you find answers to your coverage questions.
How to save on your Contents Insurance
15% multi-policy discount
Combine any 3 or more eligible policies to get a 15% multi-policy discount
$50 online discount*
Receive $50 off the normal premium amount when you quote and buy your policy online. Price shown online includes the $50 discount.
6% seniors discount for Queenslanders
If you have a Queensland Seniors Card you’re eligible for a discount
Vary your excess
If you increase your standard excess you can save on your premium.
If you’re eligible for more than one discount, we apply each in a predetermined order to the already discounted premium. Learn more about ways to save with Suncorp Insurance.
Claims process
If you need to make a claim, rest assured we’ll help you with our local expertise every step of the way.
1. Have your details ready
We’ll need your policy number and details of the event.
2. Lodge a claim 24/7
Claims may be decided instantly. If we need more info we’ll contact you within 2 business days.
3. Track your claim
Track the progress of your claim online at any time.
4. Assessment
A member of our claims team will assess the damage to your home or contents.
5. Finalise your claim
We’ll follow up with you to arrange settlement if your claim is covered and ensure you’re happy with the outcome.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is my home covered while I'm away on holidays?
Yes, your home is covered if it is unoccupied, however an additional excess applies to any claim made during this time if the home has been unoccupied for more than 60 consecutive days.
We cover your legal liability to pay compensation for death of or bodily injury to other people, or loss or damage to their property, resulting from an incident in certain situations which happens during the period of insurance.
The most we’ll pay for all claims arising from one incident for legal liability covered by your policy is $20 million, including all associated legal costs.
Please see the relevant PDS for full details.
Yes, we provide cover for contents while moving to a new address in Australia and for contents in commercial storage. These are additional covers that come with your policy at no extra cost.
Other Home Insurance products
Landlord Insurance
Protect your investment property from damaging events like flood, storm, fire and theft. Includes cover for loss of rent if a tenant doesn’t pay or the home cannot be lived in or cannot be re-leased after an insured event.
Home & Contents Insurance
If you’re responsible for your house – that’s the building, and not just the stuff inside it – you may want to consider Home and Contents Insurance.
Home Insurance Insights
Suncorp Contents Insurance Tools
CONTENTS CALCULATOR
Estimate your contents coverage
Estimate the replacement costs of your home's contents to help determine how much contents cover you may need.
Visual guide to Home & Contents Insurance
Get to know what you're covered for with our easy-to-navigate guide
What makes Suncorp different?
*Offer available only for the purchase of a new eligible policy of insurance issued by AAI Limited ABN 48 005 297 807 AFSL 230859 trading as Suncorp Insurance. Discount will be applied upon purchase of the new eligible policy of insurance and subtracted from the price of the premium. If you’re eligible for more than one discount, we apply any subsequent discount to the already discounted premium (usually before adding taxes and charges).
#Actions or movements of the sea and loss or damage caused by storm surge (unless the storm surge damage occurs at the same time as damage caused by a storm) are not covered. We don't cover retaining walls or flood damage to wharves, jetties, pontoons, other exclusions apply.
^We do not insure you for bushfire, storm, storm surge, flood or tsunami in the first 72 hours of your policy. Very limited exceptions apply.
For full details of the covers, limitations, exclusions and conditions contained within Suncorp Contents Insurance, please read the Suncorp Contents Insurance Product Disclosure Statement. The Target Market Determination is also available.
First eligible policy
If you first purchase or have an existing Suncorp Car, Suncorp QLD CTP, Suncorp Motorcycle or Suncorp Home and/or Contents insurance policy, you will be eligible for this campaign. Refer to the T&Cs.
Second new eligible Policy purchased
- If you first purchase or have an existing Suncorp Car or Motorcycle policy, you can get 20% off new Suncorp home insurance. (‘New Suncorp home insurance’ excludes landlord and strata insurance)
- If you first purchase or have an existing Suncorp Home or QLD CTP policy, you can get 20% off new Suncorp car insurance. (‘New Suncorp car insurance’ excludes QLD CTP and Suncorp Roadside Assist)
Substantially Damaged
When your home is substantially damaged by an insured event (meaning the assessed quote to repair or rebuild is at least $50,000 or 10% of your home sum insured, whichever is more). Please refer to PDS for full Details.
Motor burnout
Covers the burning out or fusing of electric motors that are part of your household equipment or appliance which are part of your contents and where the motor is equal to or less than 10 years old. This includes the motor in things like portable air conditioning units, washing machines and fridges. An extra premium applies if you choose to add this to your Classic cover while if you have Classic Extras or Classic Advantages it is automatically included in your cover. This optional cover has its own excess, and the standard excess does not apply.
Accidental glass breakage
This covers things like fixed glass in windows, doors, skylights, shower-bath combos, toilets, basins, baths and the glass that forms part of a fixed cooking or heating appliance.
It doesn’t cover ceramic tiles, drinking glasses or glass that is part of things like vases, ornaments or light globes.
Accidental damage at the home
We’ll cover loss or damage to your contents that occurs without intent e.g. losing, breaking or damaging something, up to the contents sum insured. For example, accidentally dropping a ring down the drain and you’re unable to retrieve it.
Automatically included with Classic Extras and Classic Advantages.
Safety Net
If you choose to include the Safety Net feature you’ll be covered for up to a further 25% or 30% of the home sum insured towards the unexpected rising costs of repairing or rebuilding your home when you make a claim.
