Coverage
Renters Insurance
Covers your belongings and your liability in a unit you do not own. Your landlord's policy covers the building, not your things.
By state
Renters Insurance by state
Insurance is regulated state by state. What a policy must include, what it may exclude, and who writes it all change at the state line.
- AL Alabama
- AK Alaska
- AZ Arizona
- AR Arkansas
- CA California
- CO Colorado
- CT Connecticut
- DE Delaware
- DC District of Columbia
- FL Florida
- GA Georgia
- HI Hawaii
- ID Idaho
- IL Illinois
- IN Indiana
- IA Iowa
- KS Kansas
- KY Kentucky
- LA Louisiana
- ME Maine
- MD Maryland
- MA Massachusetts
- MI Michigan
- MN Minnesota
- MS Mississippi
- MO Missouri
- MT Montana
- NE Nebraska
- NV Nevada
- NH New Hampshire
- NJ New Jersey
- NM New Mexico
- NY New York
- NC North Carolina
- ND North Dakota
- OH Ohio
- OK Oklahoma
- OR Oregon
- PA Pennsylvania
- RI Rhode Island
- SC South Carolina
- SD South Dakota
- TN Tennessee
- TX Texas
- UT Utah
- VT Vermont
- VA Virginia
- WA Washington
- WV West Virginia
- WI Wisconsin
- WY Wyoming
Reading on renters insurance
- Buying guidesHow to choose an insurance agentAnyone can quote you a price. The differences that matter are who the agent represents, how they are paid, and what they write down.Aug 2026 · 6 min read
- Coverage explainedAuto insurance explained: what each coverage actually pays forAn auto policy is six separate coverages sold as one product. Most of them have nothing to do with your car. Here is what each one does.Aug 2026 · 8 min read
- Coverage explainedHomeowners insurance explained: the six parts of the policyA home policy is six coverages, and the first one silently sets the size of three others. Here is how the structure works and where it goes wrong.Aug 2026 · 7 min read
- Life eventsInsurance when you marryTwo households becoming one changes more than the address. What to combine, what to check first, and the free thing almost everyone forgets.Aug 2026 · 4 min read
Talk to someone who has to write it down
Every certified agency has agreed to present an adequately protected option before a price-driven one, and to document in writing anything you decline. That is a different conversation from the one that starts with a monthly figure.