Huddle home insurance review

This digitally-driven insurer offers fast and convenient service. Choose from three different levels of cover, including its top-tier Huddle Black policy.

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Key takeaways

  • Huddle provides a digitally-driven service, allowing online policy management and call scheduling.
  • Its Comprehensive policy often costs around $400 more than the reported market average.
  • Motor burnout cover is only available with Huddle's top-tier Black policy.

Our verdict

Pros

  • Huddle's Black policy is one of the strongest on the market.
  • Hate waiting on hold to speak to someone? Huddle lets you book a time to chat.
  • Buy, claim, and manage your policy entirely online if you prefer.

Cons

  • Cost research shows Huddle's Comprehensive policy is $400 higher than average.
  • If you want cover for motor burnout, you'll have to buy Huddle's most expensive policy.
  • Huddle's cooling-off period is shorter than most, with only 14 days to cancel if you change your mind.

Features

Huddle's Comprehensive policy offers a good level of cover, with one of the highest benefits available in the market for environmental benefits ($5,000), guest contents (also $5,000), and lock replacement ($1,500.)

However, unlike most other home insurance brands, if you want cover for motor burnout, you'll have to upgrade to Huddle's Black policy.

Price

Huddle's pricing is above average. Our cost research determined the average comprehensive policy would cost $2,425 a year, compared to the market average of $2,044.

In comparison, AAMI and Budget Direct were among the cheapest surveyed at $1,126 a year and $1,241 a year, respectively.

ProviderAverage costApply
Huddle logo$2,425.20
$1,241.44
AAMI Logo$1,125.97
NRMA logo$831.86

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We crunch eligible home insurance products in Australia to see how they stack up. We rank over 50 products on 16 different features, including price. We end up with a single score out of 10 that helps you compare home insurance a bit faster. We assess home and contents, building only and contents only products individually.

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What additional cover options are available?

Huddle only offers one optional feature, portable valuables cover. This covers valuables you take outside of the home including electronic devices, hearing aids, and mobility devices. However, this option is only available if your home contents are insured under your policy.

How to make a claim

You can claim online, at any time. Log into the Huddle account, provide a summary of what happened, along with supporting documentation, and submit your claim for review. Some simple claims can be processed in minutes but for more complex claims, an expert will be in touch.

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