A DSS tenant is a term used for a tenant in receipt of benefits such as unemployment benefit, incapacity benefit, etc. DSS actually stands for the Department of Social Security which was the former name of the Department for Work and Pensions. In theory, these tenants should really be called DWP tenants but the term DSS tenants seems to have stuck and is recognised by both landlords and insurers.
Some landlords have trouble when looking for landlord insurance for DSS tenants.
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Recent events across the globe has made most of us more aware of the devastation that an earthquake can cause. Here in the UK we have not really experienced earthquakes of the magnitude that other parts of the world get but that does not mean we do not have them. In the last 30 days alone, there have been 6 recorded earthquakes in the UK.
When landlords think of insurance cover, most will immediately think of buildings and contents cover and rightly so as this is by far the most important policy to take out. The problem is that most landlords will stop at this stage thinking that they have covered their risks but they would be wrong.