Key facts
What the official sources publish
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Policy typeGeneral insurance package combining household property sections with a personal-accident section.View source
The wording is a bundled household policy with property/content sections and a separate Section IX personal-accident cover.
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- House Holders Insurance Policy — National Insurance policy wording
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- Sections I–IX; schedule and personal-accident section
- Accessed
- 31 Aug 2026
- Confidence
- high
InsurerNational Insurance Company Limited.View source
The official policy document is titled House Holders Insurance Policy — National Insurance.
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- House Holders Insurance Policy — National Insurance policy wording
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- Policy title and insurer wording
- Accessed
- 31 Aug 2026
- Confidence
- high
Temporarily removed contentsCovered for up to 120 days in aggregate and up to one-tenth of total contents sum insuredView source
The page limits temporary removal to 120 aggregate days and one-tenth of total sum insured.
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- House Holders Insurance Policy - National Insurance
- Page / section
- Contents coverage
- Accessed
- 20 Aug 2026
- Confidence
- high
Jewellery and valuablesAccidental loss or damage within India, subject to policy termsView source
The page includes jewellery and valuables against accident or misfortune in India.
- Source
- House Holders Insurance Policy - National Insurance
- Page / section
- Valuables
- Accessed
- 20 Aug 2026
- Confidence
- high
Householder policy eligibilityThe National Insurance House Holder policy can be issued to homeowners, flat tenants, housing societies, apartments, bungalows and row houses in rural, semi-urban and urban—including metro—cities. Sum insured should be 100% of value at risk (VAR).View source
The official overview and features sections publish eligible occupancies, locations and VAR basis.
- Source
- House Holders Insurance Policy - National Insurance
- Page / section
- Overview / Features
- Accessed
- 23 Aug 2026
- Confidence
- high
Householder policy sectionsThe bundled policy has 10 sections. Published highlights include building/ contents fire and special perils, stock and fixtures/ fittings, burglary, all-risk jewellery/ mobile phones/ valuables, personal accident, and terrorism under the applicable GIC Pool coverage.View source
The official page describes the ten-section bundle and its published highlights.
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- House Holders Insurance Policy - National Insurance
- Page / section
- Highlights
- Accessed
- 23 Aug 2026
- Confidence
- high
Temporary removal limitFor contents temporarily removed and carried in transit to another temporary residence in India, the cover applies for up to 120 days in a policy period and liability is capped at one-tenth of the sum insured under the section.View source
The official Section 1A text publishes the duration and liability cap.
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- House Holders Insurance Policy - National Insurance
- Page / section
- Highlights — Section 1A
- Accessed
- 23 Aug 2026
- Confidence
- high
Householder claim noticeFor theft, the insured must immediately notify the police and insurer and provide detailed loss particulars within 14 days. Bodily-injury claims require prompt written notice and in any event within 14 days of injury.View source
The official Claims Procedure publishes the notice and 14-day document deadlines.
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- House Holders Insurance Policy - National Insurance
- Page / section
- Claims Procedure
- Accessed
- 23 Aug 2026
- Confidence
- high
Sum insured / coverBuilding and contents are insured at 100% of value at risk; section limits are schedule-based, including ₹25,000 television liability and ₹10,000 pedal-cycle liability.View source
The policy requires building and contents sums insured at 100% of value at risk and publishes section-specific liability limits.
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- House Holders Insurance Policy — National Insurance policy wording
- Page / section
- Property sections and liability limits
- Accessed
- 31 Aug 2026
- Confidence
- high
Entry ageThe personal-accident section applies to the insured and permanently residing family members named in the schedule who are aged 16 to 65 years. No separate age rule is published for the property sections.View source
The personal-accident wording limits named insured persons and permanently residing family members to ages 16–65; the property sections do not state a general customer-age threshold.
