Include who leases units, collects rent, arranges repairs, and handles tenant requests; ask the broker to reflect those tasks in the applications.[1][2]
Read the Housing and Real Estate Insurance Buying Guide
Sources and Further Reading
- Commercial Insurance Guide — California Department of Insurance. Form 700, revised June 14, 2024; commercial property, building ordinance or law, time element, inland marine, commercial general liability, and workers compensation sections.
California DOI overview of building and business property, loss of rents, ordinance-or-law, general liability, and builder’s risk.
- Small Business — National Association of Insurance Commissioners. What’s general liability? and What does general liability not cover?, lines 29–54; Other types of business liability insurance, lines 55–63; What is workers’ compensation?, lines 158–163.
NAIC buyer explanations of property, general liability, professional E&O, and workers’ compensation; not policy wording.
- Cybersecurity for Small Business — Federal Trade Commission. NIST Cybersecurity Framework section on managing cybersecurity risks and deciding whether cybersecurity insurance is appropriate.
- National Flood Insurance Program Summary of Coverage: Commercial Property — Federal Emergency Management Agency / National Flood Insurance Program. January 2024 General Property Form brochure: eligible property, PDF pages 2–3; coverage and deductibles, pages 3–4; exclusions, page 7; policy contract note, page 9.
NFIP General Property Form categories, separate building/contents treatment, and stated exclusions; eligibility and policy wording still need confirmation.
- Waterfront Resilience Story Maps — Port of San Francisco. Waterfront Resilience Story Maps overview and linked subarea resources.
Port of San Francisco subarea planning context for waterfront flood and earthquake studies, not parcel-specific insurance evidence.
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Updated 2026-09-28. Editorial Policy
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