Does Landlord Insurance Cover Buildings and Contents?

You can gain buildings and contents cover through landlords insurance.

Do I need landlord insurance or just building insurance?

As a landlord, you need building insurance to protect your property, which is covered by landlord insurance.

Is landlord insurance the same as building insurance?

Landlord insurance includes buildings cover.

However if you provide contents to your tenants you may also want to insure them. You can take out landlord contents insurance as part of your landlords insurance.

Does landlord insurance cover windows?

Yes, under buildings cover.

Landlords insurance from Towergate

We provide landlord insurance for a wide range of properties and tenants including multi occupancy, students, local authority placements, unoccupied and much more.

See our landlord insurance page, get a landlords insurance quote online or call 0333 060 0915 for more information.

Landlords contents insurance from Towergate

See our landlord contents insurance page, get a landlords contents insurance quote online or call 0344 892 1664 for more information.

About the author

Alison Wild BCom (Hons), FMAAT, MATT, Taxation Technician is a highly respected industry professional who has been working with and advising SMEs in areas including tax, pensions, insurance and marketing for over 25 years. She is a fellow member of the Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) and Association of Tax Technicians (ATT) and also has 20 years' experience as a residential landlord.