Protecting Your Home

Not legally required but strongly recommended. Seismic zone (regular earthquakes), water damage, summer wildfires. €200-500/year protects against €10-100K+ damage. Renters: optional.

Coverage and Prices

Building (owners): €150-400/year. Contents: €50-150. Liability: often included. 2-bed contents: €80-120/year. Villa building+contents: €300-500. IMPORTANT: earthquake coverage not always automatic – explicitly request! Small premium increase, essential.

Take the island as it is and suddenly almost everything works.

– Property buyer from Hanover, in Larnaca since 2022

Providers and Tips

General, Trust, GAN Direct, CNP. International: Allianz, AXA. Compare: insurancemarket.com.cy. Photos of valuables (store in cloud). Review annually. CMC connects with English-speaking brokers.

Home Insurance in Cyprus

Topics: Protecting Your Home, Coverage and Prices, Providers and Tips

CMC Practical Tip

Protecting Your Home Not legally required but strongly recommended.

Frequently Asked Questions

Need home insurance? ▼

Owners: strongly recommended. Renters: optional. Mortgage: bank requires it.

Concrete cost? ▼

2-bed contents: €80-120/year. Villa: €300-500. Earthquake: +10-20%. Compare: insurancemarket.com.cy.

Earthquake covered? ▼

Not always automatic – explicitly request! Seismic zone. Small premium, essential.

Which provider? ▼

CMC connects with brokers comparing General, Trust, GAN Direct, Allianz. Always include earthquake.

How CMC Supports You

At CMC Family Office Group, we are here for you – not only for tax and legal questions, but also for all practical topics of everyday life in Cyprus. Our team in Larnaca and Pafos knows the local conditions first-hand.

As your local contact, we handle: company formation and management, tax advisory and Non-Dom applications, ongoing bookkeeping and tax returns, support with authorities, and referrals to estate agents, lawyers, doctors and tradespeople.

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