Renter's Insurance

[phetaroi]

In the States when I was still renting, we bought renter's insurance to cover protection of belongings and theft and so forth.

Is that available here? If so, what have been your experiences...and recommendations for a company.

Thanks

[thaimate]

yes it is available,we have cover for about 800,000 baht ,cost 1200 a tear from Thaisri , always been good with our car insurance ,never had to claim for house.

[kamalabob2]

We had insurance for our rental house bought from an English speaking Insurance broker. For our situation we thought the policy offered by Thai Sri was best and at a very modest cost. Even the local non English speaking agent for The Viriyah Insurance company offers renters insurance at a modest cost. It is easy to compare policy coverage, but in my experience much easier when dealing with a native English speaking insurance broker. He was able to make sure we had information in English regarding the policy limits and conditions prior to making a purchase decision. This was all done via e-mail and the telephone since we live "Up Country" and the broker has an office in Phuket. It is worth your time to contact Eric Dohlon at Insurance-In-Thailand for a quote. We now have home owners insurance from Thai Sri through the same broker since his service was excellent, communication easy and it costs no more to use a broker than to attempt to deal with a "captive agent" or attempting to buy direct from the company. It is NOT the same pricing scheme as the USA. There is a sobering posting in the news section of Thai Visa on a renter from Australia who was involved in a rental house fire situation in Phuket. No coverage, years later he is thrown in jail. A very good article to read on Thai Visa.

[monkeytunes]

I was just wandering, Is it possible to get insurance on a house that you are rent out, or does standard house insurance cover it?