Virgin home insurance review

If you want a home insurance provider that’s rarely beaten on price, Virgin could be ideal for you.

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Key takeaways

  • Virgin is a great option if your looking for value for money and flexibility.
  • Sum insured safeguard is a good add-on you can be purchase with your policy.
  • You should compare quotes from multiple insurance providers to help find the right fit for your home.
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Annually
Our verdict: Finder's Top Pick for Floods plus cover for other common claims such as fire and theft). Its discount is better than most – 20% off your first year with a combined policy.
Annually
Our verdict: Finder’s 2022 Insurer of the Year for Customer Satisfaction and our Top Pick for Fire Damage cover. It’s good if you want a tailored quote over the phone.
Budget Direct Home & Contents Insurance
Best Rated BrandBonusFinder Award Finalist
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Optional
Annually
Our verdict: The most popular insurer on Finder, Budget Direct prioritises low-cost cover and gives you up to 30% off your first year's premium for new combined Home & Contents policies purchased online.
Fortnightly
Our verdict: A good option if you want a well regarded brand. All come with automatic flood cover and let you pay monthly or fortnightly at no extra cost.
Qantas Home and Contents Insurance
BonusFinder Award Finalist
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Optional
Annually
Our verdict: Earn up to 40K Qantas Points for joining by 29 January. Plus save 30% on your 1st year’s premium for purchasing a combined home and contents policy online. T&Cs apply.
Monthly or Annually
Monthly or Annually
Our verdict: Honey gives you $250 smart sensors to reduce accidents and estimates your rebuild costs for you. Honey was a finalist for the comprehensive category in this year’s Finder Awards.
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What does Virgin home insurance cover?

Virgin has 3 home insurance policy options to choose from: Home and Contents Insurance, Home Only and Contents Only. It also offers Landlord Insurance.

Here are some of the events a Virgin home insurance policy can cover you for:

You need to pay an excess whenever you make a home insurance claim and every policy comes with a cooling off period of 21 days. This means you can receive a full refund if you decide to cancel your policy within this timeframe.

Here's a breakdown of Virgin home insurance features

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Standard features

Here are some of the main features included with a Virgin home insurance policy. For example, if a theft (insured event) occurs at your home, you could submit a claim for replacing your locks (feature).

  • Replacement of locks
  • Open air contents cover
  • Temporary accommodation costs
  • Unattached equipment cover
  • Uninsured guests' contents cover
  • Contents while moving address
  • Mortgage discharge costs
  • Legal liability cover

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Optional add-ons

For an additional fee, you can get the following optional add-ons:

  • Accidental damage
  • Flood cover
  • Sum insured safeguard
  • Unspecified personal effects cover
  • Motor burnout cover
  • Commercial storage
  • Tenant default cover (Landlord Cover only)
  • Theft by tenant (Landlord Cover only)

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Exclusions

Every policy comes with exclusions. Here's what you won't be covered for:

  • Floods (unless you get the optional add-on)
  • High tides (or any other action of the sea)
  • Wear and tear
  • Tree lopping
  • Loss or damage caused by insects, birds, vermin or rodents
  • Underground water seepage or pressure
  • Structural faults, design faults or faulty workmanship
  • Illegal acts or omissions
Remember to read Virgin's PDS for a full list of what's not covered. You can also find more about general exclusions here.

Our verdict

  • Virgin offers some of the cheapest policies available on Finder, according to our research.
  • Virgin came in as a close second for our Top Pick for Flexibility. It has loads of add-ons like sum insured protection, flood cover, accidental damage, motor burnout, specified items and more.
  • Some insurers automatically include a sum insured safeguard (protection from underinsurance). You'll need to pay extra if you want it included with Virgin.

Virgin home insurance complaints

We looked at home insurance complaint data from the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) between July 2022 and June 2023. The data explores different underwriters and compares their business size to the number of complaints processed.

When comparing insurers, keep in mind that insurers with a larger market share serve more customers, so can potentially get more complaints.

Virgin is underwritten by Auto & General Insurance Company Limited. Here's an overview of how it did:

  • Virgin (Auto & General Insurance Company Limited) had significantly less complaints than Honey Insurance.
  • Of the 21 complaints it received, 9 were resolved directly with the customer and the other had to be escalated by the AFCA.

Bottom line about Virgin home insurance

Virgin home insurance is one of the most affordable home insurers available and great for flexibility. However, you'll need to pay extra if you want a sum insured safeguard.

To see how Virgin home insurance stacks up against other providers, you can head here.

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Gary Ross Hunter was an editor at Finder, specialising in insurance. He’s been writing about life, travel, home, car, pet and health insurance for over 6 years and regularly appears as an insurance expert in publications including The Sydney Morning Herald, The Guardian and news.com.au. Gary holds a Kaplan Tier 2 General Advice General Insurance certification which meets the requirements of ASIC Regulatory Guide 146 (RG146). See full bio

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