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Cargo Insurance

Coverfreight Cargo Insurance provides comprehensive worldwide transit cargo cover extending to all types of freight including sea, air, road, rail and post. It offers highly competitive rates and a team of experienced insurance brokers and claims handlers ready to assist.

It is insured by Chubb Insurance Australia Limited, a major insurer of many of the country's largest companies for over 50 years.

What does this insurance cover?

A standard policy would typically cover:

  • Alcoholic beverages, spirits and wines
  • Agriculture products in dry freight form
  • Appliances and electrical goods
  • Artwork, antiques and collectibles less than $10,000 (AUD) per item
  • Aviation parts
  • Beverage products non-perishable except bottled spirits or wines
  • Blood products
  • Books, paper and stationary products
  • Building materials of a fragile nature like coils, granite, marble, steel sheets or tiles
  • Building materials of a non-fragile nature including bagged cement, metal, steel and timber products
  • Bulk shipment Pharmaceuticals
  • Buses, mobile machinery, trucks and trailers including parts
  • Ceramics
  • Chemicals and other dangerous goods
  • Chilled food products (excluding fruit and vegetables)
  • Chilled non-food products (excluding pharmaceuticals)
  • Clothing - low value per item and low value fabrics
  • Clothing - high value per item or fashion brand nature
  • Commercial furniture and office equipment
  • Computers, handheld electronic products, mobile telephones including electronic components of these
  • Consumer products - non-perishable and low in value per item
  • Cosmetics and perfumes
  • Costume jewelleries
  • Cotton and wool
  • Fibreglass products
  • Food products (non-perishable excluding any temperature controlled products)
  • Frozen and chilled goods
  • Frozen food products (excluding fruit and vegetables)
  • Frozen non-food products (excluding pharmaceuticals)
  • Glassware
  • Hardware and tools
  • Hides and skins
  • Household goods and personal effects
  • Leather products
  • Live animals
  • Live plants
  • Machinery (except mobile machinery)
  • Marine vessels including parts
  • Medical equipment
  • Motor cars (including parts)
  • Motor cycles (including parts)
  • Musical equipment
  • Photographic and video equipment
  • Plastic products
  • Precision instruments
  • Railway vehicles - including parts
  • Recreation vehicles - including parts
  • Sporting goods
  • Wood products
  • Marine vessels including parts
  • Medical equipment
  • Motor cars (including parts)
  • Motor cycles (including parts)
  • Musical equipment
  • Photographic and video equipment
  • Plastic products
  • Tobacco or tobacco products


Click here to get the full policy details.

NOTE -If you meet any of the below special requirements, then please contact us for a tailor-made solution to suit your specific needs.

Need more information?

For more information, please view our FAQ page.

Prior to making a decision about whether Coverfreight is right for you, please read the Product Disclosure Statement.

For any further enquiries, please get in touch with our friendly team of brokers who are licenced to provide you with personalised risk advice here.