Renter’s insurance may be the most underestimated of all insurance policies.
Many tenants assume that they don’t need renter’s insurance because any hazards will be covered by their landlord’s insurance—after all, they’re the ones who own the property, right?
Nope.
The landlord’s insurance will cover only what the landlord owns, and that will be limited to the land and the physical structures on it. Anything inside the building that you own will be excluded by the landlord’s insurance company.
For that reason, you need to have renter’s insurance.