Commercial Landlord Insurance
Want to save money on your commercial landlord insurance? Whether you’re a landlord with a shop, office building, restaurant or an entire portfolio of commercial properties, call us today on 01482 434343 or request a callback and let our award-winning team help you get the protection you need.
Commercial Landlord Insurance Backed By ‘Exceptional’ Service
Want to save money on your commercial landlord insurance? Let the commercial property landlord building insurance specialists at Coversure compare our markets to find you the commercial property insurance that’s right for you.
Whether you’re a landlord with a shop, office building, restaurant or an entire portfolio of commercial properties, call us today on 01482 434343 or request a callback and let our award-winning team help you get the protection you need.
Call us today on 0800 977 6037 and let our award-winning team help you.
Call us today on 0800 977 6037 and let our award-winning team help you.
Why choose Coversure for your Commercial Landlord Insurance?
Our award-winning team is rated as ‘Exceptional’ by feefo and with over 50 years of commercial property insurance experience, you can rest assured you’re in safe hands. Being independent, we can put your needs first, and we’ll compare the market to find you great cover for a great value premium. To find out more, call us free on 01482 434343, request a callback or start your commercial landlord insurance quote today.
Commercial Landlord Insurance backed by ‘Exceptional’ service
Our award-winning team is rated as ‘Exceptional’ by feefo, and with over 50 years of landlord insurance experience, you can rest assured you’re in safe hands. Being independent, we can put your needs first, and we’ll compare the market to find you great cover for a great value premium.
What is Commercial Landlord Insurance?
Commercial landlord insurance, commercial property landlord building insurance or business landlord insurance as it’s also known, protects commercial properties such as shops and offices when they are rented out to another business. It can offer business landlords cover for their buildings, contents, liabilities, and rent.
What types of Commercial Landlord Insurance are there?
There are three main types of landlord cover, and we can offer you all of them. Depending on the type of property you have/the type of tenants you have, you may not need all three forms of cover, but in our experience, we’ve found that all landlords should have building insurance in place.
For some independent advice, please call us on 01482 434343 or request a callback, and one of the team will be happy to give you all the help you need.
Buildings insurance – this works in the same way as the buildings insurance on your home in that it protects you from the cost of repairs should your property be accidentally damaged or even destroyed. While landlords aren’t legally required to have buildings insurance, most mortgage providers will insist that you take out a policy. If you own your property outright, you should still consider buildings insurance to cover you against the cost of repairs or rebuilding your property
Important note: When looking for a landlord insurance quote, make sure you give your broker the cost of rebuilding your property and not the market value. 40% of UK rental properties are currently underinsured according to a 2024 survey by risk management firm Gallagher, with the average shortfall being 40%. This could mean a gap of tens if not hundreds of thousands of pounds in the event of a rebuild claim. If you’d like some advice regarding property underinsurance, please call us on 01482 434343 or request a callback and we’ll give you all the help you need to make sure your property is adequately insured
Landlord’s contents insurance – landlord contents insurance protects a landlord’s possessions in a rental property, such as fixtures and fittings, white goods and any furniture you have provided to your tenants from loss or damage. It doesn’t cover a tenant’s contents, and they will have to take out their own contents policy to protect those. There are two types of buy-to-let contents insurance:
- New for old – which replaces contents with new like-for-like ones
- Indemnity contents policies – which factor in wear and tear, paying you the market value of your contents rather than the cost of new ones
Buildings and contents insurance – also known as comprehensive buy-to-let insurance, this gives landlords buildings and contents insurance on one policy
What can Commercial Landlord Insurance cover?
Landlord insurance through Coversure can offer commercial landlords a range of important protections, including:
Buildings insurance
Landlord’s contents insurance
Buildings and contents insurance
Landlord’s liability insurance
Loss of rent cover
Legal expenses
Accidental and malicious damage
Call us today on 0800 977 6037 and let our award-winning team help you.
What can Commercial Landlord Insurance Cover?
Commercial property landlord building insurance can offer a comprehensive range of protections to commercial landlords, including:
Buildings insurance
The physical property plus any outbuildings you may have
Landlord’s contents
Covers things like carpets, white goods, and fixtures and fittings against loss or accidental damage
Accidental damage ‘ insurance
Should something at the property be accidentally broken you’ll be able to make a claim
Contractors’ insurance
If you hire contractors to do repairs, maintenance or renovations on your property, then contractors’ insurance can protect you against things like damage to your property, sub-standard work or injuries
Theft by tenants
Insures contents that you’ve left in the property should they be stolen by your tenants
Loss of rent insurance
Protects landlords and their income should tenants have to move out after an insured event such as a flood or fire. Loss of rent cover can protect your lost rental income and the additional costs of arranging alternative business accommodation on your tenants’ behalf
Malicious damage
Should a tenant or a member of the public deliberately break or damage your property or its contents, you’ll be able to make a claim
Keys and locks insurance
Should keys be lost or stolen, you can claim for the cost of having them replaced and locks changed
terrorism insurance
Should your property be damaged or even destroyed in an act of terrorism
Landlord liability insurance
Also known as property owners’ liability insurance, protects landlords from claims made by third parties for personal injury or property damage
Landlord rent guarantee insurance
Landlord rent guarantee insurance, rent protection insurance or tenant default insurance as it’s also known, is an important protection that can be added to landlord insurance and provides financial compensation should tenants fail to pay their rent. It will cover lost rent for an agreed period – typically for 6 to 12 months – and you can make a claim if your tenants can’t or won’t pay their rent
Legal expenses insurance
Can provide protection to cover legal costs related to issues with your rental property, including legal action and court proceedings. While it’s most frequently associated with disputes with tenants over rent or evictions, it can also help with employment issues, contract disputes, tax investigations and health and safety prosecutions
Cables and underground pipe cover
Covers you for any costs incurred due to damage to pipes or cables – this includes essential utilities such as gas, electricity, and water
boiler insurance
Should it breakdown or need replacing
What types of properties can Commercial Landlord Insurance cover?
