Home insurance - tips & advice - contents insurance

The thought of working out how much contents cover you need can be daunting. That’s why Direct Line has made the process of getting a home contents insurance quote as easy and swift as possible.

First you need to work out how much contents insurance you need. To help with this, we provide a handy home contents calculator online. By prompting you for details of your household contents, it can help you make an inventory of your home contents – and ensure you have adequate cover when you ask for a quote. We also provide cover for your home contents on a new-for-old basis. That’s because the sofa you bought five years ago may cost twice as much at today’s prices, so remember to use the replacement cost of your items (rather than the actual value) to make sure you have adequate cover.

You can also get a quote from us online – all you need to do is fill out the straightforward form and the figure will be instantly worked out for you. Remember, we can only provide a contents insurance quote on the information you give us, so be as accurate as you can.

With Direct Line getting home insurance online is quick and easy: use the home contents calculator to work out the level of cover you need, use this information to get a quote online and then buy online too. If you do have any queries about a home contents insurance quote, however you can give us a call. Saved quotes can be accessed later with a password so you don’t need to enter all your information twice.

Existing customers can also easily access all their information online in case updates or changes need to be made – perhaps the value of your home contents has increased and you need to raise the total sum insured, for example.

To cover your home contents in an instant, you can get a Direct Line quote or buy online now.