Compare up to 12 insurance quotes fast.

When life starts throwing everything it has to throw at you, that’s when you need comprehensive insurance. It’s the kind of cover you want when you’re down and out, because it will cover you for almost anything that happens to your car. Theft? Check! Accidental damage to your or another vehicle? Check! A hurricane (random, but) check! Then there’s third-party, fire, and theft. It’s not the most comprehensive but it’ll still give you a lot. Then you get your third-party only insurance. This one’s for those times when you cause an accident and you’ve got to cover the cost of repairing someone else’s property. It’s basic and usually the most affordable car insurance.

Building insurance covers the structure of your home itself—the house and out-houses, essentially. If your house is damaged structurally, building insurance will pay out to repair or replace the damaged parts for insured events. That means if your insurance includes cover for a burst geyser, they’ll pay out. But if it excludes flood damage, that time the river flooded your living room isn’t going to count. It also won’t pay out for the couches that got damaged – that’s what home contents cover is for.

In South Africa, there are many different types of life cover you can take out. So why not compare them against each other with Hippo? See which ones are the best. And did you know that you can take out life insurance on your loved ones? If your parents are financially unable to take out life cover for themselves, you can do it on their behalf. The same goes for your children, if they’re minors. You can even take out a joint life insurance policy with your partner, with the same amount of cover and the same Ts and Cs. When one of you passes away, the other will be paid out the amount specified in the policy.

So let’s break it down for you. Home insurance is also known as household insurance, AKA home contents insurance. It covers the hard-earned stuff you keep in your house—the stuff that makes it a home. It’s your TV, your Alexa, your internet router, your computer or Mac. It’s also your clothes and the ugly but expensive wedding present someone gave you that you have to display every time they come around. Imagine if that got stolen—all the explaining you’d have to do. No, it’s better to get cover. That’s why we give you a range of quotes from different insurance providers.