Commerce, TX · Hunt County

Commerce
Landlord Insurance

A university town in northern Hunt County, Commerce is built around Texas A&M University-Commerce and the student rental market that comes with it, ringed by Northeast Texas farmland. Harvey Insurance protects the owners behind those doors: the structure, your liability, and the rent through every semester.

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~9K
Commerce Population
~$900
Median Rent
Hunt
County Served
~55%
Renter-Occupied

Harvey Insurance is a trusted local agency serving families and businesses across Texas, Oklahoma & Arkansas — backed by America’s most reputable carriers.

Commerce Landlords, Properly Covered

Commerce is a college town first, and its rental market lives on the Texas A&M-Commerce calendar — leased up in August, quiet by summer. A homeowners policy stops the day a student signs. A Commerce rental needs dwelling coverage rated for North Texas hail, student-occupancy-aware liability, and loss of rents for the between-semester gaps. We compare carriers side by side and can usually quote a Commerce rental the same day.

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What’s Covered

Landlord Insurance Coverage Details

A homeowners policy assumes you live in the home — the moment a tenant moves in, it’s the wrong contract. Landlord coverage is built for rental property: the structure, your liability as an owner, and the rent checks a covered loss would interrupt.

Dwelling Coverage
Protects the structure of your rental — roof, walls, systems — against fire, storms, hail, and other covered perils.
Other Structures
Covers detached garages, fences, sheds, and carports on the rental property.
Landlord Liability
Protects you if a tenant or guest is injured on the property and you're held responsible — often the most important line on the policy.
Loss of Rents
Replaces rental income while a covered loss keeps the property unlivable — so the mortgage gets paid without a tenant in place.
Landlord’s Property
Covers appliances and equipment you provide with the rental — refrigerators, washers, lawn equipment stored on site.
Optional Endorsements
Vacancy coverage between tenants, water backup, burglary, and short-term-rental options — matched to how the property is actually used.
Landlord Risk Profile

What actually hits rental property here

Commerce rental claims track North Texas hail, the university turnover, and higher-wear student occupancy.

Turnover

A&M-Commerce Semester Cycle

Student leases empty and refill Commerce rentals on the university’s calendar, not the market’s. Vacancy and loss-of-rents coverage keep a summer gap from becoming a loss.

Wear

Student-Occupancy Claims

Student rentals see higher wear and more frequent liability and damage claims than owner-occupied homes. Coverage written for the exposure keeps a bad weekend from becoming your loss.

Hail

North Texas Hail

Hunt County storms drop hail on Commerce roofs, and older student-rental roofs are the most exposed. How a policy settles the roof decides the claim.

The Rental Market

Commerce rentals, market by market

From campus-adjacent student housing to downtown and farmland-edge rentals, Commerce’s submarkets each carry their own risk.

Near Texas A&M-Commerce

Student rentals where turnover, wear, and liability all run higher than a standard policy expects.

Downtown Commerce

Older homes and small rentals near the core, where aging systems drive claims.

Established Commerce

Single-family rentals across the older neighborhoods, where roof age and valuation lead.

Farmland Edge

Rentals toward the county line where other-structures exposure and steady demand both matter.

Newer Additions

Recent single-family rentals where dwelling valuation leads.

Why Harvey Insurance

Built on trust. Driven by service.

We’re not a call center or an app. We’re a local agency that treats every client like a neighbor — because most of them are.

01

Backed by Trusted Carriers

We work with the most trusted and recognized carriers in the country — giving our Commerce clients access to strong coverage and reliable claims support.

02

True Local Expertise

We understand the specific risks Commerce property owners face and write every policy with that knowledge front and center.

03

Genuine Relationships

When you have a question or a claim, you reach us — the same people who wrote your policy. We know your name and advocate for you, every time.

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Ready to protect your Commerce rental?

One call gets your Commerce rental — student house or single-family — quoted by an agent who knows Northeast Texas.

Location
Addison, TX — Serving TX, OK & AR
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