With more than 40 million customers worldwide, HSBC is one of the world's largest banking and financial services organisations.
In the UK, HSBC offers a wide range of financial products including home insurance, personal loans, mortgages and credit cards.
The HSBC Group also owns First Direct and M&S Bank, and HSBC's home insurance is underwritten by Aviva Insurance Limited.
HSBC just offers one level of home insurance cover:
Policy | Policy level | Buildings: maximum sum insured | Contents: maximum sum insured |
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HSBC Home insurance | Standard | Unlimited | £80,000 |
What does HSBC home insurance cover?
Elements marked with a ✓ are covered as standard, those marked with a ✘ are not covered as standard. Elements marked with a £ can be added to a policy as optional extras for an additional cost.
✓ Burst pipes
Covers water damage caused by burst pipes in the property
✓ Key cover
Covers the cost of replacing keys and locks in the event that your house keys are lost or stolen
✓ Legal protection
Covers costs resulting from claims such as property and employment disputes
£ Home emergency
Covers call-outs and temporary repairs resulting from a home emergency
£ Personal possessions
Covers personal belongings against loss, accidental damage or theft when taken outside the home
£ Boiler cover
Covers the failure of a boiler or central heating system
£ Accidental damage
Covers accidental damage to personal belongings, fixtures and fittings
Does HSBC offer the best home insurance?
Here's how HSBC scored in our latest home insurance survey:

To help you find the best home insurance policy, Which? goes the extra mile to sort the best from the worst.
How we analyse home insurance
We analyse and rate 46 key elements of standard buildings home insurance policies to come up with the buildings policy score, and 65 key elements of standard contents home insurance policies to come up with the contents policy score. We assess how important each individual element is to consumers when choosing and using a home insurance policy, and factor this in when calculating our policy scores.
Initially, we score all of the product elements out of five, reflecting how competitive each provider is in this area compared with other insurers. We then adjust the impact the more and less important elements have on the overall policy score.
HSBC’s home insurance policy: is it good or bad?
We've rated hundreds of policy details and picked out the best and worst elements of this cover.
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In detail: every part of HSBC's home insurance rated
Table last updated in March 2022. Next update in March 2023.
To see how HSBC's home insurance compares with other policies, check out our guide on the best and worst home insurance.
How can you save money on HSBC home insurance?
The first offer an insurer makes isn’t necessarily the best they’re able to provide. So, before coughing up your cash, check what other insurers are offering for comparable cover and ask if your current insurer can better it.
Carefully consider what’s optionally included in the quote. You may want the confidence of an all-singing, all dancing policy - but certain add-ons might not be for you, or could duplicate cover you already have separately.
Where you buy your cover can sometimes make a difference to what you’ll end up paying, which is why we recommend checking prices through multiple comparison sites (where available) as well as trying them direct.
HSBC home insurance can be purchased online and over the phone; its home insurance policy isn't available on price comparison websites.
- Find out more: how to get cheap home insurance quotes
What is HSBC's claims number?
If you need to make a home insurance claim with HSBC call 0345 300 5899 in case of emergencies, or make a claim online.
- Find out more: is it worth claiming on your home insurance?