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- Householders Policy Doc
- Page / section
- Page 13 — Section IX: Personal Accident
- Accessed
- 29 Aug 2026
- Confidence
- high
Policy termThe policy period is the period shown in the schedule; the personal-accident wording refers to the annual character of that section. The reviewed page and PDFs do not print one universal duration independent of the schedule.View source
The wording expresses benefits and limits for each period of insurance and says the personal-accident section retains its annual character; the schedule controls the actual dates.
- Source
- Householders Policy Doc
- Page / section
- Pages 2–5 and 17 — period of insurance and annual character
- Accessed
- 29 Aug 2026
- Confidence
- high
Key exclusionsThe policy excludes, among other things, loss caused by war and related hostilities, nuclear risks, deliberate or wilful acts, employee/family involvement in burglary, wear/tear and mechanical or electrical breakdown where the relevant section excludes it, use of pedal cycles for racing or hire/reward, theft of specified valuables and documents, and liability arising from the insured's profession/business or alterations to the premises.View source
The listed exclusions are taken from the section-specific Special Exceptions clauses across the complete policy wording; the controlling policy wording prevails.
- Source
- Householders Policy Doc
- Page / section
- Pages 2–3, 8–13 and 16–18 — section-specific special exceptions
- Accessed
- 29 Aug 2026
- Confidence
- high
Claim requirementsProperty claims require immediate insurer notice, police reporting for theft and detailed loss particulars with supporting evidence within 14 days. For personal-accident claims, the policy lists a completed claim form, doctor’s report, original policy, death certificate and police/ post-mortem evidence where applicable; disablement claims require disability and diagnostic evidence as applicable.View source
The wording requires immediate notice and evidence for property loss and the personal-accident section enumerates claim-form, medical, identity-of-loss and police documents.
- Source
- House Holders Insurance Policy — National Insurance policy wording
- Page / section
- Pages 1–3, General Conditions and Claims Procedure; pages 14–16, Personal Accident claims
- Accessed
- 31 Aug 2026
- Confidence
- high
Personal-accident claim timelinesPersonal-accident claims require written notice immediately; death notice must be before interment/ cremation and in any case within one calendar month; notice for loss of sight/ hearing, amputation or disablement is due within one calendar month. Necessary documents and the completed claim form are due within 30 days of the loss, evidence requested later within 14 days, settlement is offered within 30 days of final documents and payment follows within 7 days of acceptance.View source
The personal-accident conditions publish the one-month notice windows, 30-day document deadline, 14-day evidence response and 30-day/7-day settlement-payment windows.
- Source
- House Holder Policy — National Insurance product literature
- Page / section
- Pages 14–16, section 6.9.5 Conditions
- Accessed
- 31 Aug 2026
- Confidence
- high
Geographic limitsCovered for up to 120 days in aggregate and up to one-tenth of total contents sum insuredView source
The manually reviewed product record states: “Covered for up to 120 days in aggregate and up to one-tenth of total contents sum insured”.
- Source
- House Holders Insurance Policy - National Insurance — official product page
- Page / section
- Published product metadata
- Accessed
- 20 Aug 2026
- Confidence
- high
Benefits and features
- Covered for up to 120 days in aggregate and up to one-tenth of total contents sum insured
Eligibility
- The National Insurance House Holder policy can be issued to homeowners, flat tenants, housing societies, apartments, bungalows and row houses in rural, semi-urban and urban—including metro—cities. Sum insured should be 100% of value at risk (VAR).
Passing a listed condition does not mean the bank will approve an application.
Documents the bank lists
- Immediate notice to National Insurance of an event likely to give rise to a claim
- For theft: police complaint and practical steps to recover the property
- Detailed loss or damage particulars, explanation and supporting evidence within 14 days after immediate notice
- For bodily injury: prompt written notice within 14 days, medical certificates and evidence required by the company; immediate medical treatment
- For the personal-accident section: completed claim form; attending-doctor report; original policy; death certificate, post-mortem/coroner report and /panchnama where applicable
- For disablement: disability certificate from a government-registered medical practitioner where applicable, diagnostic reports/X-rays and police inquest report where applicable
- Any writ, summons, legal process, information or assistance relevant to a liability claim




