My personal lawnmower was stolen from a rental property I own. Will my homeowners policy cover this?
chadjade asked:
Now my homeowners policy says that since it was off my property it will not cover, but if something is stolen from my car which is off my property it is covered. What is the difference?
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Now my homeowners policy says that since it was off my property it will not cover, but if something is stolen from my car which is off my property it is covered. What is the difference?
March 4th, 2009 at 5:24 am
good question. i think if you have home and content insurance on all properties then it should be coverd
March 4th, 2009 at 8:56 am
Look at your policy. If you don’t have contents coverage on your investment property, then probably no.
March 6th, 2009 at 2:03 am
The insurance company is correct.
March 7th, 2009 at 8:15 pm
In all homeowners policies I have ever dealt with, (in my state) if you have contents coverage, it will cover up to $1000 on personal property away from the insured premises, minus the deductible.
March 8th, 2009 at 10:52 pm
Well, let’s take a look at your policy and see what it says. Oops, I don’t have your policy, but I’ll whip out a standard HO3 form, and we can go over that.
Section 1, Coverage C, personal property: We insure for direct physical loss to the property described caused by a peril listed below, unless the loss is excluded in Section 1 exclusions. Paragraph 9, Theft (so theft is covered). C. From that part of a ‘residence premises’ rented by an insured (doesn’t apply here). This peril does NOT include loss caused by theft, that occurs off the ‘residence premises’, of (sub paragraph A) property while at any othe rresidence owned by . . .an insured.
So. The reason why stuff stolen from your car is covered, off premises, is because the property coverage applies worldwide on the standard policy. And the reason the lawnmower wasn’t covered, is because it was at another residence owned by you. Presumably, you should have some contents coverage for that residence.
BUT, big hint here . . .that lawnmower is a MAINTENANCE item. Presumably, it’s there to mow the lawn of your rental property. If that’s the case, on a standard homeowners/dwelling policy, it’s actually covered, FOR THEFT, under the BUILDING section, subject to the policy deductible.
So, I think you can find coverage for it under THAT policy, even if you don’t have any contents coverage.