You should be able to get cover for your laptop and mobile phone and things
like that through option valuables cover on your contents insurance.

Wes

On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 01:15:01PM +1000, cdb wrote:
>  I am having difficulty believing this, but I'm just trying to get
> laptop only insurance - no house contents just laptop.
>
> Apart from specialist university schemes, the only insurer in
> Australia appears to be ProtectIt underwritten by Chubb insurance.
>
> And at A$300 a year, this is dearer than my house insurance and a
> smidgen cheaper than my car.
>
> UK and US seem to have many specialist insurers falling over
> themselves for this type of business.
>
> Oh yes and according to the policy notes, I can't purchase this
> insurance anyway as I didn't take it out at time of purchase.
>
> Any one in Australia managed to get independent insurance for this
> sort of thing?
>
> Colin
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> cdb, cdb@barnard.name on 22/03/2002
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> cdb, cdb@barnard.name on 22/03/2002
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