Home Insurance Quote

What’s covered?

Our standard home insurance covers so much more than you’d expect. For example, we’ll make sure your Christmas presents are protected, by automatically increasing your sums insured by £3,000 during December. And you can tailor your policy by adding extra covers, like Home Emergency or Full Accidental Damage.

We’ve set out the key features of our home insurance below. For full details, have a read of the policy document.

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Check you qualify

As long as you’re aged 18 or over and can confirm the following statements you can complete a Barclays Home Insurance quote online.

The property to be insured:

• Is your main residence and you don’t let or rent it out in any way
• Isn’t a listed building
• Has a maximum of five bedrooms
• Is in good repair with no past subsidence or underpinning, and is of standard construction (eg brick, stone or concrete and roofed with tile or slate)
• Has no special exposure to flood or storm damage
• Isn’t used for business, except for home/office work that requires no employees or visitors
• The property is not left unoccupied for more than 40 consecutive days a year.

You and anyone you usually live with:

• Haven’t suffered a loss or incident in the last four years (except for one claim under £250), whether or not you were insured
• Haven’t been convicted of or charged with (and not yet tried) any non-motoring offence
• Are not a childminder, professional entertainer, musician, professional sportsperson or trainer, jewellery or antique dealer, or student.

If you can’t confirm all these statements we may still be able to give you a quote for home insurance. Call us on 0800 068 8097*.

If your property is a maisonette, or you’re a tenant the quote generated will be for contents insurance only.

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Home emergency

Provides cover for emergency home repairs. This covers you against emergency situations in your home, including the failure of household services you rely on such as unexpected plumbing problems, central heating/boiler failure or gas and electricity failure.

Please note: If you have a Barclays Additions, Additions Plus, Additions Active or Premier Life Account these accounts already include this type of benefit.

For more information, call 0800 068 8097*.

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Legal Expenses

Up to £50,000 cover towards the cost of pursuing legal action arising from a wide range of causes such as death, personal injury or loss or damage to personal belongings or the home.

*Lines are open Monday-Friday 8am-10pm, Saturday 8am-6pm and Sunday 10am-4pm.

To maintain a quality service, calls may be monitored or recorded. Calls are free from UK landlines.

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