Home insurance with mobile phone and device cover
With personal possessions cover from Sainsbury’s Bank, you can get insurance for your mobile phone and electronic devices.
Contents cover with insurance for your handheld gadgets
Our portable devices have become essential parts of everyday life – whether it's your all-singing-all-dancing tablet, or the mobile phone that's an extension of your arm. And they don't come cheap, which is why we offer device cover as part of our contents cover. That means you can insure your phone and other electronic devices at home or away.
Why have device and phone insurance?
We take our devices everywhere with us, whether we’re working on-the-go, keeping in touch with friends and family, or snapping photos on holiday. And this makes them particularly vulnerable to loss, theft and damage. Phone and device insurance covers almost every device you could own, including mobile phones, laptops, cameras, gaming devices, tablets, and GPS systems.
Our home insurance with cover for mobile phones and handheld devices is ideal for families that own a lot of tech. And if you choose to add personal possessions cover to your policy for an extra cost, your gadgets will be protected outside of your home too.
Do you need insurance for your mobile phone and electronics?
Many of us rely on portable technology that allows us to stay connected wherever we are in the world. Losing your mobile phone or laptop for even a few days could cause a lot of inconvenience. It can happen to anybody; dropping your phone during your morning commute or spilling coffee on your tablet.
Contents insurance with mobile phone and device cover aims to give you peace of mind that your go-to devices are insured against a potentially costly mistake. Having the right protection in place could help reduce the stress and cost of misplacing or damaging a device – in the UK or abroad.
A good place to start when thinking about investing in insurance with gadget cover is to add up the value of your household electronics. You should also consider lifestyle factors and the likelihood of damage or theft. For example, if you live in an area with a high crime rate or are away from home quite often.
Whether you’re an amateur capturing memories or a hobbyist honing your photography skills, cameras don’t come cheap. And with lots of delicate parts, they can be prone to mishaps.
By covering your camera against accidental damage, or damage away from the home, you can snap all your adventures without a worry.
Insurance for laptops
Whether you take your laptop on every adventure, or just to the office, it can be hard to work or play without them.
Getting insurance for your laptop ensures that you’re always ready to type, tap, work and play. It also means if there’s any mishaps on the way to the office (or the local coffee shop) you don’t have to worry. Save yourself from cracked screens, dead keypads or potential theft.
Insurance for tablets
Tablets are convenient – being both portable and small. Just like mobile phones though, their screens can easily crack. It’s important to cover your tablet against mishaps – especially if you use it for work.
You can protect your tablet inside and outside the home and cover them from accidental damage too. So, if you’ve got a curious child, or you use it out and about a lot, you’ve got options.
What’s covered as standard?
Our content cover can help to protect your devices from theft and some of your electronics against accidental damage as standard.
| Theft at home | Accidental damage | |
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| Laptop |  |
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| Tablets | |
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| Notebook | |
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| Mobile phone | |
Optional extra |
| Camera | |
Optional extra |
| Fitness bands & smart watches | |
Optional extra |
Cover limits, exclusions and excesses may apply. For further information take a look at our policy documents.
Optional enhanced insurance for mobile phones and devices
Need accidental damage insurance for your phone? You can get even more protection for devices like cameras and phones by adding our optional extras for an additional cost. This can help you minimise replacement costs if you accidentally drop your phone.
The table below shows you what you could get with our add-ons for accidental damage and personal possessions cover for mobile phones and gadgets.
| Accidental damage at home – with our contents accidental damage cover | Loss, theft and damage away from home – with our personal possessions cover | |
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| Laptops | Covered as standard with contents cover | |
| Tablets | Covered as standard with contents cover | |
| Notebooks | Covered as standard with contents cover | |
| Mobile phones | |
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| Cameras | |
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| Fitnes bands and smart watches | |
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Cracking your mobile phone screen is a kick-yourself moment that many have experienced. By adding enhanced accidental damage protection to your contents insurance policy, you can help cover all of your devices and minimise the cost of repairs.
An excess will apply if you make a claim. Our standard excess is £100, but check your policy schedule to confirm the details and consider if your insurance meets your mobile phone and gadget cover needs. You can add excess cover to your insurance at an extra cost, meaning you could claim back the total excess if you make an eligible claim.
Enhanced personal possessions cover for phones and devices
Personal devices are designed to be portable, so of course you’ll want them to be covered when you’re away from home. When travelling on holiday, you might use your tablet to watch an in-flight movie or keep your camera at hand to snap the sights.
It’s easy to lose devices or have them at risk of being stolen abroad. Our personal possessions cover is an optional extra that includes mobile phone protection and device insurance abroad. It can help protect your devices around the globe – provided they’re kept with you or your family, at hotel security, in a safe, or somewhere similar.
View our policy documents for more information about gadget and mobile phone travel insurance, plus all other optional extras.
What’s not covered?
We make every effort to tailor our contents insurance, with device and mobile phone cover, to your needs, but there are a few things we don’t cover. Our policy documents has full details of our conditions, but here are the main things to remember:
- We won’t cover items if reasonable care has not been taken, e.g. if they are scratched or in poor condition
- We won’t cover electronic data. This means things like downloaded music and films. However, you can safeguard all of your data by routinely backing it up
Our enhanced accidental damage cover and personal possessions cover will not insure you for theft, loss or damage to:
- Any phones or gadgets you don't own
- Any phones or gadgets you use or have for work
And you will not be insured for:
- Damage caused by mechanical or electrical faults or breakdowns
- Damage caused by or during cleaning, maintenance, repairs and restoration
Get a contents insurance quote with multi-device cover
Your favourite electronic devices can be costly when considering initial purchase price and monthly contract fees.
Our contents cover conveniently includes some device and mobile phone insurance, and with optional extras that offer further protection, you’ve no need to purchase a separate policy.
Buildings cover
Our buildings insurance can help protect your property and the structure of your home, from windows and doors to the roof and permanent fittings.
Contents cover
Contents insurance can help cover your furniture, family heirlooms and gadgets, helping replace items if they’re lost, stolen or damaged.
Building and contents cover
Want to cover everything from water pipes to the TV? Combined buildings and contents insurance helps secure your house and belongings.
Explore our other optional extras
You can tailor your home insurance with a range of optional extras for an additional charge, including enhanced key cover and family legal protection.
Any questions?
Please take a look at the frequently asked questions on our home and buildings insurance. Or check out our home insurance guides for tips on everything from how to value contents to a beginner’s guide to home insurance.
Frequently asked questions
Does home insurance cover mobile phones?
Home insurance policies may cover your phone inside the property. However, you may want to get additional device and phone protection. With Sainsbury’s Bank Home Insurance, you get some protection for your devices in the home as standard. You can chose enhanced accidental damage or personal possessions cover as optional extras if you need more cover.
Does contents insurance cover mobile phone damage?
Our contents insurance doesn’t cover accidental mobile phone damage by default. However, you can get optional add-ons, including enhanced accidental damage cover or personal possessions cover for your mobile phone both inside and outside of the home.