This depends on what coverage level you have with your fire insurance. Fire insurance policies offer personal property coverage as an optional add-on, and even include the option to cover either the value of the items or to upgrade and cover their replacement cost.
Depending on one's policy and specific insurance company. The limitation or drawbacks of a contents only home insurance is just that. The policy will only cover the contents in one's home if there is a fire or a robbery some times. The policy would not cover any damages that were made to the home by natural storms etc. Depending where one lives it is the law to have home owners insurance or renter's insurance to live in a dwelling.
Buildings contents insurance is a type of insurance you can get and it will cover the items you have in your home or building. Coverage will include fire, water and theft.
You can go to amig.com. They offer some valuable information about fire dwelling insurance.
Contents House insurance in the UK cover: the most of possessions, carpets, furniture, electrics, fire damage, floods and storms, natural disasters, vandalism and malicious damage and theft.
Cheap landlord's insurance covers the building structure but not the contents inside the building. A renters insurnace only coveres their personal belongings. It is important to cover the propery and dwelling because in case of a fire or other dissaster the investment is secure.
Usually it means Dwelling Fire.
Minimum insurance for cars is 'third party' insurance, for housing it's 'contents'. Third party insurance for vehicles does not cover damage to the owner's vehicle, only fire, theft and damage caused to other vehicles in an accident. Contents insurance for housing insurance, only covers damage to the internal furnishings against natural disasters (flood for example) It does not cover the cost of repairing the building itself.
Most fire damage insurance will only cover the cost of repairing or rebuilding the home; however, there are some (more expensive) policies that cover possessions as well. To find out exactly what your insurance covers, you will want to read your policy or, at a minimum, the declarations page. That being said, most fire damage policies cover both the dwelling as well as its contents up to a predetermined amount. Even if you have this inclusive coverage, you may need to add coverage for all of your belongings, as well as adding "riders" for certain high value items.
Try www.insuranceagents.com/dwelling-fire.html This is also offered by www.amig.com
Of course not. You state they have dwelling only coverage, that means they only pay for loss of the dwelling. No life insurance can be attached to a dwelling insurance policy. Sorry.
Is homeowner liability for a fire?No, This is why it is recommended that tenants obtain a renters insurance policy to cover their belongings and personal liability. The owners insurance is for the owners own property and legal liabilities, so unless the owner is somehow responsible for starting the fire, the owner would not be liable for the tenants property.
There are many risks associated with not having insurance on home contents. This includes losing the value of your contents if there was an accident, such as a fire, or due to burglary.