For example:
- if your sum insured is $400,000 and you have a 25% Safety Net, you’ll be covered for up to a further $100,000 (or $500,000 in total) towards repairing or rebuilding your home; or
- if your sum insured is $400,000 and you have a 30% Safety Net, you’ll be covered for up to a further $120,000 (or $520,000 in total) towards repairing or rebuilding your home.
Personal valuables
Personal valuables are some of the valuable things you might leave the house with. It’s things like your mobile phone, camera, laptop, or tablet. It also includes bicycles (as long as you’re not racing or pace making).
With personal valuables, the items are covered anywhere in Australia and New Zealand.
You can choose whether to specify the items so as to cover them up to a specified value, or if you’re happy to have unspecified cover, we pay up to $1,000 per item.
Temporary accommodation
If your home is damaged by one of our insured events, and we agree it cannot be lived in, we’ll pay for reasonable temporary accommodation costs for you, as well as boarding for your pets, until you can move back in. Please read the PDS for full details on the maximum period we will pay for your accommodation.
Accidental damage at the home
This covers loss, breakage or damage to something by accident at home. For example: dropping, knocking over or spilling something without intent.
Emergency repairs and other repair/rebuilding costs
If loss or damage to your contents is covered under your policy, we’ll cover the reasonable and necessary costs to dispose of those damaged contents.
Food and medication spoilage
We’ll cover spoilage of refrigerated food, frozen food and refrigerated medicines. Limits, exclusions and conditions apply.
Cover for contents while moving to a new address
If you have contents cover and you’re permanently moving to a new address in Australia, we’ll cover your contents while they are being moved, for loss or damage during the period of insurance caused by:
- fire
- flood
- collision, overturning, accident, or theft of the vehicle carrying them.
Injury to pet dogs and cats
If your pet dog or cat is injured in an incident, we’ll pay for necessary veterinary treatment (up to $2000 per accident). Extra premium and injury to pet dogs and cats excess will apply.
Flood
Flood means the covering of normally dry land by water that has escaped or been released from the normal confines of things like a lake, river, reservoir, canal or other natural watercourse.
Actions or movements of the sea or storm surge are not covered. Some things we don't cover are damage to retaining walls, jetties, pontoons and garden borders.
Storm
Storm means a storm, cyclone or severe atmospheric disturbance. It can be accompanied by strong winds, rain, lightning, hail, snow, or dust.
It includes loss or damage caused by a landslide or subsidence within 72 hours of, and directly because of, a storm and not because of erosion, structural fault or design fault.
Riot and civil commotion
An example of a riot, civil commotion or public disturbance event would be damage caused by a violent crowd moving down your street.
It doesn't cover loss or damage caused by someone who had consent to enter the insured address and doesn't cover loss or damage if anyone living at the insured address participated in the disturbance.
Lightning
Lightning, including power surges caused by lightning, will be covered providing a qualified repairer gives written confirmation to show lightning as the cause of loss or damage and the Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology has a record of lightning in the area.
Fire
Loss or damage caused by fire (includes bushfire) and heat, ash, soot and smoke that is a direct result of a fire within 100 metres of the insured address.
It doesn’t include arcing, scorching, melting, or cigarette burns unless a fire spreads from the initial burn spot. Other exclusions apply – see the PDS for further details.
If there is a bushfire in your area during the period of insurance, we also cover the cost of replacing water in any tank, container, pool, spa and any other storage vessel where the water has either been used to limit the spread of bushfire in your area or become contaminated due to the use of fire retardant at the insured address (even if there is no actual physical loss or damage to the home and contents). The most we will pay is $1,000 for any one incident.
Theft and burglary
Theft or burglary occurs when someone enters the insured address without your consent and steals or intends to steal items.
We don't cover loss or damage caused by thieves or burglars entering the insured address from common property without signs of forced entry, or loss or damage caused by anyone living at the address.
Explosion
We cover loss or damage caused by an explosion but we don't cover the cost of repairing or replacing the container or tank that exploded.
Earthquake and tsunami
We cover damage that occurs within the first 72 hours following an earthquake or tsunami.
This includes cover for damage caused by a landslide or subsidence within 72 hours of, and directly because of, an earthquake or tsunami. It doesn't cover damage caused by erosion over time or a structural or design fault.
Malicious acts
Malicious acts and vandalism includes things like vandals damaging your letterbox or painting graffiti on your home.
It doesn't include damage caused by someone who lives or is staying at the insured address or who entered the insured address with your consent.
Damage by animal
This covers loss or damage caused by an animal that becomes accidentally trapped inside your home.
We don't cover damage caused by any animal you own or are responsible for, or has been allowed onto the insured address, or damage caused by insects, vermin or rodents (unless the damage they caused is covered under fire or escape of liquid).
Impact
Impact covers damage caused by impact from things like a falling tree, power poles, tv antennas, aircrafts, motor vehicles and even space debris.
It doesn't include damage caused by trees being lopped, felled or transplanted by you or for you.
Escape of liquid
This covers sudden and unexpected loss or damage caused by liquid escaping from certain items including your fridge, washing machine, bath (but not shower), toilet, fixed pipes (except agricultural pipes), swimming pool, water main, fixed cooling system or an aquarium. We also cover loss or damage, caused by liquid escaping from these items, that has occurred gradually when the loss or damage that was occurring wasn’t easily visible to a reasonable person in the circumstances. Exclusions apply, please see the PDS for more details.