Wednesday, November 3, 2010

One Needs to Assess Insurance Requirements

As per estimation, 80 percent of small businesses do not have proper insurance coverage. Fine print is not read by small businesses in their policies or they fail to get right type of insurance, so because of this reason they are blindsided.

Generally, most of the businesses need a good insurance because they have to be protected from different risks and unpredictable events. Now-a-days, different types of insurances are available, so appropriate one can be selected.


Some types of insurance policies are compulsory in some states or countries such as worker's compensation insurance and vehicle or automobile insurance. Selection of the insurance will depend on the type of the business. Every business should ensure that insurance should cover business needs in case of emergency. There are some common types of insurances for small business. Such as:


Property damage coverage: If there is any damage to your business then it can be covered by this type of policy. That can be caused by fire, wind, explosion, accident, robbery or theft.


Liability:
Liability can be covered by this policy for injuries which arise by your company or it's employees.


Products liability:
This insurance covers the liability for injuries which result by products of your company.


Vehicle: Liability for injuries are covered by this type of policies that injuries can be caused by your company vehicles.


Business interruption: If the business gets interrupted by fire or other natural events then it may face loss then such expenditure can be covered by this policy. Salaries to employees, utilities and rent and lost profits can be covered by this policy.


Many type of insurance policies are required like key man life, directors and officers liability insurance, workers' compensation etc. These are common type of insurance policies which are necessary to small businesses.

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