Have you ever sent an employee out to pick up needed supplies? Offered to buy lunch for the crew and asked an employee to pick it up? Unless you only send employees who are insured to drive your company vehicles, you may be putting your business at risk. Your business may also incur liability if […]
Annual Insurance Reviews are Crucial to Growing Businesses One of the biggest mistakes owners of growing businesses make is not keeping up their insurance coverage to account for the expanding assets and potential liabilities. Let’s say you started your business 10 years ago with just a small space and computer desk. Today, you have an […]
Rates for most commercial lines of insurance are likely to continue rising going into 2022, as claims costs mount across the board. A new report from Marketscout notes that rate increases have accelerated across all major lines, but have been most pronounced in liability coverages. The composite rate for commercial insurance pricing in the third […]
Even businesses that own fleets of autos sometimes use vehicles that do not belong to them. Often, a business asks an employee to run an errand or visit a customer or vendor using that employee’s car. The organization may become legally liable for anything an employee acting on its behalf does while behind the wheel. […]
A work-related vehicle accident will cost an employer an average of at least $16,500, according to OSHA. If injuries are involved, that figure can quadruple. If there’s a fatality, you could be looking at costs exceeding half a million dollars. Not to mention the suffering and broken lives that kind of event leaves in its wake. […]
Your truck driver can control many things. They can control their steering and where they stop for the night. But, one thing that is out of their hands is the weather. Rain, sleet, hail and wind will all present themselves on different days to make their job more hazardous. The most common bad weather condition […]
Many companies use vehicles that they do not own in their daily operations. This includes vehicles that are rented (“hired”) as well as vehicles that belong to employees (“non-owned”). The long use of these vehicles can be dangerous for many business owners that don’t realize that they are putting their business assets at risk. Let’s jump into detail of what is Hired & Non-Owned Auto insurance and its importance: Hired and non-owned auto insurance, also known as HNOA, covers commercial liability expenses that are triggered by […]
