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The smallest policy that starts a whole household.

HO-4.

Cennairus is a licensed wholesale insurance broker: retail agents send us the accounts their own markets cannot place, stay the agent of record, and we take each account to the markets on our panel of 145 carriers that write it. An HO-4 renters policy covers a tenant’s personal property in and away from the leased unit, personal liability, medical payments to guests and loss of use if the unit cannot be lived in. It does not cover the apartment itself. Most leases require it, naming the landlord on the certificate. Cennairus shops it across the panel.

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Why send it here

What you get

A short intake, not a long one

The exposure is contents and liability inside one leased unit, so the application stays short because the risk itself is narrow.

Landlord and lease requirements handled

Certificates and interested-party wording the leasing office asks for, issued as part of the same placement.

The entry point to the whole household

Many renters households add personal auto in the same conversation, and become homeowners a few years later.

Portable address to address

A tenant who moves mid-term needs the policy to follow them.

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How it works

How do I quote a renters policy through Cennairus?

01

Fast enough to be worth writing

A renters policy has to take minutes or it is not worth the seat time.

02

Bundled with the auto

Written alongside personal auto, which is where the margin actually is.

03

Landlord requirements met

Certificates and interested-party wording that the leasing office will accept.

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Worth knowing

What does an HO-4 renters policy not cover?

  • The building itself That is the landlord’s own dwelling or fire policy, not the tenant’s.
  • Vehicles Autos are a personal auto exposure, not a renters one.
  • Liability above the HO-4 limit A serious guest-injury claim can exceed the policy limit.
  • High-value valuables Jewelry, electronics and collectibles beyond the contents sublimit need a personal articles floater.

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In plain terms

What does an HO-4 renters policy cover?

  • An HO-4 covers personal property inside (and away from) the leased unit, personal liability arising within it, medical payments to guests, and loss of use if the unit.
  • A covered loss — a kitchen fire, a theft, certain water damage, a guest injured in the unit — triggers a claim for contents up to the limit selected, plus.
  • Most leases now require it as a condition of signing, naming the landlord or property manager as an interested party on the certificate.

Who buys it: tenants whose lease requires proof of coverage; renters in a building with shared walls or shared laundry and utility risk; renters bundling the policy with personal auto; college students or young professionals renting their first unit; tenants who move frequently and need the policy to follow them; renters likely to become homeowners within a few years.

Contents, liability and the certificate the leasing office wants — an HO-4 is small on the page and complete on the risk it is meant to cover.

Questions we get

HO-4, answered

Why does a landlord require this?

It protects the landlord from a tenant's liability claim reaching back at the property, and it keeps the tenant's own losses off the landlord's policy entirely.

Does it cover the apartment itself?

No.

What happens to the policy when the tenant moves?

It moves with them.

How little is enough to start an HO-4?

The leased address, a rough estimate of contents value, and whether the lease names a specific interested party or certificate holder.

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