This insurance is only for homeowners.
It doesn’t include cover for mobile homes or park homes. Business premises and council and housing association properties cannot be covered.
The boiler(s) at your home must have a power input of less than 70kW and be fired by natural gas (not LPG, electricity or oil), and gas supply pipes must be 35mm or less in diameter.
To make buying your cover as simple as possible, please make sure you have the following information to hand:
- Details of the house, bungalow, flat or apartment you want to cover
- Details of how it is heated (for example, the make of your boiler)
- A valid email address
- The bank details of whoever will pay for the insurance
If you wish to cancel your policy, you can do so at any time by contacting us.
If this is within the 28 day cancellation period and you haven’t made a claim, you will receive a full refund. If you have made a claim, you’ll receive a refund minus the number of days you had cover.
If it’s after the 28 days and you have made a claim, you will need to pay any remaining payments for the full term of the policy. If you haven’t made a claim, you’ll receive a refund minus the number of days you had cover.
See the terms and conditions of your policy for more information on cancellation.
Once your policy is set up, your boiler must pass the boiler health check before you can make a claim. Any pre-existing issues will not be covered.
Take a look at the terms and conditions of your policy for full details.
- Each separate problem registered will require an excess payment of £100 per claim to be made.
- Unrelated problems which are not associated with each other will require a separate excess payment.
- Where physical investigation work is undertaken and the problem is not resolved, the excess payment will NOT be refunded.
- The excess payment is taken using a credit or debit card. If you book over the phone, your card details must be input using your telephone keypad.
- We only accept payment using the following cards: MasterCard, Visa and Visa Debit.
Please read the terms and conditions of your policy for full details.
Your boiler will be given a health check within the first year you’re covered by HomeServe. This is an initial inspection during which a Gas Safe registered engineer will check your boiler to ensure it is safe and can be insured.
Your boiler must pass this health check before any boiler insurance claims you make can be progressed.
Your boiler health check must be booked or completed within your first 90 days as a HomeServe customer, and it’s easy to arrange your appointment online.
If you move house, you must let us know so that we can organise for a boiler health check to be carried out at your new home. This will need to be done before any further insurance claims can be made.
Don't worry. HomeServe's one off repairs team can help!
We offer a range of fixed price services that will help keep your home running smoothly. All our repairs are carried out by HomeServe approved experts. Call our team on 0330 0247 064 to find out more.
For enquiries, lines are open on weekdays from 8am to 6.30pm and Saturdays from 8am to 4pm. We are closed on Sundays. Calls will cost you no more than the rate of a standard call and charges may vary depending on your network provider. Calls are recorded for quality control and training purposes.
Yes. Homeowners whose properties are heated by dual-purpose boilers, a warm air heating system, combination cylinders or thermal storage units are not eligible to buy this cover.
If you think you have a gas leak, call the National Gas Emergency Service immediately on 0800 111 999.
In your first year of cover, or if you move home after 6 months of cover:
- If the boiler is less than 7 years old, we will arrange a replacement and cover the installation costs.
- If the boiler is more than 7 years old, we will arrange a replacement, but you will be required to pay for the installation costs (including parts, labour and VAT).
Your cover is set up so that it will automatically renew every year. This is to make the process of renewing easier and ensure your home has continuous cover. We’ll send you a reminder about 4 weeks before your cover is due to renew. This will confirm the price of your cover for the next year and prompt you to check that it still meets your needs.
The price of your cover will increase at renewal. Customers about to renew their cover for a second year can expect to pay £14.66 a month* (£175.92 for the year), provided they have made no claims.
If you’d rather your cover didn’t automatically renew, you can cancel this feature when you apply. Alternatively, you can log in or contact us to switch off automatic renewal at any time afterwards.
If you decide you don’t want your cover to automatically renew, you’ll need to contact us each year to renew it yourself and organise payment.
No. You only have to pay your insurance premium and - in the event you make a claim - your excess.
Premiums include Insurance Premium Tax at the relevant rate and are subject to factors such as inflation and tax rate changes.
This policy is sold, arranged and administered by HomeServe and underwritten by Aviva Insurance Limited. Aviva Insurance Limited is authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority.
Aviva Insurance Limited is registered in Scotland as company number 2116. Its registered address is:
Pitheavlis,
Perth,
Scotland
PH2 0NH.
HomeServe is an insurance intermediary and arranges and administers cover on behalf of the underwriter. HomeServe is a trading name of HomeServe Membership Limited. Authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority for its general insurance activities. Registered in England and Wales, number 2770612. Registered office: Cable Drive, Walsall, WS2 7BN. VAT registration number GB 559669669.
The regulatory status of Aviva Insurance Limited and HomeServe can be checked on the Financial Conduct Authority’s Financial Services Register.
The full terms and conditions of your policy, plus other important documents about your cover and HomeServe’s services, can be downloaded here.