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Insurance that works for you
Insurance solutions tailored to your needs and budget4,5
Monthly payment option
Pay your premium monthly or annually at no extra cost.6
24/7 claims assistance
Dedicated claims assistance available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week

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Car
Home
Landlord
Caravan & Trailer
Life
Travel
Car
Comprehensive Car Insurance
Covers your car plus damage you cause to other people's cars or property
Features
  • Covers your car and the damage you cause
  • Choice of repairer included11
  • Option to pay monthly at no extra cost6
SAVE
10%Save up to 10% on your first year’s premium when you quote and buy a new policy online1,4
Third Party Property Damage Car Insurance
Covers damage you cause to other people's cars or property
Features
  • Cover for damage you cause to others
  • Legal Liability cover
  • Doesn't cover damage to your car
Home
Home and Contents Insurance
Combine cover for your home's buildings and contents in one policy.
Features
  • 24/7 claims assistance.
  • Upgrade your policy with optional extras such as motor burnout and portable contents.
  • Receive up to 10% discount by combining your home's buildings and contents cover.2,4
SAVE
10%Save up to 10% on your first year’s premium when you quote and buy a new policy online1,4
Building Insurance
Insure your home buildings from unexpected events such as fire7, theft, and storm7.
Features
  • Temporary accommodation up to policy limits for you and your pets if your home is rendered uninhabitable by an insured event.
  • Option to increase your excess which may reduce your premium.5
  • Option to pay monthly at no extra cost.6
Contents Insurance
Covers the cost of loss or damage to your home's contents such as furniture, white goods, electrical appliances, and more.
Features
  • Cover against insured events such as theft, fire7, water damage, and more.
  • Emergency storage up to policy limits for your undamaged contents.
  • Upgrade your policy with optional extras such as motor burnout and portable contents.
Landlord
Landlord Building and Contents Insurance
Insure your investment property and landlord’s contents for insured events such as theft, fire7, storm7 and malicious damage. 
Features
  • Cover for your investment property against insured events such as fire7, theft, water damage and more.
  • Cover for the contents owned by you provided for the use of your tenant against the same range of insured events.
  • Lost rental cover for a maximum of 12 months if your buildings are unable to be lived in or cannot be accessed by your tenant for at least 7 days due to an insured event.
SAVE
10%Save up to 10% on your first year’s premium when you quote and buy a new policy online1,4
Landlord Building Insurance
Investment property cover against insured events such as fire7, theft, and water damage.
Features
  • Cover for your investment property building against insured events.
  • Lost rental cover for a maximum of 12 months if your buildings are unable to be lived in or cannot be accessed by your tenant for at least 7 days due to an insured event.
  • Optional upgrades such as rent default and theft by tenant.
Landlord Contents Insurance
Insurance for the items you have provided for your tenant's use
Features
  • Cover for items provided for your tenants use such as carpets, curtains and furnishings.
  • Optional upgrades such as rent default and theft by tenant.
  • No cover provided for the building.
Caravan & Trailer
Caravan and Trailer Insurance
There's nothing better than hitting the open road with your caravan or trailer in tow. But it's important to know you're covered in the event of accidental loss or damage.
Features
  • Cover for accidental loss (including theft) or damage to your caravan or trailer.
  • Legal liability cover of up to $20 million
  • Option to pay monthly at no extra cost.6
Life
Life Insurance
Help secure your family's financial future in times of need.
Features
  • Choice of lump sum cover from $50,000 to $1.5 million based on your age and needs12
  • You can increase your insurance cover each year to help protect the amount of your cover from the impact of inflation.
  • Apply online – most people don’t need medical examinations.
Travel
Travel insurance
Enjoy peace of mind whether you're travelling overseas or within Australia.
Features
  • A range of domestic and international travel policies to choose from.
  • A network of around 150 registered medical experts worldwide.
  • Emergency assistance available 24/7.

Why we’re different

We're one of Australia's largest customer-owned banks.

