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Suddenly your bicycle is no longer where you left it at the train station or someone steals your valuables before you arrive home in the evening. Helvetia explains how you can protect yourself against theft.

Theft - which insurance policy pays what?

Whether it be a smartphone, jewellery or a bicycle, it is always very annoying when cherished items are stolen. The good thing is that you can obtain immediate cover for these thefts by taking out household contents insurance, thereby saving yourself the financial hassle at least.

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The A to Z of insurance: types of theft

Not every theft is the same – at least not to insurance companies. Most insurance companies distinguish between various types: robbery, burglary and simple theft. The insurance cover also differs depending on what type of theft it is.

Robbery

In a robbery, personal items are taken under threat or with the use of force. If you are attacked out on the street or threatened in your home, it is a robbery. The term used, therefore, is ‘use of force against persons’.

Burglary

If it involves the use of force against property, it is a burglary. This is the case if someone breaks open your front door or smashes the window and forces their way into your home. It also counts as burglary if force is used to open other spaces (e.g. hotel rooms) or containers (e.g. safes).

Simple theft at home

In the case of simple theft, personal items are stolen without any use of force. This may be the case at home if you did not lock your front door, you accidentally failed to bolt the garage properly or you did not close the window on the ground floor.

Simple theft away from the home

Simple theft often occurs while you are out and about. The train station is crowded and once on board the train, you are suddenly missing your mobile phone. In the café, you leave your bag unattended for a short time and then it is gone, along with your laptop and purse. These incidents of pick-pocketing and theft by tricksters are subsumed under the term ‘simple theft away from the home’.

How is theft insured on your household contents insurance?

Basic insurance

On your household contents insurance, your entire household inventory is automatically protected against “break-in”, “robbery” and “simple theft at home”. If your home is broken into – with or without the use of force – you are reimbursed the reinstatement value of the stolen items. Any repair costs incurred for smashed windows and broken doors are also paid.

Under basic household contents insurance, your personal items are also protected away from the home if they are taken from you using force (“robbery”). Again, you are reimbursed the reinstatement value of the stolen items.

Supplementary insurance: “simple theft away from the home”

As thefts often occur while we are out and about, Helvetia offers supplementary “simple theft away from the home” insurance. This covers your personal items not only against pick-pocketing while you are out and about, but also against other incidents of theft that do not involve the use of force. If your skis are stolen on the ski slope, for example, or your sports bag is snatched from the locker. Cash assets are not covered, however.

How are cash assets insured?

How am I insured against theft when I am abroad or travelling?

While you are cooling off in the sea, a thief takes the bag you left behind? With supplementary “simple theft away from the home” insurance, you will at least be prepared for the financial losses in cases like this, as having this supplementary insurance means that you are also very well insured in the event of theft abroad and will be reimbursed the reinstatement value of the stolen items.

Supplementary “simple theft away from the home” insurance also protects your luggage should it be stolen at the airport.

For those wishing to take no chances, there is also the option to double the agreed sum insured on trips involving at least one overnight stay abroad (in a hotel, with relatives, etc.).

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Protect your personal items and valuables against theft. With just a few clicks, you can very easily take out household contents insurance online.

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