What is contents insurance?
Contents insurance covers your personal items that you would want to protect from fire or flood damage, theft, or accidental damage. If you rent your home and would like to look after your items, or if you have some expensive items such as jewellery or electronics that require our specified items cover that you would like to safeguard, contents insurance can help.
Contents insurance as part of Aviva's home insurance products offering.
What’s included in contents cover?
If you’re renting from a landlord, contents insurance could be the best option.
How much contents cover do I need?
With Aviva contents insurance, we offer:
With this option, you select the level of cover you require to insure the contents in your home. It’s very important to make sure you value your items correctly to avoid being under-insured. Try Aviva’s Contents Insurance Calculator to calculate the value of your contents.
Calculate your contents value 
Try our handy Contents Insurance Calculator to work out the value of your contents.
Policy documents
Here you can find important information about your coverage and the services we provide. You may find our glossary of terms helpful when reviewing your home insurance documents. Our assumptions are also available to you.
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We offer contents only cover for renters, and can tailor this to suit your specific needs.
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