Owning rentals across state lines means insuring across very different markets. This is the risk and market picture for every state we serve, in one place, so you can see where a property gets harder to insure and what to prioritize before a claim, an acquisition, or a renewal.
The core of a landlord policy, the building, your liability, and your loss of rental income, is the same in every state. What changes is the risk around it and how hard the market is to place. Use the table to sort by any risk, filter by how tough the market is, and open a state for what to prioritize there. Every row links to that state's full page.
Tip: click any column heading to sort.
| State | Market | Investor env. | Wildfire | Flood | Hail | Earthquake | |
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| Oregon | Moderate | Strong | High | Moderate | Low | Moderate | |
| Primary exposureWildfire Secondary exposureWater damage What to prioritize
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| Washington | Moderate | Strong | High | Moderate | Low | High | |
| Primary exposureWildfire Secondary exposureEarthquake What to prioritize
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| California | Severe | Challenging | Very High | Moderate | Low | Very High | |
| Primary exposureWildfire Secondary exposureEarthquake What to prioritize
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| Idaho | Easy | Excellent | High | Low | Moderate | Low | |
| Primary exposureWildfire Secondary exposureFreeze What to prioritize
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| Montana | Moderate | Strong | Moderate | Low | Moderate | Low | |
| Primary exposureFreeze Secondary exposureWildfire What to prioritize
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| Utah | Easy | Excellent | Moderate | Low | High | Moderate | |
| Primary exposureSnow load Secondary exposureFreeze What to prioritize
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| Nevada | Moderate | Strong | High | Low | Moderate | Moderate | |
| Primary exposureWildfire Secondary exposureWind What to prioritize
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| Arizona | Moderate | Strong | High | Moderate | Moderate | Low | |
| Primary exposureWildfire Secondary exposureMonsoon storms What to prioritize
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| Colorado | Difficult | Moderate | High | Moderate | Very High | Low | |
| Primary exposureHail Secondary exposureWildfire What to prioritize
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| New Mexico | Moderate | Strong | High | Low | Moderate | Low | |
| Primary exposureWildfire Secondary exposureWind What to prioritize
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| Texas | Difficult | Moderate | Moderate | High | Very High | Low | |
| Primary exposureWind/Hail Secondary exposureFlood What to prioritize
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Market difficulty is how hard it is to place coverage in that state right now, driven mostly by catastrophe losses. Idaho and Utah are the most competitive markets in our footprint; California is the hardest, with reduced carrier participation, more nonrenewals, and heavy reliance on the FAIR Plan. The risk columns are relative across these eleven states, not a guarantee for any single property, because exposure depends on the exact location and the building.
A few things hold everywhere. Dwelling, liability, and loss of rental income are the core of any landlord policy. Flood is excluded from all of them and is always separate. Earthquake is excluded too, and matters most across the West. And an umbrella is the cheapest way to add real liability capacity, which is why it is worth carrying in every one of these states. The gaps a standard policy leaves and how a FAIR Plan fits are the two ideas that travel across the whole table.
For an owner with property in more than one of these states, the value is in one place coordinating it all: comparing coverage and cost across markets, addressing wildfire, flood, hail, and earthquake exposure where each one bites, protecting rental income, and catching coverage gaps before a claim rather than after. A coverage review is where that starts.
Tell us where you own and we will give you a straight read on the markets, the risks, and the gaps across your whole footprint.