Urban Jungle insurance review

Find out all about the new kid on the block, Urban Jungle, and what its innovative, tech driven policies have to offer to young renters.

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Urban Jungle Home Insurance
Contents insurance designed for renters from £5 a month
  • Faff free & flexible - get covered in minutes and make changes online for free 24/7
  • Pay as you go on a monthly rolling plan - cancel anytime, no hidden fees
  • Rated Excellent on Trustpilot from 13,000+ reviews
  • Certified B Corp

Who is Urban Jungle?

Founded in 2016, Urban Jungle is a relative newcomer to the insurance market.

The company’s founders were tired of hidden fees, baffling questions and inflexible policies – and they knew they could do better.

Urban Jungle has become a multi-line provider, offering customers home, travel, and car insurance. It is also a Certified B Corp, meaning it meets high standards for social and environmental performance, transparency, and accountability.

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Who underwrites Urban Jungle’s insurance?

Urban Jungle policies are underwritten by some of the largest insurers in the UK and Europe, including but not limited to, Canopius, Ageas, and Wakam. The underwriter for each specific policy will be confirmed at the point of quote.

Urban Jungle Services Ltd is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA register number 782061).

What are some of the policies that Urban Jungle offers?

  • Contents Insurance: Renters and homeowners can cover belongings – phone, laptop, furniture, jewellery, bikes – at home and away. Tenants Liability is included as standard. From £5 a month.
  • Buildings & Contents Insurance: Combined cover for homeowners protecting both the structure of the property and everything inside it. Up to £1m buildings cover and up to £120k contents cover.
  • Buildings Insurance Only: Standalone buildings cover for homeowners, with up to £1m of cover. Optional accidental damage and home emergency add-ons available.
  • Contents Insurance for Students: Flexible cover designed for students in halls or shared houses. Can cover communal areas and monthly rolling policies mean students don’t need to pay outside of term time.
  • Travel Insurance: Single-trip and annual multi-trip policies available, with up to £10m emergency medical cover and up to £5,000 trip cancellation cover.

What are Urban Jungle’s cover options?

Urban Jungle offers stand-alone contents insurance, as well as a combination of contents and buildings insurance. The company also offers tenants’ liability insurance, to protect you in case you cause damage to your landlord’s property.

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Home Contents Insurance
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Buildings and Contents Insurance
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Buildings Insurance Only
Maximum coverUp to £50k of cover per personBuildings up to £1m
Contents up to £120k
Buildings up to £1m
ExcessFrom £0FlexibleFlexible
Accidental damage Optional Optional Optional
Tenants liability
Mobile phone cover
Bike cover
Home emergency Optional Optional Optional
Legal cover
Personal possessions cover

What’s covered under a home policy?

Urban Jungle’s home insurance policies offer cover and protection for your home against certain risks. These include:

  • Fire and smoke damage
  • Storm and flood damage
  • Household leaks
  • Theft and vandalism
  • Accidental damage (optional add-on)
  • Pet damage (optional add-on for Contents and Buildings & Contents insurance)

How much does insurance from Urban Jungle cost?

Contents insurance starts from £5 a month (£60 a year). The exact premium depends on the value of your possessions, your chosen cover level, optional add-ons, your excess, and where you live.

Unlike many insurance providers, Urban Jungle offers true monthly rolling policies, meaning no credit agreement, and no added interest on your monthly payments.

What is my excess?

An excess is the amount of money you contribute when you make a claim. The size of the excess is agreed when you take out the policy.

For its contents insurance policies, Urban Jungle allows you to select your own excess, starting at £0. Choosing a higher excess usually brings down the cost of your premiums, but make sure you can actually afford to pay the amount you set should the need arise.

For buildings insurance, you can select an excess between £100 and £500 for the core policy. Excess limits will be higher for certain events, like escape of water and subsidence, which can go up to £1,000 (the exact amount will be specified in your policy document).

What is the claims process for Urban Jungle insurance?

To make a claim on either your home or travel insurance policy, log in to your account on the Urban Jungle website and follow the instructions. You can also use this section of the website to manage your policy (view documents, amend details, etc). You can complete the claims process entirely online, with Urban Jungle handling some claims themselves, and some with external claims handlers.

Urban Jungle insurance customer reviews

Urban Jungle holds a rating of 4.7 out of 5 on Trustpilot, based on over 14,000 customer reviews. Customers consistently highlight competitive pricing, a clear and fast quote process, and the ease of managing policies online.

In our 2024 customer satisfaction survey, 88% of customers stated that they would recommend Urban Jungle to a friend. Although some customers have reportedly struggled with renewals and miscommunications from the support team, the low prices have been considered a great selling point.

One customer commented: “They dealt with my queries very quickly and professionally and the price was very competitive.”

Several have also commented on the “great customer service.”

Pros and cons for Urban Jungle insurance

Pros

  • Accidental damage and tenants' liability included as standard with contents insurance policies
  • Easy and fast quote process
  • Monthly rolling policy – cancel anytime
  • Completely customisable – easily make changes online (no fee)

Cons

  • Some customers find the claims process unclear
  • Accidental damage not included as standard with a combined buildings and contents policy

Our verdict

If you’re after easy to get, transparent, flexible insurance cover for your contents, Urban Jungle is your guy. The website is super user-friendly and perfect for a tech-focused consumer base.

However, do make sure you read the details of your policy fully and carefully, to make sure you know exactly what is included.

Phone support is only provided during the week, but you can contact Urban Jungle via email or chat as well.

Get started by visiting Urban jungle’s website and sign up for a policy. If you have read this review and decided that Urban Jungle is not for you, you can also compare other home insurance policies on the market.

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