Third Party, Fire & Theft Car Insurance

Protection for the essentials on the road.

Award-winning insurer recognised for customer trust, quality service, and an exceptional claims experience for our Car insurance.

What’s covered with Third Party, Fire & Theft

  • If your car gets stolen: We’ll pay to repair or replace it after a theft or attempted theft. 

  • If you cause damage to someone else’s car or property: We’ll cover the costs of the damage up to $20 million.

  • If your car is damaged by fire: We’ll cover the repairs or replacement of your car.

  • If an uninsured driver damages your car: We’ll cover the damage they cause to your car up to $5,000. 

This information is intended as a guide only. Exclusions and limitations apply. Talk to us about these or refer to the full policy wording.

Third Party, Fire & Theft key features

What's inluded

What’s included

What’s included

Theft of your car
Fire damage to your car
Damaging someone else’s car or property (up to $20million)
Injuries you cause when using your car (up to $1million)
Damage caused by uninsured drivers of another vehicle

Up to $5,000

Transport home if your car is stolen
Guarantee on repairs by our preferred repairers for covered claims
Accidental loss or damage to your car

Optional benefits

Optional benefits

AMI Roadside Rescue

Optional extra

Excess-free glass cover for windscreens and windows

Optional extra

What’s included

What’s included

Theft of your car
Fire damage to your car
Damaging someone else’s car or property (up to $20million)
Injuries you cause when using your car (up to $1million)
Damage caused by uninsured drivers of another vehicle

Up to $5,000

Transport home if your car is stolen
Guarantee on repairs by our preferred repairers for covered claims
Accidental loss or damage to your car

Optional benefits

Optional benefits

AMI Roadside Rescue

Optional extra

Excess-free glass cover for windscreens and windows

Optional extra

Plain language policy wording

This is a summary only, for a full list of the benefits as well as exclusions and other terms, read the policy wording.


Our car policy wordings are now in plain language, making them easier to read, understand, and act on.

Note: If you already have a policy with us, you may have a different policy wording to the plain language policy wording above. Check your policy details, then find your policy wording on our Policy documents page.

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Get breakdown assistance with AMI Roadside Rescue

With AMI, you get more than just insurance. Add AMI Roadside Rescue to your policy and if you’re stuck on the side of the road, we’ll send help1.  

  • Free with Comprehensive Car insurance and for newly licensed drivers.
  • $49 a year for all other AMI customers or $79 a year for everyone else.
  • Unlimited call outs, available 24/7, nationwide.
  • Roadside assistance for you driving any car or for your car, no matter who’s driving it.        
  • Help with jump-starts, changing tyres, getting locked out, and more. 

Give your car the VIP treatment at AMI MotorHub

As an AMI customer, you get access to our market-leading vehicle repair service to get you back on the road faster after a car claim.

  • Get your car back quickly – in an average of 3.5 days (times for structural repairs may differ), with regular text and email progress updates. 
  • Repairs in our high-tech facilities are quality and service guaranteed. 
  • Receive a complimentary car clean inside and out. 
  • Use one of our complimentary courtesy cars or we’ll order an Uber (up to $50 per trip) to get you home and back.

Frequently asked questions about Car insurance

At AMI, we make it easy to get cover for your vehicle. To get a quote visit AMI car insurance quote online. We recommend that you apply for Car Insurance as soon as you purchase and prior to picking up your new vehicle, as this date cannot be amended.

To get started, enter the type of insurance you require and the registration number of your vehicle. Also let us know whether you have had any incidents or thefts in the last 5 years. Other considerations are whether you want to include other drivers (if someone under the age of 25 who isn’t named on your policy drives it, your car won’t be covered).

Car insurance doesn't cover any intentional or reckless acts if they are caused by you or anyone else covered by your policy. For example, causing damage by intentionally driving into a wall or breaking a side passenger window to gain access to the vehicle.

If you have Comprehensive or Third Party, Fire and Theft cover, you're covered if the damage occurred when the vehicle was unlawfully converted, stolen or while theft of the vehicle was attempted.

Refer to your policy wording for more details about the intentional and reckless acts exclusion.

It's best to tell us as soon as possible when your vehicle has been damaged. We’ll assess it and you can decide if it's worth going ahead with the claim for the repair.

There are a few things that could affect your claim if you delay making it:

  1. Is the incident still clear in your memory? We often need specific details from you that you might not remember or can’t access anymore.
  2. There's a chance it could get complicated if you have a second accident and the same area of the vehicle is damaged, and you haven't yet let us know about the first accident.
  3. Delaying a claim can increase the damage and any extra damage won't be covered in a claim. E.g. rust, structural integrity.
  4. The repair cost will only cover the damage as at the time of the accident.

Depending on your situation and the driving history, we may need to increase your premiums and, if an accident occurs where the listed young person is driving, charge a higher excess.

If you are under 25 and are looking to insure your own vehicle, you may be entitled to our Young Drivers Insurance. 

If you'd like to add a driver who is under 25 onto your policy, you can give us a call on 0800 100 200.

When driving a vehicle that doesn't belong to you and you're found to be legally liable for any damage you cause to other people's property as a result of you driving the borrowed vehicle, your own car insurance will cover you. As long as you have the owner's permission to use the vehicle, and your liability isn't covered by any other insurance.

Your own insurance doesn't, however, cover you for damage to the borrowed vehicle.

For more information, please give us a call on 0800 100 200.

If you have full cover (personal, commercial, motorcycle, vintage) all you need to do is contact us and lodge a claim, and we'll pay for the repairs. You may be required to pay the excess, but that will depend on how much information you're able to provide about the other driver.

With Third Party Fire and Theft and Third Party Only policies we provide free bonus cover called innocent party protection, to help protect you in situations like this, when you're not to blame. For more details on this cover, and  terms and conditions, please refer to your policy wording.

For more information, please give us a call on 0800 100 200.

Yes, you can upgrade or downgrade your cover at any time and your premium will change accordingly. We’ll send you the revised Policy Documents once the changes have been made.

For more information, please get in touch via Facebook messenger or give us a call on 0800 100 200 to have the changes made.

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Under 25? Stay safe and save

If you’re a young driver in NZ and with AMI, we’re in your corner. Take our short AMI Safe Driver online course and save $250 off your excess if you make a claim. T&Cs apply.

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Your EV is in safe hands with cover that protects your electric vehicle, battery, car charger and more. Plus, upgrade and get AMI Roadside Rescue for EV, Hybrid and PHEV breakdowns.

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Download the app, register with your policy number, then enjoy more you-time.

1AMI Roadside Rescue T&Cs apply.