If you lease a space, you've got fewer home-maintenance things to worry about than homeowners do. But renters and their personal property can be just as vulnerable to theft, damage and visitor injury.

Renters insurance is a necessity, but simply paying the premium doesn't guarantee full protection. The uncomfortable truth is that most policies have hidden coverage gaps, financial sinkholes that ...

We evaluated 238 renters insurance coverage details and rated 14 renters insurance companies by weighting key factors and using a data-based methodology. We analyzed renters insurance policy rates ...

Renters insurance: You hope you’ll never need to use it, but you’ll be happy that you have it if you do. Your landlord’s homeowners insurance will cover structural damage to your rental, but it won’t ...

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We used four different coverage amounts and four deductible levels to generate various reports and estimates from Quadrant Information Services, which provides property insurance analytics. 3 Million ...

You come home after a long day at work to find your apartment flooded from a burst pipe upstairs. Your furniture is soaked, and your electronics and cherished items ruined. Now imagine facing ...

When it comes to determining how much renters insurance a landlord should require, there is no one-size-fits-all answer. Landlords often consider the value of the tenant’s possessions, the potential ...

Ryan Barone is cofounder and CEO of RentRedi, a property management software that simplifies the renting process for landlords and renters. It’s clear that renters insurance benefits tenants, but why ...

If someone steals your belongings, renters insurance will likely cover your loss, up to certain limits. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising partners who ...

Chris Kissell has been a journalist for three decades and has written extensively about insurance and other personal finance topics for the past 20 years. For the last 14 years, he has been a ...