The HUD insurance schedule every affordable-housing operator should be running
HUD's insurance requirements for affordable-housing properties are specific, opinionated, and frequently misread. A clear breakdown of what your schedule needs to show.
Buildings, contents, stock and the income that stops when something goes wrong — placed with carriers that actually want your asset class.
Commercial property covers physical loss to buildings, contents, stock and improvements — plus the business interruption income that disappears while you rebuild. It's the foundation policy for any business with a physical footprint.
Landlords require property cover on tenant improvements; lenders require it on owned buildings; and any business with stock, equipment or fit-out has assets worth protecting. Property is the foundation policy for any business with a physical footprint.
Property cover pays to repair or replace the physical asset, but business interruption — written as part of property — pays the lost income while you can't operate. The two are placed together because a loss usually triggers both.
Stock and contents are valued and underwritten separately from the building. The schedule of values needs to be accurate or you risk co-insurance penalties at claim time.
Standard property has stripped out FL, CA and coastal exposures in many markets. We go to the E&S property market for CAT-zone risks — where the cover lives now.
Cover for the structure (if you own) or tenant improvements (if you lease) — replacement cost or actual cash value, with appropriate cause-of-loss form.
Contents, furniture, fixtures, equipment, electronics and stock — scheduled with values that reflect actual replacement cost.
Lost income, ongoing payroll and continuing expenses during the period of restoration after a covered loss — sized to your realistic recovery timeline.
The cost of operating from a temporary location, plus contingent BI when a key supplier or customer is the one shut down.
Standard property excludes flood and earthquake by default. Both need separate placement — through NFIP, private flood markets or DIC forms.
Mechanical and electrical failure of equipment is excluded under property — it sits with equipment breakdown (boiler & machinery) coverage, which we place alongside.
Customer property or property you're working on usually needs inland marine or care, custody & control endorsements — not standard property.
Property across multifamily, retail and commercial portfolios — with lender wording matched first time.
See the pageBuildings, plant, stock and finished goods — plus business interruption sized to recovery timeline.
See the pageProperty as part of a BOP, with spoilage, equipment breakdown and BI for kitchen-down events.
See the pageBuilding and crop cover for cultivators, dispensaries and processors — placed in specialty markets.
See the pageProperty and BOP for clinical and dental practices — bundled where it prices well.
See the pageDedicated programme pricing for HUD, LIHTC and Section 8 portfolios.
See the pageMultifamily, manufacturing, retail, restaurant and office all underwrite differently. We submit with the asset-class detail carriers want to see — and shop the markets that actually want your asset class.
Coastal, wildfire and earthquake-exposed property has largely left the admitted market. We work with the E&S property markets writing CAT-zone risk.
An out-of-date schedule of values triggers co-insurance penalties at claim time. We pressure-test your SOV every renewal so you're not underinsured by accident.
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Tell us about the property and how you use it. We'll shop carriers that want your asset class — including E&S markets for CAT-zone exposure.