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Tori Addison is an editor who has worked in the digital marketing industry for over five years. Her experience includes communications and marketing work in the nonprofit, governmental and academic ...

"It's a very common mistake to not get renters insurance, especially since it can be so inexpensive," says Dennis Shirshikov, MS, professor of finance and economics at the City University of New York, ...

As a renter, your personal belongings are not insured by your landlord’s homeowners insurance. In fact, unless you buy your own insurance for an apartment, duplex, condominium or house that you rent, ...

Though renters insurance is not required by law in any state, some landlords do require that their tenants have it. There are different types of renters insurance, and what you need could, in part, ...

Many U.S. renters are opening renewal notices to find their insurance premiums have jumped, sometimes sharply, with litt ...

Imagine a leak in your bedroom ruins your clothes, fries your laptop and forces you to spend a few nights in a hotel while repairs are made. If you own your home, you probably have homeowners ...

Chris Kissell has been a journalist for three decades and has written extensively about insurance and other personal finance topics for the past 20 years. For the last 14 years, he has been a ...

Low wages, a housing shortage and more short-term rentals and vacation homes are limiting access to affordable housing, according to a study of six Arizona counties by Arizona State University's ...

Penny Gusner is a senior insurance writer and analyst at Forbes Advisor. For more than 20 years, she has been helping consumers learn how insurance laws, data, trends, and coverages affect them. Penny ...