Home Insurance
Introduction
There are basically three kinds of home plan on offer in Hong Kong, depending on the insurers' target market:
We would catagorize the plans on offer as either being designed for the:
Those that rate by the square feet are typically more of a mass market product, designed to simplify the calculation process, as most Hong Kong people know to a square inch the size of their apartment. These products tend to be lower priced than the more traditionally rated products and to have correspondingly more restrictive cover. Eg: no cover for iPhones or iPads etc.
See table below for what we see as the main areas of difference. Call us on 2530 2530 for more information.
Comparison
POINTS OF DIFFERENCE | Executive Market | Mid Market | Mass Market |
Examples of Home Insurance plans in Hong Kong
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Circle Assets | AXA Captains | MSIG Home Protector |
AXA ArtPLUS | AIG Prestige | AXA New Settlers | |
AIG Premium Plus | |||
Examples of Key points of difference | |||
Rating by | Sums Insured | Sums Insured | Square foot area |
Cover for Lost cash | HKD75,000 | HKD5,000-30,000 | HKD3,000-5,000 |
Cover for Lost/ damaged portable consumer electronics on a 'new for old' basis | Both AXA ArtPLUS and Circle Assets provide cover for this | Mobile phones for example, not covered or capped @ HKD1000 or with HKD2000 + deductible | Mobile phones for example, not covered or capped @ HKD1000 or with HKD2000 + deductible |
Jurisdiction if sued for negligence | Worldwide jurisdiction offered by Circle Assets. AXA ArtPLUS requires purchase for this optional cover. | Any judgement against you overseas will be reinterpreted according to HK laws | Any judgement against you overseas will be reinterpreted according to HK laws |
Minimum Annual Premium | HKD8,000 for AXA ArtPLUS | HKD1,000-HKD2,000 | HKD1,000-HKD2,000 |
Free cover for Employees' Compensation for foreign domestic workers | Circle Assets and AXA ArtPLUS offer free cover for your domestic helpers | AXA Captains provides free EC cover for any number or legally employed foreign helpers, | AXA New Settlers provides free EC and Health/Accident cover for ONE legally employed foreign helper. Others Charge for this |
Cover for Home Move | Full cover both locally and internationally, even for artwork bought and shipped to your home / storage | No company of which we are aware provides free international move cover. Some such as the AIG Prestige offer comparable cover to that which you have in your home, but you must provide AIG advance notice. | For those few that provide local move cover they will typically cap the move cover at perhaps HKD100,000 |
E.& O.E |
AIG
AXA ART
AXA General

AXA - New Settlers Insurance Package - Policy

AXA General - New Settlers Insurance Package - Application Form

AXA General - New Settlers Insurance Package - Brochure
CIRCLE ASIA

CIRCLE Assets policy doc

Circles Group Film Insurance Questionaire

Cycle Group Film Insurance Product Information Document
FWD
MSIG

MSIG Home Protect Insurance

MSIG Home Protector Insurance Brochure

MSIG Home Protector Insurance Proposal Form

MSIG Tenant Protect Insurance