Most commercial leases contain an indemnification clause specifying whether and for what amount of money a tenant and owner must indemnify one another when they are sued. A lease may also include an insurance procurement clause that requires the owner and tenant to insure specific areas of the property. However, you shouldn't argue that, regardless of the terms in the indemnification clause, you are not required to indemnify your tenant for accidents that occur in the areas that the tenant is responsible for insuring.

By virtue of a legal concept called “indemnity,” a commercial property owner sometimes can make its tenant financially responsible for damages the owner suffers as the result of any party's actions. Owners generally try to secure their right to this kind of reimbursement by including an indemnity provision in their leases.