Landlords contents insurance

In case disaster hits and your contents get damaged.

What’s typically covered by contents insurance for hotels?

Claims against your business for:

• damage to your contents caused by incidents such as fire, flood, or theft
• contents including household goods, furniture, and decorative items

For example :

• your tenant deliberately damages your kitchen
• flooding causes severe damage to the furniture you’ve just bought for the living room

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Landlords buildings insurance

In case disaster hits and your property gets damaged.

What’s typically covered by buildings insurance for hotels?

Claims against your business for:

• a partial or complete rebuild of your property, up to £1 million
• damage caused by a storm, flood, or fire, plus intentional damage caused by thieves or vandals

For example :

• one of your tenants is moving belongings into the loft, but damages the ceiling below by putting too much weight on the non-boarded floor
• thieves break into your property and cause extensive damage to the back door and its frame
• severe subsidence means one of the main walls in your property needs restructuring

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Landlord home emergency cover

In case the boiler fails, or there’s a plumbing or electrical emergency.

What’s typically covered by landlord home emergency cover?

Claims against your property for:

• removal of vermin, such as rats or a wasp nest that’s preventing the use of a loft, or one or more rooms in your property
• room-only costs for one night’s accommodation, if the property remains uninhabitable after an insured event
• loss or theft of any external door keys

For example :

• your tenant finds a rat in the loft of your property, and there are signs that it’s been getting into one of the bedrooms
• a leak in the bathroom causes severe water damage to the downstairs rooms in your property – your tenants need to stay in a hotel for a night while it’s made fit to live in
• your tenant leaves their keys on a bus and you haven’t got another set, so you need to call a locksmith to access to the property

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Landlord accidental damage insurance

In case your tenant or their guests accidentally damage your property.

What’s typically covered by landlord insurance with accidental damage?

Claims against your business for:

• the cost of replacing contents in your property if your tenants cause any unexpected damage
• someone visiting one of your tenants causes unexpected damage to your property or contents
• the cost of repairing your property or contents if they’re accidentally damaged

For example :

• during a party, someone spills red wine on the sofa you’ve bought for the property
• your tenant drops something on the kitchen floor causing damaging one of the tiles, and it needs to be replaced
• your tenant’s child throws a toy, breaking a light fitting and damaging the TV you’ve installed

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Property owners’ liability insurance

In case you’re legally responsible for injuries or property damage, as owner of the building.

What’s typically covered by property owners’ liability insurance?

Claims against your business for:

• bodily injuries caused by your property, including fixtures, fittings, and contents
• third-party property damage, caused by your property

For example :

• your tenant slips on a loose piece of carpet, causing long-term back pain
• your ceiling lamp falls on your tenant’s laptop, breaking it in the process
• a delivery person trips on a loose pavement slab at your property and breaks their ankle

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Tenant default insurance

In case your tenants don’t keep up their rental payments.

What’s typically covered by tenant default insurance?

Claims against your business for:

• if you have to evict your tenants because they don’t pay rent, you will be protected up to £50,000 across a twelve-month period of time

For example :

• you’ve set up a payment plan with your tenant, but don’t receive any rent for two months and decide to serve an eviction notice
• your tenants are late on their rent, have only paid part of last month’s agreed amount, and aren’t returning your calls – you serve an eviction notice
• a tenant runs their own business and has had a poor financial year, so you set up a payment plan – but after five missed payments you serve an eviction notice to claim the rent you’re owed

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Rental income protection insurance

In case damage to the property stops your tenants trading, and paying rent.

What’s typically covered by rental income protection insurance?

Claims against your business for:

• loss of rent if your property is uninhabitable due to an ‘insured event’ such as a fire, flood, or storm
• damage to your property means you can’t rent it out to new tenants

For example :

• severe fire damage to your property means your tenants have to move out and you need to recover the lost rental income
• a storm makes your property uninhabitable, so you lose out on rent while repairs are completed
• the downstairs of your property is flooded, so you have to delay new tenants moving in you and lose income as a result

Employers’ liability insurance

In case anyone gets ill or injured while working for your hotel.

What’s typically covered by employers’ liability insurance?

Claims against your business for:

• an injury to someone you employ, including contractors and temps, that happens as a result of working for you
• a member of staff (including casual workers) falling ill due to your business

**Employers’ liability insurance is required by law if you have people working for you. Without it, you could be fined up to £2,500 a day for each employee.**

For example:

• one of your employees falls down some stairs in your business premises, and makes a claim against you for chronic shoulder pain
• a temporary employee traps their hand in a door at your premises, causing several fractures
• a member of staff trips on a ledge on their way to a meeting, injuring their hip

Landlord legal insurance

In case you’re hit with legal expenses as a landlord.

What’s typically covered by landlord legal insurance?

Claims against your business for:

• legal costs relating to your property or tenancy dispute
• trying to legally take possession of your property, let under an assured shorthold tenancy, short assured tenancy, or assured tenancy agreement
• negotiation of your legal rights following physical and substantial damage to your property (beyond acceptable wear and tear)

For example:

• it’s not possible to move back into your property after the tenants leave it with severe damage, and you need to pay for unexpected storage costs while the work is completed
• your tenants aren’t keeping up with their rental payments and are avoiding your calls, so you need to serve an eviction notice
• during a routine inspection you find that your tenants have damaged the fence at the boundary of the property, and it needs to be repaired

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