Landlord Insurance

Cover for your investment property for 12 insured events including ffire7, theft, storm7, and flood7.

 

Insure your investment property and landlord’s contents for insured events such as theft, fire7, storm7, flood7, and malicious damage.

Fire & smoke

Fire7 & smoke.

Water or other liquid Damage

Water or other liquid damage.

Theft or burglary

Theft or burglary.

Accidental Breakage of glass or ceramic items

Accidental breakage of glass or ceramic items.

Impact Damage

Impact damage.

Vandalism or Malicious Damage

Vandalism or malicious damage.

Lightning

Lightning.

Earthquake or Tsunami

Earthquake8 or tsunami8.

Flood and/or run-off

Flood and/or run-off7.

For full details of terms, conditions, limits, and exclusions of all our home insurance cover options, please refer to the relevant Product Disclosure Statement any supplementary PDS and Home Buildings or Home Contents Key Fact Sheets.

Optional covers...

Apply to add any of these optional covers for an additional premium and greater cover.

Landlord Worker’s Compensation Cover

Cover for the compensation amount you are liable to pay if you employ a domestic worker and they are injured while working for you at the insured address. Only available in ACT, WA and TAS.

Rent default & theft by tenant

Option to be covered for loss of rent due to specified rental defaults, up to $10,000 in total for all claims during the period of insurance.

Cover for loss or damage to your insured buildings or contents caused by theft, burglary or housebreaking committed by your tenant or invitees of your tenant.

We do not provide advice based on any consideration of your objectives, financial situation or needs. Terms, conditions, limits and exclusions apply. Before making a decision please refer to the Landlord Product Disclosure Statement (PDS) any applicable supplementary PDS Landlords Buildings or Landlords Contents Key Fact Sheets also available for reference.

Why Choose COTA Landlord Insurance

Cover for your investment property for 12 insured events including fire7, theft, storm7, and flood7

Pay by the month at no extra cost 6

Save up to 10% on your first year’s premium when you quote and buy a new policy online1, 4

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COTA Benefits

A residential investment property needs to be appropriately insured.

Landlord insurance can give you the confidence that your property will be covered should something go wrong. COTA Landlord Insurance covers the property and/or the contents you provide for your tenant’s use for loss or damage by 12 insured events.

 

 

To help you decide the cover you need, here’s a brief outline of the difference between buildings and contents cover.

 

Buildings

Designed to cover the physical structures that make up your property, like the house itself, garage, sheds, permanently installed swimming pools and decks.

 

Contents

Designed to cover items at your property – from furniture and white goods to removable domestic appliances and white goods which belong to you as the landlord and that you have provided for the use of your tenant. It also covers your carpets and window furnishings.

The better you understand your policy, the easier it will be if you ever have to claim.

Here is a limited summary of the benefits of a landlord insurance policy. For full details of the standard terms, conditions, limits and exclusions that apply please read the Product Disclosure Statement (PDS), any applicable supplementary PDS before making a decision to purchase the insurance. The Landlord Buildings and Landlord Contents Key Fact Sheets (KFS) also sets out some information about the cover.

Features and Benefits

Inclusion Description Included
Cover for the unexpected COTA Landlord offers cover for your investment property for out of the ordinary but devastating events such as fire7, storm7, flood7, and burglary.
Cover for flood and/or run-off Covers loss or damage caused by flood7, run-off, flood water7 combined with run-off and/or rainwater.
Legal liability COTA Landlord insurance will cover your legal liability up to $20 million for payment of compensation relating to death, bodily injury or illness, and/or physical loss of or damage to property caused by an accident (or series of accidents). If you have contents cover only, it does not cover any legal liability you may incur as owner of the buildings unless the buildings are defined as a lot.
Making your buildings environmentally friendly If you have buildings cover and your buildings are totally destroyed and need to be rebuilt, in addition to your buildings sum insured, COTA Landlord insurance will pay up to $5,000 (after deduction of any government or council rebates) to help you make the new buildings more environmentally friendly.
Landlord contents COTA Landlord Insurance will pay for repair or replacement of contents you own and provide for your tenant’s use as a result of an insured event. If you have buildings cover only, COTA Landlord Insurance will pay up to the lesser of $10,000 or the remainder of the sum insured after payment of the buildings claim, for certain landlords contents under this additional benefit.
Rental costs after an insured event If your buildings are damaged by an insured event and can’t be lived in by your tenant, or, access to or use of the buildings is not possible for at least 7 days after an insured event COTA Landlord insurance will pay for your loss of rent on the buildings for up to 12 months if you have buildings cover or if your building is part of a strata title development and you have contents cover only.
Rebuilding and professional fees If you have buildings cover and need to rebuild your buildings after total loss or damage, COTA Landlord insurance will help pay the reasonable costs of architects, engineers, surveyors and solicitors up to $5,000.
Debris removal In addition to your buildings and/or contents sum insured, COTA Landlord Insurance will cover up to 10% of the building and/or contents sum insured for removing debris from your insured address if your buildings are damaged or destroyed by an insured event.
24/7 claims assistance When you need to make a claim Allianz are there for you with 24 hour claims lodgement available online, or you can call the claims team to commence the claims process over the phone.
Contents in the open air at the insured address If you have contents cover, COTA Landlord insurance will cover contents in the open air (that you own and that you have provided for your tenants use) which have been lost or damaged by an insured event covered by your policy, up to a maximum amount of $1000.