  • We're one of Australia's largest customer-owned banks.
  • All our profits go into creating new and clever products and tools.
  • We've spent more than 75 years helping Australians achieve their financial goals.

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How to switch to Great Southern Bank insurance

  1. Shop around
    Compare policies from different providers online to find one that's right for you.
  2. Read the small print
    Make sure you're aware of all relevant inclusions and exclusions before you commit.
  3. Take out the new policy before cancelling the old one
    Ensure you have written confirmation that you have been accepted and paid for your new policy before cancelling the old one.
  4. Cancel your old policy
    Make sure you have written confirmation that your old policy has been cancelled. If you simply stop paying the premiums, your credit rating could be negatively impacted.

How to make a claim

Find out how to make a claim online or over the phone.

Visit our claims hub

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Important Information

Applicable to Car, Home, Landlords & Caravan & Trailer Insurance products

Great Southern Bank, a business name of Credit Union Australia Ltd ABN 44 087 650 959 AFSL 238317 arranges this insurance as an agent for the insurer Allianz Australia Insurance Limited ABN 15 000 122 850 AFSL No 234708. We do not provide any advice based on any consideration of your objectives, financial situation or needs. Policy terms, conditions, limits and exclusions apply. Before making a decision, please consider the relevant Product Disclosure Statement & Target Market Determination available from the Great Southern Bank website or by calling 133 282. If you purchase this insurance, we will receive a commission that is a percentage of the premium. Ask us for more details before we provide you with services.

1. Online Discounts (See Applicable products below)

Car Insurance Only

The online discount applies when you quote and buy a new Comprehensive Motor Insurance policies only. Any online discounts offered are applied to Allianz’s standard rates, excluding optional covers, and are for the first year’s premium only, unless otherwise stated. Promotional or other discounts may apply from time to time for customers who apply for insurance using other methods.

Home Insurance Only

When you both quote and buy a new home insurance policy online a discount of up to 10% is applied to your first year’s premium. This discount is not applied to Domestic workers’ compensation (if available and selected), or upon renewal. Minimum premiums may apply.

Landlord Insurance Only

When you both quote and buy a new Landlord insurance policy online a premium discount of up to 10% is applied to your first year’s premium. This discount is not applied to Landlord workers’ compensation (if available and selected), or upon renewal. Minimum premiums may apply.

2. Combined Discounts - Applicable for Home & Contents Insurance products only

A discount of up to 10% is applied to your premium when you combine Buildings and Contents on one Home and Contents Insurance policy, including the optional covers (if selected): Motor Burnout and Accidental Damage cover. The combined discount doesn't apply to any flood component of the premium (where covered) or to the optional covers Portable contents (if selected) and Domestic workers’ compensation (if available and selected). Minimum premiums may apply.

3. No Claims Bonus - Applicable for Home and landlords Insurance products only

When you take out a new policy, we calculate your No Claims Bonus (NCB) based on your home or landlord (as applicable) insurance claims history. To qualify for the maximum No Claim Bonus of up to 30%, home insurance customers must have had no Building or Contents insurance claims in the preceding 5 years. Landlord customers must have had no Landlord insurance claims in the preceding 3 years. However, customers who have had claims may still qualify for a reduced No Claim Bonus. We won’t apply the full percentage of the No Claim Bonus if it results in you paying less than the minimum premium.

Home Insurance Only

The No Claim Bonus isn’t applied to the flood component of the premium (if covered) or Domestic workers’ compensation (if available and selected) or Portable contents (if selected).

Landlords Insurance Only

The No Claim Bonus isn’t applied to the flood component of the premium (if covered), or Landlord workers’ compensation (if available and selected).

4. Minimum Premiums - Applicable for Car, Home & Landlords Insurance products only

Where discounts are applied, your premium is subject to rounding. If more than one discount applies, they’re applied in a predetermined order, so the later discounts apply to the amount already reduced by the earlier discounts instead of the total amount.  Discounts do not apply to government taxes and charges. Discounts may not be applied to the premium for optional covers.

