Are you renting your property to paying guests every now and then?
Our Pay-per-night policy is designed to be as flexible as your bookings
Why choose Pay-per-night for your property?
Peace of mind
- Covers you and your property for guest related risks
- Your standard home and contents insurance may not cover short-stay renting
- Platform guarantees are not the same as insurance – and aren't a substitute
Flexible
- Choose a policy anywhere between 1 and 90 nights
- Get cover only for the nights you have bookings
- Can be used in combination with any existing home and contents insurance
Trusted
- Specialist insurance for short-stay rentals
- We’ve covered over 700,000 nights
- Backed IAG, Australia’s largest general insurance group
You can choose the sum insured for your building up to $2m and contents up to $500k with $10m of liability cover included.
What does Pay-per-night cover?
Guest related damage and liability
- Accident
- Accidental breakage of glass
- Fire
- Malicious damage
- Explosion
- Theft or attempted theft
- Impact
- Bursting, leaking, discharging or overflowing
- Riot or civil commotion
- Liability
- Loss of rental income
- Temporary accommodation
Additional benefits
- Glass breakage
- Loss of rent (death of a guest)
- Loss of rent (murder or suicide)
For a full list of covered events, please read the PDS. This cover is subject to exclusions and limitations, and for a full list please read the PDS.
Things to know
Pay-per-night policy does not replace the need for home and contents insurance that covers your use of the property and damage by natural perils (storms, bushfire, flood etc).
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You can be confident in knowing we're proudly backed by Insurance Australia Group.
IAG is the name behind some of the most trusted and respected insurance brands in the regions in which it operates. Its businesses have helped people recover from natural disasters, accidents and loss since 1851.
IAG's businesses underwrite over $11billion of premium per annum, selling insurance under many leading brands including NRMA Insurance, CGU, SGIO, SGIC, Swann Insurance and WFI (Australia); and NZI, State, AMI and Lumley Insurance (New Zealand).
Standard & Poor's has assigned a 'Very Strong' Insurer Financial Strength Rating of 'AA-' to the Group's core operating subsidiaries.
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