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Optional Portable Contents cover

Home insurance with optional benefit for your portable contents


The information on this page is for policies starting from 20 July 2025. For customers who started a policy before this date, view the relevant Product Disclosure Statement (PDS). 

Cover in Australia and overseas for up to 90 days – if you have Home Contents or Renter Insurance and have selected the Portable Contents option.

Only $100 excess for Portable Contents claims – if you have selected the optional benefit.

Portable Contents cover, also called personal effects cover, is cover for things you wear or carry with you outside the home. For example, your jewellery, mobile phone, or your camera. You can choose to add this optional benefit to your Allianz Home Insurance or Renter Insurance policy.

With optional Portable Contents, you can cover your portable valuables for loss or damage caused by theft or accident anywhere in the world. If you’re planning a trip overseas, cover outside of Australia is limited to 90 continuous days in any period of insurance.

Below is a snapshot of some of our product features, benefits, and exclusions. For the full list of product inclusions and exclusions, we recommend reading the relevant Product Disclosure Statement (PDS).

What's covered
  • Suitcases and bags, handbags, briefcases, wallets, and purses 
  • Cameras and photographic equipment and their accessories
  • Clothing, shoes, spectacles, and sunglasses
  • Cosmetics and toiletries
  • External medical aids and devices including wheelchairs and mobility scooters
  • Video game consoles, drones, and their accessories
  • Jewellery, watches, smart watches, and wearable technology
  • Laptops, tablets, mobile phones, and their accessories
  • Musical instruments
  • Bicycles and 25km/h maximum speed eBikes and eScooters – except when being used for business, deliveries, racing or in competition
  • Sporting equipment – except when in use
What's not covered
  • Any items used for business or work, i.e. to earn an income, like your mobile phone
  • Cracked screens in phones, tablets, smart watches, computers, laptops or their accessories, where that’s the only damage
  • Some general contents items such as money and cheques, and animals 
  • Caravans, trailers, and boats
Choose from two types of cover – Listed Portable Contents or Unlisted Portable Contents, or choose both.
You can ask us to cover specific portable valuables separately for their full value. Portable items worth $1,000 or more must be listed to be covered for their full replacement value less any excess.

This option will pay up to $1,000 per item and a total of $5,000 per claim. It covers portable items that you don’t need to list if they’re valued at under $1,000. 

 

This is a summary only of some of the features and benefits available on Allianz Home and Renter Insurance, as well as some of the exclusions. Before deciding on a policy, carefully consider the relevant Product Disclosure Statement (PDS) and Supplementary PDS (where applicable) which set out the standard terms, conditions, limits, and exclusions.
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You can select the Portable Contents option when you get a quote for Allianz Home or Renter Insurance. 

If you already have Allianz Home or Renter Insurance, you can pay extra to add Portable Contents cover to your policy. Log in to My Allianz or call our team to update your policy.

By adding optional Portable Contents cover to your policy, you know your portable items are covered when you’re on the move. For example, if your camera is damaged during an accident, we’ll repair, replace, or reimburse you, at our discretion, for its equivalent value. We’ll pay up to the limits you have nominated, that’s the total amount we’ll pay if you have to make a claim. This is in addition to your cover for standard insured events like fire1 and flood1.

You can tailor Portable Contents cover to suit your needs by choosing from two types of cover: listed or unlisted.

Listed cover means you can list specific portable contents items separately for their full value. Items worth $1,000 or more must always be listed to be covered for their full replacement value less any excess.

With unlisted cover, you can claim up to $1,000 per item and $5,000 per claim. This means you won’t need to list each item individually if the value is under $1,000. 

Before deciding on a policy, you should carefully consider the relevant Product Disclosure Statement (PDS) and Supplementary PDS , where applicable, which set out the standard terms, conditions, limits, and exclusions., where applicable, which set out the standard terms, conditions, limits, and exclusions.

Deciding whether you need to add Portable Contents cover to your Home or Renter Insurance policy is a decision only you can make. This will likely depend on the value of your items and the level of cover you need. It may give you confidence about covering the cost of replacing portable items, such as your mobile phone or engagement ring, if needed.

If you have Home Contents cover or Renter Insurance and you’ve selected the Portable Contents optional benefit, we’ll cover you for loss or damage to your portable contents caused by theft or an accident. This covers you anywhere in Australia and for up to 90 continuous days in any period of insurance if you’re travelling overseas.

If you’ve added the Portable Contents option to your Home or Renter Insurance policy, you can make a claim 24/7 online.  Our friendly claims team will contact you to discuss the next steps. 

We’ll need evidence of the value and ownership of the listed or unlisted portable contents you’re claiming for.


To see some of the events covered and not covered by our Home Insurance, refer to our Key Fact Sheets (KFS).
 
  1. 72-hour exclusion period may apply

    We may not provide cover for any loss of or damage to your property caused by cyclone, flood, flood water combined with run-off and/or rainwater, grassfires and bushfires during the first 72 hours after you first purchase a policy or increase your cover under an existing policy. Refer to PDS for when exclusion periods apply.

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Any advice here does not take into account your individual objectives, financial situation or needs. Terms, conditions, limits, and exclusions apply. Before making a decision about this insurance, consider the relevant Product Disclosure Statement (PDS)/Policy Wording and Supplementary PDS (if applicable). Where applicable, the PDS/Policy Wording, Supplementary PDS and Target Market Determination (TMD) for this insurance are available on this website. We do not provide any form of advice if you call us to enquire about or purchase a product.

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