Tag: liability insurance coverage

What can fitness experts expect from personal trainer insurance?

Julie Campbell
Personal Trainer Insurance - Personal Trainer

Fitness experts face a number of liability exposures and need commercial policies designed to protect them. Personal trainer insurance is a category of commercial policies created for the protection of these fitness professionals. Many trainers think they’re covered with a general liability business policy but may need more. Though the basic level of personal trainer insurance typically does involve commercial general liability coverage, there are other policies that better cover a fitness expert’s exposures. Indeed, it’s easy to remember the need for third-party bodily injury, reputation harm and property damage,…

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Pet boarding insurance covers businesses watching animal family members overnight

Julie Campbell
pet boarding insurance - dog outside dog house

These animal hotels can be run out of large facilities or may operate right out of a person’s home. Pet boarding insurance is a critical part of any business that allows animal owners to leave their furry family members to stay overnight. These companies are popular options when owners head away on vacation, when they need to stay somewhere that pets aren’t welcome, when homes are being fumigated or during renovations. Business owners can use this type of insurance policy to cover themselves against many liabilities. Managing one or several…

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53% of independent workers think they don’t need self employed liability insurance

H. Cutner
Self Employed Liability Insurance - Man sitting on couch using laptop

A new survey showed that more than half of freelancers think they don’t need any coverage. Fifty three percent of freelancers, independent contractors and small business owners feel they don’t require self employed liability insurance, said a new Qdos survey. Moreover, over half of those who think they don’t necessarily need it don’t have any coverage at all. The Qdos survey showed that 29 percent of those freelancers and independent contractors had no self employed liability insurance at all. That said, clients are coming to understand the importance of coverage…

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Farmers market insurance important rises with farm to table trend

Julie Campbell
Farmers Market Insurance - Farmers Marekt - Fruit - Business

The rising focus on eating whole, fresh foods has underscored the importance of this coverage. Shopping directly from food growers has become an important trend and with that, farmers market insurance has been on the rise. For many people, buying what is in season and grown locally has become a way of life. As a result, farmers markets have become more common, larger, and busier. As a result, farmers market insurance has become much more commonly offered. This makes it possible for vendors at these local events to be able…

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Halloween insurance claims always rise, often more than any other day

Julie Campbell
Halloween insurance claims - Jack-O-Lantern

As much as trick-or-treating may be fun, it can also lead to some of the costliest claims to insurers. Insurers are gearing up for another holiday of Halloween insurance claims, as is the case every year. As fun as this day may be for kids of all ages, homeowners and car owners often face some of their worst outcomes. Data shows that home and auto theft and vandalism claims are consistently high on Halloween. Therefore, insurers always encourage homeowners and car owners to review their policies before Halloween insurance claims…

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