Home insurance renewals are up and it is shopping time for best quotes. I am already with Virgin so cant get the voucher when I renew. Trying with another name or playing around is just not worth it when it comes time to giving the insurance company to wiggle out when an event, God forbid, ever happens.
So far the best I could find was ING as the $100 gift card is nice to have. However once you click towards the end after the initial quote it goes up by $100 for no reason whatsoever. So was a waste of time.
Doing a search for home insurance offers and Suncorp came up. With the $100 voucher applied to the price, I saved $63 compared to ING.
I get Flood insurance included (I dont really need it as I live on top of a hill - but i will take it). Also free 25% extra cover for home insurance. So I went back knocked 25% off the value of my estimated home value and saved a further $80.
If you have ctp insurance with them this also drops it another 5% (they say 15%, but it was only not for me).
It may be more or less for you.
Only thing that is important when it comes to insurance is to shop around every year as it is does not save you money to be loyal.
Suncorp good to unlock their rewards program for discount gift cards too…
Is it just me or do most insurers go crazy on the home replacement cost? Mine are usually defaulted to more than the value of house + LAND…