Protect Your Business with the Right Insurance - Engine Builder Magazine

Protect Your Business with the Right Insurance

Business Insurance

Having the right kind of insurance is critical to your business and multiple insurance policies should be in place before you even open

• Commercial Business Insurance: Commercial Property Insurance policies are either all-inclusive or risk specific and protect your office and its contents from damage caused by natural disasters, fires, or vandalism. your doors for business. And, they should be reviewed every year or when a business change occurs such as stocking new products or moving to a new location.

• Product Liability Insurance is necessary if you manufacture or sell products, and safeguards you if a product defect causes injury to someone.

• For protection against lawsuits related to negligence claims, you need to consider both General Liability Insurance and Professional Liability Insurance, as well.

Other types of insurance your business might need include:

• Coverage that protects Directors and Officers from personal liability

• Key Executive Life Insurance

• Business Interruption (covers lost profits and expenses)

• Commercial Vehicle Insurance

• Website Insurance (protects you from legal claims)

Employer-Related Insurance

Workers’ Compensation Insurance (administered by individual states) and Unemployment Insurance (under certain conditions) are mandatory in the U.S. Some states require employers to provide other types of insurance.

For example, if any of your employees are located in California, Hawaii, New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, or Rhode Island you will be required to provide disability insurance. Disability insurance is a benefit provided to employees who are unable to work because of illness or injury.

Employers are not required to provide life, medical, and dental insurance for employees.

Some Tips

• Don’t under-insure, but don’t over-insure either.

• Assess your liability risk honestly and thoroughly.

• Ask your lawyer for advice.

• Get quotes from several companies.

• Talk to your insurer about how you can minimize risk and premiums.

Your insurance company will be your ally if you encounter legal problems because of an accident or injury that happens to someone on your property, to an employee doing business for you, or if a service you provide causes harm to someone.

 

Richard
L. Lipton CPA & Associates LLC, located in
Florham Park, N.J.,
draws on its founder’s 10 years as a stockholder and manager of
family-owned automotive business in Paterson, N.J. You may reach Richard by email at [email protected].

 

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