Insurance cover & renting land

[minskey]

Does anyone know if you have to have insurance cover [damage/public liability] if you are renting a piece of land to someone?

Something lurking in the back of my head tells me you have to have cover as you are technically a landord, but I do have a lot of nonsence bouncing around in thier

[Hilary B]

Probably no legal obligation, but a very good idea to have property-owner's insurance (says OH, who is a surveyor, so knows quite a lot about property-related rules etc).
As landlord there is great potential for liability and other expenses, insurance cover for this is STRONGLY recommended!

[minskey]

I want to find out as a roof blew off my neighbours hay store/shed and did £2900 worth of damage. She is denying it ever happened; I have loads of pictures and also the two roof sheets which are nearly 20ft long and 5ft wide, had to be lifted off with a forklift! My insurance has paid out a pittance.