Tenant Contents Insurance

Tenants Contents

Cover4Tenants Possessions Insurance

Specialist Insurance For:Benefits Include:
  • Graduates
  • Young Professionals
  • Students
  • Key Workers (Nurses etc.)
  • Cover up to £14,000
  • No Specific Lock Requirements
  • Low Standard £25 Claims Excess
  • Optional Accidental Damage to Landlords Property Cover up to £10,000

Our Tenants possessions Insurance isn't just about giving you great value cover that helps you save money, it's also about giving you the flexibility so that you can tailor the cover to suit your needs.

To Take Out Tenant’s Contents Insurance You Do Not Need To Be The Home Owner!

What does a Tenants contents policy tend to protect me against?

The policy will cover you for the loss or damage to your property as a result of:

  • Theft or attempted theft
  • Fire
  • Explosion, lightning or earthquake
  • Smoke
  • Storm or flood
  • Escape of oil from fixed domestic heating installation
  • Escape of water from washing machines, dishwasher, refrigerator or freezer, fixed domestic water or heating installation.
  • Impact within the insured address involving a vehicle or animal (but will normally exclude domestic pets that you are responsible for).

There are also policy extensions available to cover items for:

  • Accidental Damage (Covers damage to audio equipment, camera equipment, computer equipment, games consoles, televisions, video and DVD players).
  • Option to cover specified items away from the home for theft or damage anywhere within the United Kingdom (plus up to 60 days Worldwide).
  • Increase your personal possessions to include items such as Mobile Phones, Pedal Cycles and Laptop Computers for theft or damage anywhere within the United Kingdom (plus up to 60 days Worldwide).
  • Accidental Damage to Landlord Property | Tenants Liability (Covers the amount you become legally liable to pay as damages under a formal tenancy agreement, following loss or damage to your landlords household goods, furniture and furnishings within the insured address, following accidental damage or damage by fire, storm, flood, theft, escape of water or similar causes).
    • Standard tenant's liability insurance cover is £5,000.
    • It may be increased to include accidental damage to the landlord's, furniture, fixtures and household goods, up to £10,000.

Do You Require Tenant's Liability Insurance — Without Buying A Contents Insurance Policy?

We can provide tenant's liability insurance, up to £10,000, as a standalone policy on our essentials insurance product.

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Benefits

With our insurance for tenants, the basic cover provides tenants with essential protection such as:

Policy BenefitSum Insured
Personal PossessionsUp To £14,000
Desktop Computer EquipmentItem Limits Apply
Landlords Property | Tenant's Liability£5,000
Liability for Rented Household GoodsItem Limits Apply
Replacement Locks and keys
Doesn't include lost keys; visit Key Protect for lost keys insurance.
£500
Credit Cards£500
Personal Money£50
Legal Liability£1,000,000
Personal Accident£10,000
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Optional Extensions

Policy Benefit
Sum Insured
I-Pads, Laptops & Portable Computers | Cover Anywhere Within The UK
(Plus Up To 60 Days Worldwide)
Up To £3,500
Accidental Damage Item Limits Apply
Accidental Damage To Landlords Property | Tenants Liability
Up to £10,000
Criminal Assault Up To £500
Legal Expenses Up To £50,000
Mobile Phones | Cover Anywhere Within The UK
(Plus Up To 60 days Worldwide (Please note: The mobile phone must have been purchased within the UK or your Home Country and been used with a UK SIM card.)).
Up To £1,500
Pedal Cycle | Cover Anywhere Within The UK
(Within Europe For Up To 45 days)
Up To £3,000
Unspecified Items | Cover Anywhere Within The UK Up To £4,000
Specified Items | Cover Anywhere Within The UK
(Plus Up To 60 Days Worldwide)
Up To £3,000
Excess Protection Cover Up To £1,000
Photographic Equipment | Cover Anywhere Within The UK (Plus Up To 60 Days Worldwide)Up To £5,000
Legal Expenses cover, up to £50,000, for new policies puchased from 01/01/2024.
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Documents

It’s important that you read our Policy Documents to make sure you understand exactly what’s covered.

You can find out more about Tenants' Contents Insurance in the documents below which you will also receive when you purchase our tenant's insurance.

How to view the policy documents

The policy documents are available as PDFs. To view these documents you will need a PDF reader. Download Adobe Reader from the Adobe website or visit Access Adobe for help.

To view your documents, please click on the links below.

Policies Purchased after 01/08/2024Policies Purchased after 01/01/2024
Adobe PDF Policy WordingPolicy Wording Adobe PDF
 Claims FormClaims Form 
Adobe PDF Policy IPIDPolicy IPID Adobe PDF
Policies Purchased after 01/08/2023Policies Purchased after 01/03/2023
Adobe PDF Policy WordingPolicy Wording Adobe PDF
 Claims Form Claims Form 
Adobe PDF Policy IPIDPolicy IPID Adobe PDF
Insurance Product Information Document.
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Claims

insurance claims award

For all claims except Legal Expenses claims:

Please fill in a claims form:  Make A Claim

Cover4students.com will deal with all claims. You must refer all correspondence and telephone enquiries to cover4students.com at the following address:

Cover4students Claims Team,

Stream Claims Services,

Copthall House,

King Street,

Newcastle under Lyme,

ST5 1EL.

Telephone: 0161 974 1101

Check your student's contents insurance policy to ensure that the cause of the loss or damage is covered. Your schedule will show which cover sections are operative.

Please include the following details:

  • Receipts, bills, valuations or repair estimates as appropriate for all claims for loss or damage.
  • Full details of accident or injury and early prognosis for personal accident claims.

All claims for theft or loss must be reported to the police.

For all Legal Expenses (Section 6 only):

Legal Claims Notification & Advice Helpline Service:
– 0161 492 1639
nonmotorclaims@financialandlegal.co.uk

We will not accept responsibility if the Claims Notification and Advice Helpline Services fail for reasons beyond our control.

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Renewals

We'll be in touch...

About a month before the renewal date of your tenant's insurance policy we'll send you a renewal email. This email will contain details of how to renew the policy.

The email will include a saved quotation which will summarise:

  • The cover and price of your policy,
  • how to renew,
  • a copy of the policy wording and key facts documents.

Instalment Payments

If you have signed up to Instalment Payments for your policy.

Where the payment due date falls on a weekend or bank holiday, payment will be taken on the next available working day.

If there are any changes to the amount, date or frequency of your instalment payments we will notify you 10 working days in advance of your account being debited or as otherwise agreed.

Auto-Renewal

By signing up to instalment payments you are agreeing to an automatic renewals scheme, this means that your student possessions policy will be automatically renewed and you will once again be enrolled on to the Instalment Payment scheme.

Should you wish to change your method of payment you must contact us at least 7 days before your next payment date by calling us on 0161 772 3390, or we may still collect your premium.

If you have any queries with respect to this notification, please contact our help centre on 0161 772 3390, otherwise, collections will commence and continue as detailed above.

Failed Payments

If you pay your premium in monthly instalments and you fail to pay any of the monthly instalments which are due up to your next renewal date, we will contact you either by telephone, email or letter to resolve the matter. If the instalment(s) remain unpaid, we may cancel the policy by giving you 14 days written notice to your last known address.

Important: Your, Paid Annually, Tenants Possessions Insurance will not automatically renew.

Alternatively you can just book a new policy by clicking here.

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