Failure to maintain — bodily injury
Tenant trips on a stair tread the PM was notified about three months earlier. PM gets sued. Generic real estate E&O denies — failure to maintain isn't covered. PM-tuned E&O responds.
Property management isn’t a sub-discipline of real estate sales — it’s a separate business operating under a separate body of law. Landlord-tenant statute, habitability standards, trust-accounting rules, ADA accessibility, fair-housing in the tenant context, security-deposit handling, vendor selection, eviction process. A real estate sales E&O policy was never built for any of that.
The claim severity for property managers reflects how complex the work is. A failure-to-maintain claim can run six figures before defense costs. A security-deposit dispute compounds into a habitability suit. A poorly-vetted contractor injures a tenant and the PM gets named as the contracting party. Most generic real estate E&O carriers either exclude PM activity outright or sub-limit it to a number that doesn’t actually transfer the risk.
PBI Group writes property management as a first-class line, not a bolt-on. The policy form responds to the specific exposures fee-managed PM firms carry — failure to procure or maintain owner insurance, habitability and trust-accounting disputes, vendor-selection negligence, eviction-process errors, and the fair-housing complaints that arise from tenant decisions. Right Coverage at the Right Price means we underwrite door count, asset class, and operational maturity — not just rubber-stamp a sales-side template.
E&O is the policy most PM claims hit. Cyber and General Liability round out the protection your firm needs.
The flagship policy for PM firms — failure to maintain, habitability claims, rent collection disputes, eviction-related E&O, plus the agent-side activity your firm still does (listings, sales, leasing referrals). Tuned to PM exposures, not the generic agent book.
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Learn moreStandard BI/PD coverage for the office and any common-area activity tied to managed properties.
Learn moreTenant trips on a stair tread the PM was notified about three months earlier. PM gets sued. Generic real estate E&O denies — failure to maintain isn't covered. PM-tuned E&O responds.
Tenant develops asthma after a slow leak. Owner blames the PM for missing the leak; tenant sues both. PM-specific endorsement covers defense and indemnity.
Tenant counter-sues during eviction citing wrongful eviction or harassment. PM E&O handles the defense costs even when the PM ultimately prevails.
PBI Group writes property management E&O in all 50 states + DC. Pick your state for state-specific landlord-tenant law, trust-account rules, and the carriers admitted in your jurisdiction.
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