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Cover for when you need it

Feel at ease with insurance that covers your contents while you travel, lets you choose new-for-old replacement value, and even helps if you or a loved one are the victim of cyber-bullying.

Why choose MAS Contents Insurance?

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100% owned by our Members

We're a New Zealand owned mutual that's here for our members, not overseas shareholders. When you join us, you become one of our owners.

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Advice when you need it

Our nationwide network of advisers can help protect what's important to you and our Member Support Centre is just a phone call away.

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People’s Choice 7 years in a row

We were awarded Consumer NZ People’s Choice for house, car and contents insurance for 7 years in a row between 2015 to 2022.

Some automatic additional benefits

MAS Contents Insurance

Business use items

We'll provide up to $25,000 cover at home, and up to $5,000 cover out and about, for property owned by you that relates to a home-based office or healthcare practice.

Children's contents

We cover your children's contents while they're in full time study and staying at boarding school, in tertiary accommodation or while boarding in a private residence. We'll also cover their belongings stored at your house while they're overseas.

Contents in storage

We cover your contents for accidental loss by restricted perils while temporarily stored in a professional storage facility.

Contents in transit

We cover your contents for accidental loss by restricted perils while being permanently moved to a new permanent address anywhere in New Zealand.

Credit card fraud

We'll provide up to $2,000 for fraudulent debit or credit card use for which you are legally liable and cannot be recovered elsewhere.

Cyber-bullying

We will repay you up to $5,000 if you incur expenses caused by Cyber-bullying. Your no claims bonus will not be affected.

Hidden gradual damage

In certain circumstances we'll provide up to $5,000 for hidden rot, hidden mildew or hidden gradual deterioration caused by water leaking from an internal source.

Parents' and Grandparents' contents

We cover your parents' or grandparents' contents automatically under your policy while they're residing in a rest home, hospice or the like.

New for old

Under our Replacement value cover option, if an item cannot be repaired, we will replace it with the nearest equivalent item available that is substantially the same as the damaged item was when new.

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Locks and keys

We will cover the reasonable cost of replacing locks and keys (including electronic access cards and transponders and remote door openers) if they have been lost, damaged, stolen or duplicated. No excess needs to be paid for your first claim under this benefit. First claim will not affect your No Claims Bonus. Most we will pay for any one event is $2,000.

Protection costs

We'll provide up to $10,000 for reasonable costs incurred to protect your property from loss, or following a loss, to minimise damage and prevent further loss. We will also pay the reasonable costs incurred to replenish your fire fighting equipment after it has been used to protect your house.

Pairs and sets

If we are unable to repair an item of jewellery or artwork that forms part of a pair or set, and we are unable to repair or replace the complete pair, we will, at your request, settle the claim as if the whole pair or set was involved in the loss.

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Save with multiple policies

Insure your contents and your house or car and you may be eligible for our multi-product discount. Insure your contents, house and car and you may be eligible for our Goldshield discount.

What our Members say

As a mutual our Members are a top priority.

  • “Prices are very competitive with others and their policies are more comprehensive in their coverage - on top of that they put money back into the community.”

    MAS Member

  • “I love that MAS is member owned, there are great benefits to being a member other than just the insurance.”

    - MAS Member

  • “MAS has looked after me for 63 years. I MUST be satisfied.”

    MAS Member

  • “My claim was picked up and sorted out immediately, allowing me to purchase a new phone in time for me to continue to work.”

    MAS Member

This webpage is intended as an information guide only and does not form part of the policy document or any contract with MAS. This webpage does not consider your specific financial situation, needs or goals. You can find out more about financial advice at MAS here. Normal underwriting criteria apply for all insurance products. Special conditions and/or excesses may apply to the situations that meets your specific needs.