How Do I File A Business Insurance Claim?

When a fire, accident or theft occurs at your business: Contact your insurance agent and company right away. Any burglaries or theft should also be reported to the police immediately. Read your insurance policy so that you know what your responsibilities are to your insurance company after a loss. After a disaster, take steps to…

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Builders Risk & Installation Floaters – The Basics

During the course of construction, Builders Risk policies cover buildings and other structures and personal property exposed to direct property loss. Damage can come from obvious perils such as fire wind, flood, etc. It can also come from faulty workmanship or design error. Your Builders Risk policy should include all fixtures, materials, machinery, and equipment…

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What Is Excluded Or Covered?

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Excluded Property Property excluded under builders risk policies and installation floaters vary from one insurer to another. The following properties may be excluded: trees, shrubs, grass, plants, or land values; plans, drawings, designs, blueprints, or specifications; property in storage, unless it has been specifically assigned to the job site; machinery, tools, equipment, and property of…

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What Is Employment Practices Liability Insurance (EPLI)?

EPLI covers businesses against claims by workers that their legal rights as employees of the company have been violated. The number of lawsuits filed by employees against their employers has been rising. While most suits are filed against large corporations, no company is immune to such lawsuits. Recognizing that smaller companies now need this kind…

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What Is Workers’ Compensation Insurance?

Employers are legally obligated to take reasonable care to assure that their workplaces are safe. Nevertheless, accidents happen. When they do, workers compensation insurance provides coverage. Workers compensation insurance serves two purposes: It assures that injured workers get medical care and compensation for a portion of the income they lose while they are unable to…

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Steps To Reduce Workplace Injuries

Injuries to employees can be devastating for businesses, especially small businesses with fewer employees available to take on new roles when an injured worker is on leave. While workers compensation insurance will help pay medical costs and replace an injured employee’s lost income, your business will have to absorb costs associated with reduced productivity, overtime,…

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The CAN-SPAM Act: A Compliance Guide For Business

Do you use email in your business? The CAN-SPAM Act, a law that sets the rules for commercial email, establishes requirements for commercial messages, gives recipients the right to have you stop emailing them, and spells out tough penalties for violations. Despite its name, the CAN-SPAM Act doesn’t apply just to bulk email. It covers…

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Top 10 Email Etiquette Tips

If you’re writing an email or responding to one, either personally or on behalf of your company, whether to an individual or to a larger group, it is vital that you observe certain email etiquette in order that your email is appropriate in every way, and you avoid awkward, even potentially libelous situations. To ensure…

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Directors and Officers Insurance

While business insurance policies by definition provide coverage for the business itself, individual company officers may still be personally exposed to financial losses resulting from a lawsuit. To protect your company’s leadership, you may want to consider purchasing directors and officers (D&O) liability insurance. What D&O covers Directors and officers is a type of liability…

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