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Renters insurance now available from Esurance in Illinois

Ben Jones
renters insurance esurance

Coverage premiums in the state will be starting as low as $16 per month. Although Esurance is best known for being an auto policy company that sells directly to the consumer, in Illinois, it is now also offering renters insurance to residents of that state. The policies are available to both existing and new customers of the insurer. This added renters insurance is being sold as an add-on to the auto coverage, which is the main product offered by the insurer. It is not, however, being sold as a standalone…

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Renters insurance now being offered by Esurance in Wisconsin

Ben Jones
esurance renters insurance

Tenants in the state are being offered coverage for as little as a monthly ten dollars. Esurance, an insurer that is best known for its direct to customer auto coverage, is now offering Wisconsin tenants a new renters insurance policy to cover their possessions. This protection is being sold to consumers in the state for premiums as low as ten dollars. The new renters insurance coverage is being offered as an add-on to the auto insurance policies already available through the company. It is available to both existing Esurance customers,…

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Renters insurance options that are available when a home is leased

Nordstrom
Renters Insurance

What tenants should know about protecting their possessions. Renters insurance is one of the only ways that tenants can protect themselves against the destruction or loss of their possessions while renting an apartment or house. The NAIC says that a tenant’s contents aren’t protected by a landlord’s coverage. One of the most common misconceptions about coverage, says the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), is that the belongings of tenants, contained in the rental property, are covered by the policy of the landlord. Many people think that renters insurance is…

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Renters insurance purchased by less than half of tenants

Julie Campbell
Renters Insurance

Though people who rent their homes are aware of the risks, less than 50 percent buy coverage. The data from the U.S. Census Bureau, in combination with a renters insurance survey performed by Allstate, has shown that only 45 percent of tenants have purchased coverage. Still, tenants have a fear that fire will destroy their possessions. Moreover, 54 percent of the survey respondents indicated that it would take a minimum of three years to replace their possessions if they should ever be lost to a fire or other disaster. Though…

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