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Bicycle insurance cover

Cover for your bicycle, injury to others and damage to other people’s property.

Bicycle insurance

Your bicycle can be insured at home under a contents insurance policy. If you want cover away from home, you can insure your bicycle under the Portable Contents option, which can be added to your contents insurance policy for an extra premium.

If you’re responsible for injury to someone else or damage to their property, our insurance includes up to $30 million legal liability cover.

Find out more about covering your bicycle with QBE Home Insurance (if you’re a homeowner) or QBE Contents Insurance (if you’re a renter or strata owner-occupier).

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What’s included in bicycle cover?

Your bicycle can be insured at home under a QBE Home Insurance or Contents Insurance policy. If you want cover for your bike away from home, you can add the Portable Contents option to your contents cover for an additional premium. Read the relevant Product Disclosure Statement (PDS) for full details including limits, exclusions and conditions that apply, and the Target Market Determination to decide if the product is right for you.
Included

Need insurance for your bicycle? Contents insurance includes cover for things like:

  • Theft
  • Malicious damage to your bike
  • Fire
  • Third party legal liability up to $30 million
  • Equipment and accessories for your bike.
Not included

Contents insurance excludes cover for things like:

  • Mopeds
  • Petrol powered bicycles of any kind
  • Electric bicycles which are required by law to be registered.
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Read the relevant PDS for full details including limits, exclusions and conditions that apply.

Why choose QBE home insurance?

  • We’ve been insuring Australians for over 130 years.

  • We provide 24/7 friendly claims service.

  • We offer up to $30 million legal liability cover.

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Bicycle insurance cover FAQs

This depends on the type of cover you have selected and your specific policy. If you have selected contents cover, your bicycle can be insured at home for things like theft, fire, vandalism and more. You can add Accidental Damage as an optional extra for an additional premium.

You can also add the Portable Contents option to insure your bike away from home. This option includes accidental damage cover.

This depends on the type of cover you have selected and your specific policy. With contents cover, your bicycle can be insured for loss or damage caused at home by an insured event such as:

  • Theft
  • Malicious damage
  • Fire
  • and more.

With QBE, you can insure your bicycle under your contents cover. You can add the Portable Contents option to cover your bicycle whilst it’s away from home. The easy way to compare cover for your bicycle and see how much it may cost you is to get a home insurance quote.

Your bicycle can be insured at home under a QBE Home Insurance or Contents Insurance policy. If you want cover away from home, you can add the Portable Contents option to your contents cover for an additional premium.

QBE Home Insurance or Contents Insurance can provide cover for bicycles that don’t have an engine. Electric bicycles up to 200 watts and Pedelec bicycles (the electric type that you also pedal) up to 250 watts can be insured. QBE does not provide cover for mopeds, petrol powered bicycles of any kind, or electric bicycles which are required by law to be registered.

Head to our home insurance claims page to make a claim online or call us 24 hours a day on 133 723.

No. QBE provides separate insurance cover for motorcycles. Compare our motorcycle insurance cover options.

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QBE home insurance is issued and underwritten by QBE Insurance (Australia) Limited (ABN 78 003 191 035, AFSL 239545). Any advice provided is general only and has been prepared without taking into account your objectives, financial situation or needs and may not be right for you. To decide if this product is right for you, please read the relevant Product Disclosure Statement (PDS) and Target Market Determination (TMD).

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