Your Renters Insurance Doesn’t Cover Your Roommate. This Is What That Means.
Kelsey and her roommate split an $18/month renters insurance premium and assumed both were covered. When the roommate's guest slipped in the apartment, the insurer denied the roommate's liability claim. She paid $4,700 out of pocket.
44% of Renters Have No Insurance. Here’s What the Uninsured Ones Are Actually Losing
Only 56% of renters carry insurance. The 44% who skip it lost $12.8 billion in personal property last year, and the liability claims that follow can garnish wages for over a decade.
Most Renters Have No Coverage. The Ones Who Do Are Focused on the Wrong...
A Chicago renter paid $22,000 out of pocket after a guest slipped and fell at her apartment. Her renters insurance would have cost $14 a month. The part most renters miss isn't the laptop coverage. It's the liability.
Actual Cash Value vs. Replacement Cost in Renters Insurance
Jordan filed a renters insurance claim after a break-in. She expected to replace her laptop. Her insurer sent a check for $487. Here is why - and what to do before it happens to you.
Renters Insurance Loss of Use Coverage: What Pays for Hotels After a Fire
Sofia Hernandez spent three weeks at a hotel after the unit upstairs flooded hers. The $2,847 bill went to her renters insurance through loss of use coverage.
Renters Insurance Pet Liability: Why Dog Breed Exclusions Can Leave You Personally on the...
Anjali Sharma's German shepherd nipped a delivery driver in her apartment hallway. The $18,400 medical bill and lawsuit were denied under her renters policy's breed exclusion. She owes the difference personally.
When Your Landlord Has No Insurance and the Building Burns, What Does Your Renters...
A Houston single mom lost $47,000 in belongings when her duplex burned. Her landlord had let the building's insurance lapse eight months earlier. Her $14-a-month renters policy turned out to do more than she expected.
