Claims information
Our claims team is at the ready, here to support you and your clients.
If you or your customers require assistance, please call us on 1300 306 226 for Hollard Commercial Insurance claims
If you don’t need urgent assistance, you can lodge a claim online anytime.
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Business Interruption
For information on Business Interruption claims for Hollard Commercial Insurance, please visit our Business Interruption claims page.
Emergency claims services
Making emergency repairs is now more straightforward with efficient services in the event of a claim.
Severe weather
Find out the support available in the event of severe weather.
Broker Portal
Find out more about our our claims lodgement system, the Hollard Broker Portal.
Our claims guarantee
Claims guarantee
If we haven’t responded to your client’s claims lodgement with a phone call, e-mail or fax within 48 hours of Hollard Commercial receiving notification of the claim (2 business days), we’ll waive any excess that’s due.
If we don’t update you every fifteen days on the progress of your client’s claim, until the claim is finalised, we’ll waive any excess that’s due.
If your client’s claim is ≤ $1,500, we will settle the claim by close of business (5pm) the day after your client’s claim is lodged (subject to all reasonably required documentation being provided). If we don’t we’ll waive any excess that’s due.
You or your client can directly appoint O’Brien Glass (1800 633 721) to undertake repairs to damaged glass. If O’Brien Glass fail to meet any of the below service levels, we will waive any excess that’s due:
- Respond to enquiry (phone, web and e-mail) within 3 hours
- Attendance for make safe within metro areas within 24 hours (or as arranged with the customer)
- Reply to quote/report request within 3 days (or as arranged with the customer)
You or your client can directly appoint Ambrose Construct Group (1300 262 767) to undertake emergency repairs to prevent further damage and mitigate the loss. If Ambrose Construct Group fail to meet any of the below service levels, we will waive any excess that’s due:
- Ambrose Construct Group will contact the insured within 30 minutes of receiving your call*
- Ambrose Construct Group will appoint a contractor within 30 minutes of the contact with the insured*
- A repairer will attend the insured location within 2 hrs of being appointed unless otherwise agreed with the insured*
We will pay the insured $100 if your client does not receive payment within 10 business days of us agreeing to pay the claim.
Please note: The above claims guarantee does not apply to liability or third party claims, or if timeframes increase during significant weather or catastrophic events. If a situation arises where we don’t meet our Claims Service Guarantee, please contact your Account Manager with detailed information to substantiate your claim.
*This service is intended for emergency repairs only at the time of the claim.
Financial hardship & vulnerability at claim time
For those policyholders who are experiencing financial hardship at claim time, we have options in place to help.
Our existing Financial Hardship and Vulnerability arrangements are in line with updated General Insurers Code of Practice criteria and we have outlined below some support options that are available to assist at claim time.
We can:
- fast track an advanced payment from the claim
- deduct any excess due from the claim payment
- deduct overdue premiums from any payment
- assess claimants for urgent financial need of benefits in all cases
We can also accept electronic signatures to speed up processes and can waive any face to face meeting requirements to avoid person to person contact.
We encourage you to contacts us if you have a policyholder experiencing vulnerability or financial hardship and we will work out what options are available to support them.
Further information
Policyholders can download and read our Supporting Policyholders Requiring Extra Care Flyer.
Brokers can download and read our Supporting Customers Experiencing Vulnerability Flyer.
More information about financial hardshipDispute resolution
Visit the Hollard website complaints policy page.
Read the Hollard Commercial Complaints Brochure.