Requiring Renters Insurance?

[Art Maydan]

Do you require your tenants to have renters insurance? If so, why? If not, why not? What kind of market would you recommend it in? And what kind of policy do you require if you do?

[Kathleen Leary]

I stand corrected! 

The "official" state tenant/landlord information only states that a tenant may wish to purchase such coverage. 

If it is written into the lease/rental agreement, the landlord may, in fact, make renter's insurance a requirement of tenancy.

Therefore, that will appear in my next lease. Thanks, everyone!