15th August 2016

Household Insurance

Household Insurance

KennCo Underwriting has three quality home products, Home Choice, Home Unique & Rental Property Insurance. All three  products are among the most comprehensive home insurance policies on the market offering a broad range of cover at extremely competitive prices. Our standard product is Home Choice while Home Unique allows the cost conscious consumer select a higher excess in return for a discounted premium and, Rental Property Insurance caters for private domestic dwellings which are let to either families, couples or up to 5 tenants. Home Choice, Unique & Rental Property Insurance are backed up by the superior KennCo service to assist you in meeting customer needs.

Home Choice and Home Unique are designed for:

  • Owner occupied homes of standard construction
  • Houses constructed since 1920
  • Buildings with sums insured of between €75k and €1m in Dublin and between €75k and 650k elsewhere.
  • Proposers with acceptable claims history

Features

Many features are standard. These include:

  • Accidental damage cover for buildings and contents
  • Fatal Injury Benefit of €10,000
  • Family Legal Protection
  • Loss of Keys up to €500
  • Freezer Cover up to €750 per unit
  • Fire Brigade Charges up to €2,000
  • Contents sum insured automatically increased by 20% at Christmas
  • Standard excess of €250 and €500 for escape of water claims applies to our Home Choice product.  The standard excess is increased to €350 on Home Unique where the escape of water excess is €1,000.  €1,500 excess applies on both Home products for subsidence claims.

Discounts

The following discounts are available:

  • Where no claims have occurred
  • Where a Burglar Alarm is fitted
  • Where the Proposer is aged 46 years or more
  • Where two or more Smoke Detectors are fitted
  • Where a voluntary excess is selected (€500 or €1000)

 

Rental Property is designed for:

  • Private domestic dwellings of standard construction which are let to either;
  • Families
  • Couples or;
  • Up to 5 tenants and which are registered with The Private Residential Tenancies Board.

Features

Our product has many features as standard. These include;

  • Cover: Fire, Perils, Theft & Subsidence
  • Main Excesses applicable: Escape of water – €1,000; Subsidence €1,500; All other claims €500
  • Loss of Rent up to 20% of Buildings Sum Insured
  • Fire Brigade Charges – Up to €2,000 in any one period of insurance
  • Trace & Access – up to €1,500 in any one period of insurance
  • Loss of Keys – up to €500
  • Glass & Sanitary Fittings – up to €2,000
  • Contents – maximum cover in respect of any one item is 5% of the Contents sum insured or €2,500 whichever is the lesser
  • Contents in domestic outbuildings and garages – up to €3,000 any one loss
  • Limit of Indemnity in respect of legal liability to the public is €3,000,000
  • Accidental Damage to Mains Services – up to €2,000
  • Restricted cover when premises are untenanted for a period exceeding 14 days

For Policy Wording please visit our Downloads section within our Broker Centre.