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New optional cover
Get help with broken glass in fixed mirrors, windows and more — without paying an excess.
New optional cover for
There’s not much more annoying than fixing broken glass. Whether it’s a shower screen, window, fixed mirror or skylight, it can be expensive and time consuming to sort out. Luckily, with this optional cover, AAMI can help.
AAMI Excess-Free Glass coverPolicy document downloads
Product Disclosure Statement (PDS)
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Just give us a call on 13 22 44 to add Excess-Free Glass cover to your existing AAMI Home Insurance policy. You’ll need your policy number..
When you get a new AAMI Home Insurance quote, just select the Excess-Free Glass Optional Cover.
Excess-Free Glass
Yes, we’ll also cover the frame of any window, door or shower screen, but only if this is necessary to enable the glass to be replaced.
Refer to the PDS for more information.
No, chips and scratches are excluded.
Refer to the PDS for more information.
Yes, accidental glass breakage is automatically covered under your policy. However, when you make a claim, you will need to pay the excess that applies to your policy.
When you have Excess-Free Glass cover, you do not pay an excess when you make a claim.
Refer to the PDS for more information.
No, accidental breakage of glass in any contents is excluded under Excess-Free Glass cover.
Refer to the PDS for more information.
Your Certificate of Insurance will show whether you have this Optional Cover or not.
Refer to the PDS for more information.
Making a claim can be done online, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
You will need to lodge a claim for the storm damage, which will cover both the roof and windows under the one claim. You will need to pay any excess that applies to your policy.
This content applies to new policies and renewal policies with a start date after 14 December 2020.
Available to 95% of Aussie homes
Some geographic limitations apply.
How AAMI Home Assist works
If you’ve selected AAMI Home Assist as an optional cover on your AAMI Home Insurance policy and you’ve had it for 24 hours or more:
For assistance in a home emergency - ie, a sudden and unforeseen incident at your home which requires urgent attention - call 13 22 44.
We can connect you with a plumber, electrician, locksmith or carpenter.
Tax Probe
Covers you for the professional fees incurred if your business’s financial or tax affairs are audited by an authorised authority.
Back in Business
Covers you for a reduction in your business revenue as a result of damage to your property by an insured event.
Theft
Covers you for the loss of your business contents and stock from theft, attempted theft, armed hold up or an actual/threatened assault.
Property Damage
Covers you for physical loss or damage to your property (ie. your business contents, stock or specified items at the premises) from insured events such as fire, lightning and explosion.
Public and Products Liability
Covers you for the cost of compensation if your business is responsible for personal injury or property damage.
Home & Contents including Legal Liability
Home & Contents covers a range of insured events, such as fire, theft or attempted theft, storms, flood and lightning.
Legal liability covers your liability to pay compensation for death or injury to other people, or loss of or damage to their property, if it results from an incident that’s connected with you owning or living in the home at the insured address. Legal liability on contents covers your liability to pay compensation for an incident which causes death or bodily injury to other people, if it occurs anywhere in Australia or New Zealand.
Damage to other people and their property
Up to $20 million cover for your legal liability for an incident at your rental property connected to you owning the property.
Loss of rent
Up to 10% of the building sum insured and the longest period that can be claimed for is 52 weeks, for unit owners if their unit is damaged and their tenant can't live in it as a result of an incident covered by the policy.
Loss of rent
The longest period we will pay for one incident is 52 weeks and the most we will pay in total is up to $25,000 if your property cannot be lived in as a result of an incident covered by the policy.
Contents damage or loss
Only those contents which are owned by the landlord but kept within the property are covered.
Third party cover
You’ll have cover, for up to $20 million, for your legal liability if a third party is injured or has their property damaged in an incident at your house.
Legal liability
We cover your legal liability to pay compensation for death or bodily injury to other people, or loss or damage to their property, resulting from an incident which happens during the period of cover:
in connection with you owning or living in the building; and
at the insured address.
We will also pay the associated legal costs which we have agreed in writing to pay. The most we will pay for all claims from any one incident under building legal liability cover is $20 million, including all associated legal costs.
