While the landlord may
subrogate against the tenant in the above example, an Illinois renters insurance policy would make a world of difference in how that actually impacts the tenant.
The discount is available because the company can
subrogate against the tenant's policy in the event of a loss.
A landlord would be remiss not to require that waiver, in fact If the provisions of the law were applicable to a tenant who burned the building down, not only would the landlord have no cause of action against the tenant, but the landlord's insurance company wouldn't even be able to
subrogate against that tenant because their only right of recovery is in the landlord's stead, which he assigned to them when they paid the claim.
While the landlord may
subrogate against the tenant in the above example, an Illinois renters insurance policy would make a world of difference in how that actually impacts the tenant.
The discount is available because the company can
subrogate against the tenant's policy in the event of a loss.
Not exact matches
At first blush, inability to
subrogate against your renters insurance policy seems to be a positive thing from the
tenant perspective.
If someone else causes the fire, your policy covers your property and then the insurance company takes care of
subrogating against the negligent
tenant to try to recoup both the money they paid and their deductible.
Having your own landlord insurance means that you have full access to (and your insurance has full access to
subrogate against) the
tenant's liability coverage if they cause a loss.
In other words, the landlord doesn't want his insurance to
subrogate directly
against a
tenant, because that's bad for the
tenant and bad business.
The personal property losses would have been covered by the other
tenants» renters insurance and possibly
subrogated against the liable
tenant's policy.
When your insurance company is able to
subrogate against a renters insurance policy with liability coverage, it turns into a quiet matter between insurance companies that has little impact on the
tenant.
The personal property losses would have been covered by the other
tenants» renters insurance and possibly
subrogated against the liable
tenant's policy.
If someone else causes the fire, your policy covers your property and then the insurance company takes care of
subrogating against the negligent
tenant to try to recoup both the money they paid and their deductible.
At first blush, inability to
subrogate against your renters insurance policy seems to be a positive thing from the
tenant perspective.
Having your own landlord insurance means that you have full access to (and your insurance has full access to
subrogate against) the
tenant's liability coverage if they cause a loss.
In other words, the landlord doesn't want his insurance to
subrogate directly
against a
tenant, because that's bad for the
tenant and bad business.
And that's not even considering that the commercial carrier insuring the building could
subrogate against the negligent
tenant for the remainder of the $ 210,000 they will have paid out.