Landlord Insurance

If you have been astute enough to have purchased a lucrative property for buy to let purposes or even perhaps been auspicious enough to have inherited one, it’s now time to fill those rooms with tenants to start getting a return on your investment. As a new landlord one of the fundamental requisitions would be to purchase a landlords insurance policy.

A landlord insurance policy will protect your asset from all manner of misfortunes such as fire damage, leaky pipes or even unruly tenants to name but a few. You need to comprehensively understand the type of cover you are purchasing when taking out your policy. It is always a good idea to research the different types of landlord insurance schemes available by using the usual search engines online. It can also be useful to look through property/landlords forums and pick up on advice that other landlords are writing about.

It would be prudent to anticipate the various calamities that could occur when taking out a landlord’s insurance policy. A touch of forward thinking could save you money in the future. Like every homeowner, buy-to-let-landlords need to know that their insurance will be there to help with the majority of issues, but their problems can be very diverse from the requirements of the normal householder.

For example, in the event of localised flooding, the enduring problems suffered by homeowners hardly bears thinking about. Yet for buy-to-let landlords with numerous properties the unfortunate ramifications can be multiplied – and there are of course the needs of your tenants to be taken into account. They too need to be back in their homes as soon as possible. Floods and other such inconceivable events aside, even in normal circumstances, things don’t always remain as accustomed as we’d like. Not one person on the planet can foresee what might happen in the future and accidents will happen, and the fact is no landlord can afford to take the risk of having inadequate insurance.

The numerous types of cover synonymous with landlords insurance include:

Landlords Buildings Insurance
Contents Insurance
Liability Insurance
Loss of Rent Insurance
Alternative Accommodation Insurance

As a landlord perhaps one of the most important types of cover is Liability Insurance. This will protect you from any lawsuits which may occur due to a tenant injuring themselves on your property. Personal injury claims have dramatically risen in the last 20 years and awards over £100,000 are not uncommon (information from the Association of Residential Lettings Agents – ARLA). So the right liability cover is a must.