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The role of Property Manager or Residents’ Management Company (RMC) Director is a varied one,…

With all of the insurance requirements entrusted to Property Managers and Residents’ Management Companies, it can be easy to overlook the communal areas of your estate.

If you have outbuildings, grounds, private roads or if you’re looking after a gated estate, you’ll need to make sure that everything within your remit is covered.

Here’s we’ll be explaining how Residentsline can help make sure you’ve got all your bases covered.

With policy renewal season just round the corner, we thought a reminder of the factors that influence your insurance premiums may be a good idea.

With a squeeze on budgets and the need to keep service charges to a minimum for struggling residents, property managers may well be considering their options for reducing this large expense.

Read on to find out how you can make sure you’re not paying over the odds, without underinsuring the building and putting anyone at risk.

It’s no secret that prices are going up.

From food basics to fuel to clothing; everyone is feeling the effects of inflation. Insurance companies are not immune to the situation either, and that unfortunately means that premiums are creeping up and up in many cases.

Here we’ll be explaining what is causing the price hikes as well as what you can do as a consumer to make sure you’re not paying over the odds.

We all know about the usual policies needed to protect your block: Buildings Insurance, Directors and Officers Liability (if you’re an RMC) and specialist cover for features such as lifts and swimming pools etc. But have you protected your building and it’s residents against the unexpected?

Here’s we’ll detail the London Flats Insurance policies that are too often left on the “it’ll probably never happen” pile, which can sometimes lead to huge financial outlays when these rare incidents do occur.

Wanting to lower costs, one area to cut back on is the cost of reinstatement cost assessments – hence rise in popularity of ‘desktop’ RCAs.

It’s your responsibility to choose an accurate, full coverage policy that will pay out correctly should the worst happen.

As an RMC Director, Property Manager or Right to Manage Company, you will be on the front line for service charge enquiries. Residents are likely to be receiving higher bills than usual, largely due to insurance costs. Buildings Insurance is often the highest cost listed on the service charge breakdown and prices are creeping up and up.

When it comes to insurance, it’s no secret that premiums have been creeping up in price.

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