Legal liability
We cover your legal liability to pay compensation for death or bodily injury to other people, or loss or damage to their property, resulting from an incident which happens during the period of cover:
in connection with you owning or living in the building; and
at the insured address.
We will also pay the associated legal costs which we have agreed in writing to pay. The most we will pay for all claims from any one incident under building legal liability cover is $20 million, including all associated legal costs.
Lifetime guarantee on building repairs
When we repair or rebuild the building, we guarantee the quality of workmanship of that work for the lifetime of the building if we:
For full details, see the PDS.
Portable valuables
Extra cover for mobile phones, laptops, bicycles, handbags and a range of other items that you're likely to take outside your home.
Specified valuable items
If you've got a few especially valuable items, like jewellery or artworks, you can specify them on your policy to ensure they're covered up to their full value.
Temporary Accommodation
Temporary accommodation for unit owners if their unit is damaged and can’t be lived in, up to 10% of the building sum insured and the longest period that can be claimed for is 52 weeks, as a result of an incident covered by the policy.
Temporary Accommodation
Temporary accommodation for unit owners if their unit is damaged and can’t be lived in, up to 10% of the building sum insured and the longest period that can be claimed for is 52 weeks, as a result of an incident covered by the policy.
Temporary Accommodation
If your home is damaged by an insured event and you can’t live there while it’s being repaired or rebuilt, we’ll cover the time it should take to repair or rebuild, up to 52 weeks for temporary accommodation. The most we will pay for any one incident is up to 10% of the building sum insured, unless your certificate of insurance shows that you have Complete Replacement Cover® option, in which case we pay the reasonable and necessary costs.
Temporary Accommodation
If your home is damaged by an insured event and you can’t live there while it’s being repaired or rebuilt, we’ll cover the time it should take to repair or rebuild, up to 52 weeks for temporary accommodation. The most we will pay for any one incident is up to 10% of the building sum insured, unless your certificate of insurance shows that you have Complete Replacement Cover® option, in which case we pay the reasonable and necessary costs.
Eligible Policies
Eligible policies include AAMI Motor (excluding SA and ACT CTP) and Home Insurance policies purchased between 12th July 2019 and 9th September 2019.
Tenant Protection
Extra cover to protect you against the costs of unpaid rent, theft or malicious damage by your tenant and their guests.
Cover for spoiled food and medication
If an insured event causes food or medicine to spoil—for example, if a storm knocks out power to your fridge - we'll cover the cost, up to $400.
Cover for motor burnout
If the motor in one of your fixed appliances burns out and that appliance is less than 7 years old, we'll help you take care of repair or replacement.
Home Building Calculator
This calculator has some questions included that you may not find in other calculators, which will impact the estimate that is calculated.
24/7 AAMI Home Assist
Available 24 hours after adding the option to your policy.
General maintenance
AAMI Home Assist does not cover general maintenance, such as the provision or replacement of windows, doors, glass, tiles, carpets and of fittings and fixtures. Other exclusions apply - please read the Home Assist Terms & Conditions.
Preventative services
AAMI Home Assist does not cover preventative services, such as the removal of property, rubbish or debris. Read the Home Assist Terms & Conditions.
Disaster response
AAMI Home Assist is not an emergency rescue or disaster response service. Read the Home Assist Terms & Conditions to find out more.
Where an emergency situation poses a risk to your personal safety or property, or the personal safety and property of any other person, contact the appropriate emergency or rescue services.
This doesn’t cover damage caused by:
Limits and exclusions
This Optional Cover is for fixed glass only. Refer to the PDS for more information.
Available to 95% of Aussie homes
Some geographic limitations apply.
How AAMI Home Assist works
If you’ve selected AAMI Home Assist as an optional cover on your AAMI Home Insurance policy and you’ve had it for 24 hours or more:
For assistance in a home emergency - ie, a sudden and unforeseen incident at your home which requires urgent attention - call 13 22 44.
We can connect you with a plumber, electrician, locksmith or carpenter.