Commercial landlord insurance can protect almost all types of business premises. While some, such as those of non-standard construction, those at a high risk of flooding, or properties in danger from coastal erosion, often require more specialist cover, most rental properties can be covered, including:
Offices
Shops
Restaurants, cafes and bars
Distribution hubs
Warehouses
Factories
Garages and workshops
Hair and beauty salons
Showrooms
How much does Commercial Landlord Insurance cost?
At Coversure we don’t believe in one-size-fits-all solutions for our clients. Instead, we’ll get to know your needs and create a package of cover that fits your requirements. What we can say is that your commercial rental property insurance quote will depend on things like:
Your property’s postcode
What type of tenants you have
The market value of the property
What type of property you have
If you want to include cover for contents, and how much cover you want
The level of security at your property
It’s rebuild valuation – not the market value, but the cost of rebuilding it should it be accidentally destroyed
If there are any contents, and if so, what they are and the value
Whether it’s at risk from flooding
Your claims history
The level of excess you’re willing to pay
Its condition/state of repair
How to get cheaper Commercial Landlord Insurance?
This is a question we get asked a lot, and the good news is there are several easy ways to potentially get cheaper residential landlord insurance, including:
Increase your excess, the amount you pay in the event of a claim
By renewing your policy early to give your broker time to shop around for you
Get a multi-property insurance policy if you have more than one property to insure
Securing your business premises – installing security systems like CCTV cameras can deter theft and potentially lower your insurance costs
Use an independent property insurance broker such as Coversure. We can not only do the shopping around for you, but thanks to our network of insurer contacts we can access policies that aren’t available to the public
Conduct a risk assessment with your broker
Be choosy about which tenants you have – higher risk ones will cost you more
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If you’d like some independent advice or an insurance quote, please call us on 01482 434343.
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Frequently Asked Questions
We get asked a lot of questions about business landlord insurance, so to make getting the cover you need easier, here are our commercial landlord insurance frequently asked questions and answers. We’ve covered the most important issues here, but if you’d like some independent advice, please call us on 01482 434343 or request a callback. Our team of property insurance specialists will be happy to talk you through the options to ensure you get the protection that’s right for you.
Owing to the nature of the building’s use, commercial properties represent a greater risk to insurers, and so they require the specific cover that commercial property landlord insurance offers
No, but if you have a mortgage, then your mortgage lender will likely insist on you having buildings insurance in place
We can insure all kinds of commercial premises. Whether it’s a shop, office, warehouse, factory, a café, a salon, or something more specialist, such as a logistics hub, we can offer you affordable, high-quality protection
We can cover all forms of tenants in all forms of premises, from shops and offices to factories and salons
Yes, and business interruption insurance is one of the most popular. Business interruption insurance for commercial landlords covers you if you’re forced to close your premises following a disaster such as a fire or flood. It will cover any shortfall in pre-tax profits resulting from being unable to work from your premises and any increased costs in running your business because of the event, such as extra accountants’, solicitors’ or architects’ fees
That will depend on things such as the rebuild costs of the property, its postcode, the level of security it has, if it is at risk of flooding, and your claims history
Getting a rental property insurance quote is easy. You can call us on 01482 434343, request a callback or start your landlord insurance quote here
Owing to the nature of the building’s use, commercial properties represent a greater risk to insurers, and so they require the specific cover that commercial property landlord insurance offers
We can insure all kinds of commercial premises. Whether it’s a shop, office, warehouse, factory, a café, a salon, or something more specialist, such as a logistics hub, we can offer you affordable, high-quality protection
No, but if you have a mortgage, then your mortgage lender will likely insist on you having buildings insurance in place
We can cover all forms of tenants in all forms of premises, from shops and offices to factories and salons
Yes, and business interruption insurance is one of the most popular. Business interruption insurance for commercial landlords covers you if you’re forced to close your premises following a disaster such as a fire or flood. It will cover any shortfall in pre-tax profits resulting from being unable to work from your premises and any increased costs in running your business because of the event, such as extra accountants’, solicitors’ or architects’ fees
That will depend on things such as the rebuild costs of the property, its postcode, the level of security it has, if it is at risk of flooding, and your claims history
Getting a rental property insurance quote is easy. You can call us on 01482 434343, request a callback or start your landlord insurance quote here