Optional Covers

Apply to add any of these optional covers for an additional premium and greater cover.

Inclusion Description Included
Landlord workers’ compensation cover Cover for the compensation amount you are liable to pay if you employ a domestic worker and they are injured while working for you at the insured address. Only available in ACT, WA and TAS. Optional
Rent default & theft by tenant Option to be covered for loss of rent due to specified rental defaults, up to $10,000 in total for all claims during the period of insurance.
Cover for loss or damage to your insured buildings or contents caused by theft, burglary or housebreaking committed by your tenant or invitees of your tenant.
Optional

What does Landlord Insurance cover?

Buildings – what’s covered

Buildings insurance is designed to insure the physical structures and fixtures that make up your buildings: from the house itself, to the garage, fences and paved driveways – even built-in appliances like showers and baths, hot water systems, air-conditioners and more.

 

Contents – what’s covered

Contents insurance insures the belongings you have at the insured address that you have provided for the use of your tenant: from your furniture, carpet and appliances and even your BBQ. So, if any of the insured events happen during the period of insurance, we’ll generally pay to repair or replace your contents – up to the policy limits.

It’s up to you to decide the sums insured, and the type and level of cover that you want to take out. People generally want enough insurance to cover the property’s estimated replacement value. If you don’t have enough cover, you could end up having to cover some of the costs yourself. Remember, Allianz will only pay up to the amount of your loss or the sum insured, whichever is the lesser (subject to the policy terms and conditions) – so you should also be careful not to over insure. That’s why we’ve provided these calculators. They work as guides to help you estimate the replacement value of your landlord building and contents.

How to Make a Landlord Insurance Claim

Do what you reasonably can to prevent any further loss, damage, or liability.

Tell the police as soon as reasonably possible about any malicious damage, theft, attempted theft, or burglary.

Start your Home Insurance claim online 24/7

Complete the secure online claim form, and a friendly claims representative will contact you as soon as possible to discuss the next steps.

Alternatively, you can contact the Claims Call Centre on 1300 651 777 to submit your claim.

The claims consultant will help you through the home and contents Insurance claims process.

We do not provide advice based on any consideration of your objectives, financial situation or needs. Terms, conditions, limits and exclusions apply. Before making a decision please refer to the relevant Landlord Product Disclosure Statement (PDS) any applicable supplementary PDS and Landlords BuildingsLandlords Contents Key Fact Sheets also available for reference.

FAQs

Am I covered for Flood?

Flood cover is a Standard inclusion for all Landlord Insurance policies that start from 14 January 2025.
For Landlord Insurance policies starting before 14 January, flood cover was optional. If you’re a renewing customer, you may be able to continue without flood cover if:
You previously opted out and met certain flood risk criteria,
We weren’t able to offer you flood cover,
We’ve agreed you can opt-out of flood cover as standard.
For full details of terms, conditions, limits, and exclusions of all our home insurance cover options, please refer to the relevant Product Disclosure Statement any supplementary PDS and Home Buildings or Home Contents Key Fact Sheets.

How do I know if I have optional covers on my policy?

You can apply to add these options to your policy when you start or renew it (or during your period of insurance by contacting COTA Insurance on 1300 1300 50. If you’re not sure whether you have added these cover options, you can check your policy schedule.

Who is Landlord insurance policy designed for?

This insurance policy has been designed for people who are renting their property out to tenants under a residential rental agreement. Contents owned by you (or for which you are legally responsible) and provide for the use of the tenants may also be covered under the policy.

This policy is not suitable for covering the building or contents of the home you live in. In this regard, Allianz offer a Home and Contents product that has been specifically designed for homeowners or renters. For more information on Home and Contents insurance, please visit the product page.

Testimonials

Mr Chisholm,

I am very happy to be able to talk to people who he can understand and want to help. Because of the genuinely helpful nature of our staff, I will continue to insure with COTA Insurance.

Sheelagh,

Tom went out of his way to offer us the best deal for an insurance query we discussed with him.

Suzanne,

Both Jo and Arthur from COTA Insurance were friendly and professional.

As a first-time overseas traveller, they made the process easy and smooth for me.

Thank you for the wonderful service.

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