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Contents Insurance
BENEFITS AT A GLANCE
- Contents insurance covers damage at home and while traveling worldwide, for example as a result of fire, water, storms, break-in or theft.
- We also insure against glass breakage, for example, or offer immediate assistance in an emergency.
- We are available to you by phone 24 hours a day: 0800 80 80 80 or +41 44 628 98 98 (abroad).
- With the no-claims bonus, you get 15 percent of the premiums back after three claim-free years.
- Benefit from a premium discount of up to 10 percent if you have other insurance policies with Zurich.
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Basic insurance
- all movable objects in your home at replacement value
- damage resulting from fire, for example conflagration, smoke, lightning strike or explosion
- damage resulting from natural hazards, for example inundation, floods, storms or hail
- damage resulting from water, for example if liquid escapes from pipes, equipment, aquariums or water beds
- damage resulting from burglary, if someone forcibly enters your home
- damage resulting from robbery, if someone forcibly removes your property from your person
- damage resulting from simple theft, i.e. with no application of force
- stolen items, if someone breaks into your locked vehicle (up to a claim amount of 5,000 Swiss francs)
Supplementary insurance
- Simple theft outside the home: We cover the costs if you have items stolen outside the community where you live.
- Super theft: If you have items stolen when traveling, we cover the costs up to double the sum insured. Your items are also insured if they are dropped on the floor or are damaged in any other way. This applies from 50 kilometers away from your home as the crow flies, or when you spend a night away from home.
- Accidental electrical damage: Is your house full of tablets and cell phones? Insure all electrical devices against mishaps for as little as CHF 68.
- Home Care Service: If you are in difficulties because your home has become uninhabitable, we will organize immediate assistance free of charge. Our team will install emergency locks or emergency glazing, clean pipes or guard your home.
- Glass breakage: We pay for damage to furniture (e.g. broken glass table top or glazing in cabinets) and to the building (e.g. broken windows or glass doors).
- Card blocking service: We cover the costs if your credit card, debit card, customer loyalty card or SIM card is lost or misused.
Attractive terms for young adults and families
- If you are between the ages of 18 and 25, you benefit from an 18-percent discount.
- If you are between the ages of 26 and 30, you receive an 8-percent discount.
- If you already have motor vehicle or life insurance with Zurich, we will give you a discount of up to 10 percent on the total premium.
- Take advantage of Zurich's partnership with Securitas Direct, a provider of state-of-the-art alarm systems for your home.
- Our partner "Waldis Tresore" will give you discounts on security solutions for your valuables.
Exclusively from an insurance advisor
- Pet insurance: If your dog or cat has an accident, we will cover the veterinary costs.
- Accidental damage to cultivated areas: This supplementary insurance covers damage to your garden, for example if a storm destroys plants, paths or fountains.
- Accidental damage to contents: With this supplementary insurance, your electrical and sports equipment is insured if, for example, water spills over a keyboard, a video camera is dropped or your skis come apart.
- Earthquake: This supplement includes damage caused by an earthquake.
Fewer details What other customers ask
Is my bike insured against theft?
Yes, if theft insurance was selected as part of household contents, contents insurance will cover the claim. For theft outside, e.g. during the holidays, the additional cover "simple theft outside" or "super theft" is required.
Is my cellphone insured against theft, damage and defects as part of household contents cover?
For theft outside of the home, the additional cover "simple theft outside" is required. Damage, e.g. if the phone is dropped, is covered by the additional insurance "accidental damage to electrical equipment" or "accidental damage to contents". Defects – in the sense of internal damage (no longer functions without external signs of damage) – are not insured against.
Is cash insured as part of household contents?
Yes, cash is insured up to a maximum of CHF 5,000, in the event of a fire or break-in, for example. However, in the case of a confidence trick, such as theft of your wallet in a restaurant for example, the cash is not insured.
What is super theft?
Super theft is the improved version of "simple theft outside": Alongside loss or damage resulting from theft outside of the home (e.g. theft of a bicycle), "super theft" provides cover for damage to or loss of luggage for distances of more than 50 km away from the fixed residence or in the event of at least one overnight stay away from home. In addition, the agreed upon sum insured is automatically doubled in such cases.
Does it make sense to take out household contents/personal liability insurance for roommates living in a shared apartment on an individual or collective basis?
Since roommates in a shared apartment can always change (moving in and out), we always recommend that you take out household contents and private liability insurance on an individual basis. Otherwise, the person moving out no longer has any insurance coverage.
Do I need luggage insurance if I have contents insurance?
Since during travel, lots of luggage goes missing at the airport, is sent to the wrong destination and/or is damaged irrespective of the means of transport, we recommend taking out luggage insurance. At Zurich, this additional cover is called "super theft".
Do I need ski insurance in addition to contents insurance?
No, it is far more advantageous, and as a rule cheaper, to add the additional cover "simple theft outside" and "accidental damage to sports equipment" or "accidental damage to contents" to your contents insurance With the latter additional cover option, it is not only your skis that are insured against breakage, but all your sports equipment and household objects too.
Are the costs of a locksmith included in contents insurance?
With the additional cover option "home care", Zurich will pay the costs of a locksmith in the event of you losing or damaging your keys or if an insured person has locked themselves out of the home.
90%
of customers take out contents and personal liability insurance together.
80%
of customers with contents insurance also insure theft outside the home or super theft.
70%
of customers with contents insurance also protect against glass breakage.
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