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Why require tenant to have renters insurance?
Curious as to why you should or should not require tenant to have a renters insurance policy? What is the benefit to the landlord?
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Originally posted by @Josh Miller:
Curious as to why you should or should not require tenant to have a renters insurance policy? What is the benefit to the landlord?
Josh, it simply moves some risk off of the landlord and onto the tenants Renters Insurance policy.
I just had a client where the tenant had a large kitchen fire. The tenants Renters insurance covered the claim for $160,000, keeping this claim off of the landlords policy.
If this claim would have been on his portfolio policy, he may have seen a premium increase over the next few years.