OVER 80s HOME INSURANCE

What does over 80s home insurance cover?

Home insurance for over 80s is made up of two different types of cover:

• Buildings insurance – covers repairing or rebuilding your home’s structure, including things like the roof, walls, and permanent fixtures and fittings.
• Contents insurance – covers repairing or replacing your home’s contents in the case of theft, loss or damage.

You can get insurance cover in separate buildings and contents policies or you can get combined cover in a single policy.

Saga offers two levels of over 80s home insurance, Saga Plus and Saga Select. Our policies are all aimed at an over 50s age group, and offer benefits that appeal most to your needs at this stage of your life.

With Saga Plus, our policies include the following:

• A 3-year fixed price – budget more easily as your price won't increase for three years, if nothing changes. You can make changes to your policy when you need to (although this could affect your premium) and you don’t have to renew each year unless you want to. Find out more and read T&Cs.
• Claims promise – most types of claim won’t affect your fixed price.
• No cancellation fee – cancel during the year if you want to without being charged a cancellation fee.
• High policy limits - Up to £1 million cover for buildings and up to £100,000 for contents as standard.
• Matching sets cover – if something that’s part of a set gets broken (like your bathroom sink for example), if we can’t repair or replace it to match, we’ll replace the whole set.

You can also add optional extras to your cover, including Saga Home Emergency with unlimited callouts, and Legal Expenses including an Online Safety Support Service.

With the right Saga over 80s home insurance policy, you won’t have to worry:

• If any damage happens to your home by accident, such as spilling coffee on a favourite rug or cracking a kitchen floor tile (Accidental damage is covered as standard with Saga Plus and an optional extra with Saga Select).
• If you need to make changes like install wheelchair ramps after an accident at home or need to improve security following any criminal activity – our trauma cover can help (See the Policy Books for full details).
• If you need to leave your home empty, for instance if you are moving before selling, have an extended stay in hospital or are going on a long holiday. Up to 60 days in a row home unoccupancy is included as standard.
• If you lose vital items such as hearing aids or glasses when you’re away from home with personal belongings cover in place (Cover for unspecified personal belongings up to £2,500 per item is included as standard with Saga Plus or can be added to a Saga Select policy for an additional charge).
• If there’s any damage to your garden. Its contents are covered up to £5,000 with Saga Plus or up to £1,000 with Saga Select, including lawn furniture, children's play equipment, ornaments, flowers and shrubs.

Does over 80s home insurance cover mobility scooters?

Saga’s over 80s home insurance covers mobility scooters as long as they are not registered for road use. Mobility scooters must always be specified on the policy to be covered away from home - they do not fall under unspecified personal belongings, regardless of value. The same applies for electric wheelchairs (and golf buggies). We'll also include cover for your personal legal liability when operating these mobility devices, just in case.

Other insurers don’t always cover mobility aids such as your mobility scooter or electric wheelchair. Whether you are covered or not may depend on if the mobility scooter is registered for road use. Cover might be available as an additional option, or you might need to take out specialist mobility scooter cover.

You should always inform your insurer if you have a mobility scooter, or other motorised mobility device, and check your policy documents, so you know exactly what’s covered.