Most discounts won’t apply below the minimum amount payable for the policy.

5. Option to change your excess - Applicable for Home & Landlords Insurance products only

Home Insurance Only

Not available with respect to any additional compulsory excess, any imposed excess applied to the policy, or to the Portable contents excess (if Portable Contents is selected). Any reduction in premium won’t be applied to government taxes and charges, any flood component of the premium (where covered), or to the optional covers Portable contents (if selected) and Domestic Workers’ compensation (if available and selected). Minimum premiums may apply.

Landlord Insurance Only

Not available with respect to any additional compulsory excess, or to any imposed excess applied to the policy. Any reduction in premium won’t be applied to government taxes and charges, any flood component of the premium (where covered), or to Landlord’s workers compensation (if available and selected) and the Theft by Tenant part of the optional cover Rent Default and Theft by Tenant (if selected). Minimum premiums may apply.

6. Instalment premiums - Applicable for Car, Home & Landlords Insurance products only

If you choose to pay your premium by instalments, you do not pay us any more than if you pay your premium in one lump sum annually. The premiums payable by instalments may be subject to minor adjustments (upwards or downwards) due to rounding. Note: Your financial institution may apply transaction fees to instalment payments.

7. 72 Hour exclusion period - Applicable for Home & Landlords Insurance products only

We may not provide cover for any loss of or damage to your property caused by cyclone, grassfires and bushfires, and certain other insured events during the first 72 hours after you first purchase a policy or increase your cover under an existing policy. Refer to the PDS for a full list of the insured events to which the 72 hour exclusion period applies and the relevant exceptions.

8. Earthquake excess - Applicable for Home & Landlords Insurance products only

An additional imposed excess amount of $250 applies for each claim or loss or damage caused by an earthquake or tsunami, or a series of earthquake or tsunamis, during any period of 48 consecutive hours.

9. Rental Car limits - Applicable for Car Insurance products only

Allianz will extend your rental car or daily travel allowance period to the extent that Allianz caused or contributed to the delay in repairing your vehicle.

10. Safe Driver Discount - Applicable for Car Insurance products only

Safe Driver Discount applies to Comprehensive Car Insurance policies only. Any discount entitlement is determined by the insurance history and driving history of all drivers on the policy and the number of claims made by them. If eligible, the maximum Safe Driver Discount that may be applied on new policies is up to 10%. For more information see the Premium, Excess, Discount and Options Guide (PED).

11. Choice of Repairer - Applicable for Car Insurance products only

Allianz may authorise repairs at your repairer of choice; pay you the reasonable costs of repairing your vehicle; or move your vehicle to another repairer we both agree upon. We will act reasonable in doing so.

12. Cover Limits - Applicable to Life Insurance products only

Cover available up to $1,500,000 for persons aged 19-45, up to $1,000,000 for persons aged 46-54, up to $750,000 for persons aged 55-59 and up to $500,000 for persons aged 60-69.

Applicable to Life Insurance products only

Ezicover Life Insurance is issued by Zurich Australia Limited (Zurich) ABN 92 000 010 195 AFSL 232510 of 118 Mount Street, North Sydney, NSW 2060. Zurich has prepared the information on this website about Ezicover Life Insurance and Great Southern Bank is simply passing the information onto you. This information is of a general nature only and does not take in to account your objectives, financial situation or needs. You should consider these factors and the relevant Product Disclosure Statement, the relevant target market determination here, which contains details of conditions, limits and exclusions of cover, before making a decision regarding the product. Great Southern Bank does not recommend, endorse or advise you about this insurance. Great Southern Bank can only refer you to Zurich. If you buy an Ezicover policy, Great Southern Bank will receive a referral commission from Zurich of 20% (plus GST) of your insurance premium. This amount is paid by Zurich and is not an additional cost to you. This information is current as at 27 September 2021 and is subject to change. PDR GCLS-017496-2021