Directors And Officers Liability
This type of insurance is generally purchased by corporations and nonprofit organizations to cover the costs of lawsuits against directors and officers.
Employment Practices Liability
Employment Practices Liability provides protection against the risks related to discrimination claims, workplace harassment, wrongful termination or other employment practices.
Commercial Umbrella
A Commercial Umbrella policy protects you against a loss due to catastrophic lawsuits by providing business liability coverage above and beyond your basic standard liability policy. Your business can be covered for $1,000,000 up to $10,000,000 or even more in special cases.
Professional Liability
Malpractice insurance, or professional liability insurance, pays for losses resulting from injuries to third parties when a professional’s conduct falls below the profession’s standard of care. For example, if a doctor makes a mistake that other doctors of his specialty would not have made, his patient might sue him. A malpractice policy will pay his defense costs and any judgment or settlement. Malpractice insurance is available for doctors, dentists, accountants, real estate agents, architects, and other professionals.
Errors And Omissions
Errors and Omissions (E & O) insurance covers inadvertent mistakes or failures that cause injury to a third party. The act must actually be an inadvertent error, and not merely poor judgment or intentional acts. For example, an E & O policy would cover damages arising from an accountant failing to file the appropriate tax documents, or a notary filling out notarizations improperly.
Tenant's Insurance
Commercial leases often require tenants to carry a certain amount of insurance. A renter’s commercial policy covers damages to improvements you make to your rental space and damages to the building caused by the negligence of your employees
Ordinance of Law
Ordinance or law insurance covers the costs associated with having to demolish and rebuild to code when your building has been partially destroyed (usually 50 percent). For example, your three-story building is 100 years old. A flood destroys the basement and first two stories. Because more than 50 percent of your building has to be rebuilt, a local ordinance requires that the building be completely demolished and rebuilt according to current building codes. Property insurance covers only the replacement value, not the upgrade.
Business Interruption
Business interruption insurance covers lost income and expenses resulting from property damage or loss. For example, if a fire forces you to close your doors for two months, this insurance would reimburse you for salaries, taxes, rents, and net profits that would have been earned during the two-month period.
Builders Risk
Builder’s risk insurance covers buildings while they are being constructed. For example, a Builder’s risk policy would cover losses if a windstorm takes down your partially constructed condominium complex.
Debris Removal
Debris removal insurance covers the cost of removing debris after a fire, flood, windstorm, etc. For example, if a fire burns your building to the ground, the remains of the old building have to be removed before you can start rebuilding. Your property insurance will cover the costs of rebuilding, but not of removing the debris.
Boiler & Machinery
Boiler and machinery insurance, sometimes referred to as “equipment breakdown” or “mechanical breakdown coverage,” provides coverage for the accidental breakdown of boilers, machinery, and equipment. This type of coverage usually will reimburse you for property damage and business interruption losses. For example, this coverage would cover fire damage to computers.
General Liability
In today’s litigious society, even small mishaps can result in large lawsuits. That’s why general liability insurance, along with property and worker’s compensation insurance, are essential for most companies. Liability insurance protects the assets of a business if it becomes involved in a lawsuit. Other coverage for premises and operational liability, medical payments and contractual liability are also included. General liability insurance can be purchased separately or as part of a business owner’s policy.
Property
Property insurance pays for losses and damages to real or personal property. For example, a property insurance policy would cover fire damage to your office space.
Commercial Auto
Commercial automobile policies cover the cars, vans, trucks and trailers used in your business. The coverage will reimburse you if your vehicles are damaged or stolen or if the driver injures a person or property. If your business owns a car or truck, or a fleet of vehicles, you need Commercial Automobile Insurance.
Workers Compensation
Workers Compensation Insurance pays for medical care and physical rehabilitation of injured workers and helps to replace lost wages while they are unable to work. It may also provide benefits for dependents of those workers who are killed because of work-related accidents or illnesses.
Flood Insurance
Rain can cause flooding with little or no warning. Sometimes it’s the result of rivers and streams miles away, already swollen from heavy rains. Sometimes it’s simply the land’s inability to absorb excess water from heavy downpours. Flooding can turn your life inside-out in a matter of minutes.
Whatever the cost, the toll can be enormous. Consider these facts:
- Floods can happen anywhere, anytime, in all 50 states.
- 80% of the natural disasters that strike the US each year involve flooding.
- One in three flood claims are made outside flood-prone areas.
- 90% of floods are not declared federal disasters, which leaves the full cost of rebuilding up to the business owner.
- Business owner policies do not cover flood losses. Only flood insurance will protect business property.
Insurors can help you determine if you need flood insurance. We work with insurance companies that offer protection through the National Flood Insurance Program. You may be interested to know that in the event of a flood loss, disaster assistance does not cover all the rebuilding or replacement costs. When you consider that the average repayment cost of a disaster building loan is five times more than the average annual flood premium, it’s clear that flood insurance makes good financial sense. Contact our office today to speak with someone about your flood insurance needs.
Employee Benefits
An employee benefits plan can be customized to fit the needs of your business and your budget. We can develop a comprehensive program that offers the coverage you need to stay competitive and attract the best employees.
