Should I report my tenants on the home insurance policy? -

I used to live in my house but now I am renting it out. Should I tell my home insurance company that I will no longer live there and tell them about the tenants? RIGHT AWAY! you cannot have a homeowners policy if you the homeowner do not live in it. your policy needs to be rewritten as a landlord policy. this covers the dwelling (make sure you also keep liability on it). your tenants should then pick up a renters policy to cover their belongings. if you can find a company in your area that will write your property on a commercial package policy, it will keep your premium a lot lower. i have a company that does this and it actually gives them MORE coverages than a regular landlord policy for less premium. YES. the minute u put renters in the house the insurance policy was void. u need the correct insurance for a commercial property and plenty of it. price around . YES. You are essentially uninsured now because you have failed to inform your insurance company about your change in use of the house. Yes, your premium should actually go down since it will no longer cover the contents of the home, just the home itself. The renter would get seperate renter's insurance to cover their possessions. Yes, this will likely increase your premiums as some tennants can be nasty and cause damage, but you get extra coverage for that! Yes. It is classified as non-owner occupied. They need to know before there is a claim, just in case Well, YES, because one of the conditions of your homeowners policy is that the house is owner occupied. They are going to tell you, you need a landlord policy - also called a dwelling fire policy. You're going to have to rewrite the policy. You must inform the insurer of this. If you do then your policy is not worth the paper it is written on. Once a claim occurs the insurer will easily discover what the actual situation is in regards to the occupancy of the house. They will deny your claim and cancel your policy.