Business & Commercial Insurance
BUSINESS OWNERS POLICY (BOP) INSURANCE
BOP insurance combines insurance protection for major business property and liability insurance in one package. We work with you to review your business needs and put together a package that includes all the major insurance you need to protect your business. While a BOP does not include every type of insurance (it does not include health insurance which we sell separately) a good overview of your business will help us make sure you are properly insured.
General Liability
If you have a personal umbrella liability policy, there's generally an exclusion for business-related liability. Make sure you have sufficient auto liability coverage.
Unfortunately for every business owner, the chances of getting sued have dramatically increased in the last decade. General Liability insurance can prevent a legal suit from turning into a financial disaster by providing financial protection in case your business is ever sued or held legally responsible for some injury or damage.
General Liability pays losses arising from real or alleged bodily injury, property damage, or personal injury on your business premises or arising from your operations.
Broad Range of General Liability Protection
- Bodily Injury, including the cost of care, the loss of services, and the restitution for any death that results from injury
- Property Damage coverage for the physical damage to property of others or the loss of use of that property
- Products-Completed Operations provides liability protection (damages and legal expenses up to your policy's limit) if an injury ever resulted from something your company made or service your company provided
- Products Liability is a more specialized product liability insurance that protects your company against lawsuits from product-related injury or accidents
- Contractual Liability extends to any liability you may assume by entering into a variety of contracts
- Other coverage includes: Reasonable Use of Force; Borrowed Equipment; Liquor Liability; Non-Owned Vehicles (such as aircraft and watercraft); Fire, Lightning or Explosion Damage; Water Damage Liability Protection; Legal Defense Costs; Medical Payments; Personal Injury; Advertising Injury; and specialized liability protection for specific business types
Cyber Liability Insurance Coverage (CLIC)
With the rise of the internet came a whole new area of risk for businesses and organizations. Cyber liability insurance helps mitigate the cost of recovering from online targeting. If you are at risk let's discuss how Cyber Liability Insurance can offset the cost in the event of an attack.
Commercial Auto
As a business owner, you need the same kinds of insurance coverages for the car you use in your business as you do for a car used for personal travel -- liability, collision and comprehensive, medical payments (known as personal injury protection in some states) and coverage for uninsured motorists. In fact, many business people use the same vehicle for both business and pleasure. If the vehicle is owned by the business, make sure the name of the business appears on the policy as the "principal insured" rather than your name. This will avoid possible confusion in the event that you need to file a claim or a claim is filed against you.
Whether you need to buy a business auto insurance policy will depend on the kind of driving you do. A good insurance agent will ask you many details about how you use vehicles in your business, who will be driving them and whether employees, if you have them, are likely to be driving their own cars for your business.
While the major coverages are the same, a business auto policy differs from a personal auto policy in many technical respects. Ask your insurance agent to explain all the differences and options.
ERRORS AND OMISSIONS INSURANCE
Professional liability insurance specific to protecting companies and their employees against claims of inadequate work or negligent actions made by customers.
Commercial UMBRELLA INSURANCE
Provides extra protection for a company in the event of a worker or client experiencing bodily injury or property damage. It kicks in where your commercial auto liability, general liability or other commercial coverage ends.
If you own a business you need to protect yourself and your assets. Let's discuss how we can insure you are protected.