One of the problems that many hotel owners come across is that a lot of general commercial insurance policies might not actually be set up to work from a hotelier’s perspective. They may offer a range of general features and benefits such as buildings and contents cover as standard, but not much else.

You may, of course, be able to add on specialist features and benefits to a basic standard policy but this may not be the most efficient or cost effective route to take. In addition, you may not find all the options you need in any case. So, could a specialist hotel insurance policy work better for you? In many cases you may find that it comes with other advantages.

Most policies of this type will give you all the standard benefits that you might expect plus some others that are useful to have. You may, for example, also be given employers’ liability insurance as standard – this isn’t just a ‘useful to have’ feature, it’s usually legally required if you employ any staff. Public liability insurance is also a key feature for many hotel owners. This will typically cover any claims for loss or damage by a third party against your business for which you are legally liable.

There are many features and benefits that may also be useful to your hotel and your needs. Cover elements such as business interruption, glass replacement, signage damage, and employee theft, for example, might save you a lot of money if you need to make a claim. Plus, a specialist insurance intermediary may well be able to help you find those optional cover extras that could suit any special needs you may have.

It might be hard to really know what kind of hotel insurance cover you need. Often a hotel owner will only realise what they should have had insured against only after an incident has occurred. Obviously this is not necessarily the best way to learn the ropes! As specialist brokers we can take you through the different cover options available so you can make sure you get the right protection for your hotel.

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This may seem quite straightforward but finding the right kind of commercial cover may not be as easy as it seems at first. Not all businesses are the same – they operate in different sectors and have different insurance risks and needs. If your business is considered a high risk, for example, by insurance companies, then the cover on offer may not actually meet all of your needs and may fail to give you adequate levels of protection.

With a typical commercial insurance policy you may be given:

· standard cover such as building and contents cover;

· common commercial insurance features such as employers’ liability insurance (in most cases a legal requirement if you employ any staff) and public liability cover.

However, not all general commercial policies may be able to get you the sector specific features and benefits you need.

In some cases you may be better off looking for specialist help and cover. A shop owner, for example, may consider business interruption cover and glass replacement benefits key to their insurance policy. A Publican may be looking for freezer contents cover together with domestic cover for their own home and possessions if they live over the Pub.

You may well want to take some time to consider specialist commercial features and benefits as they apply to your business as well as standard cover. In some cases these benefits may come as part of a commercial insurance policy whilst in others you may be able to build your own specialist policy as an alternative so you get all the benefits you need.

Fiona Kent is the Marketing Manager at yourinsurance.co.uk, specialist insurance brokers providing public liability cover for small and medium sized businesses. Catering for over 500 professions, to complex public house and multi-location retail businesses, We are experts in ensuring you have the right business insurance in place.

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Of course, the standard business insurance cover you get is important but you may also want to consider what advantages the features and benefits of a cafe insurance policy could give you as well. This might help you better protect your interests and your business if something untoward does happen.

Possibly one of the best ways to choose cafe insurance is to think about what might go wrong and how a policy might protect you. For example, features such as business interruption cover, freezer contents benefits, glass replacement options, goods in transit damage/loss, and loss of license cover may help ensure you get the full protection that your business needs.

If you employ staff in your cafe then you are likely to have a legal obligation to take out employers’ liability insurance – this protects you financially if one of your employees has an accident at work and seeks to claim compensation costs from you.

Public liability insurance may also be worth considering as you’ll be dealing with the general public. This typically covers any claims against your business for which you are legally liable for accidents, loss or damage to people and their property (not just customers) coming to your cafe. Some insurance intermediaries will offer public liability cover as standard with their cafe insurance policies, so look out for this benefit when shopping for cover.

In summary, you may find it worthwhile therefore to look at specialist cafe insurance policy features and benefits before you take out the cover. A policy of this sort that is designed to meet your business needs may give you more peace of mind and financial protection compared to standard business insurance solutions.

Fiona Kent is the Marketing Manager at yourinsurance.co.uk, specialist insurance brokers providing public liability cover for small and medium sized businesses. Catering for over 500 professions, to complex public house and multi-location retail businesses, We are experts in ensuring you have the right business insurance in place.

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Think about your needs. Running a restaurant may have similarities to running a shop or a café but it isn’t exactly the same and maybe your insurance cover should reflect this fact. The kinds of things that cause insurance claims in the first place may, in some cases, have a more serious impact on your business than they would on businesses operating in other sectors.

So what might be important to you? Firstly, you may need to think about getting maximum protection in case something does go wrong.

* How might you cope if your restaurant was targeted by a group of kids who found it funny to break your windows? Glass replacement cover could help with the emergency boarding up and window replacement if this happens;
* What if you have a major power cut when your restaurant is closed and you lose all the contents of your fridges and freezers? Freezer cover could be a sensible option to consider;
* A customer that trips up on some loose carpet in your restaurant and injures themselves may well sue for compensation. With public liability insurance this won’t come out of your own pocket if you are found to be legally liable.

Of course, these are just examples of what could threaten your business financially.

As a business owner dealing with your own staff and of course your customers you may also want to take some time to think about them when you think about your restaurant insurance cover. You must, by law, have employers’ liability insurance to protect your staff if you employ people (though there are exceptions).

Public liability insurance may not be a legal requirement but you may find it essential, for reasons as highlighted in the third point above.

Let’s face it, you wouldn’t go to a hamburger restaurant and expect to eat a curry. Nor would you go to an Indian restaurant and ask for a burger. People specialise in their chosen fields and the insurance industry really is no different. A restaurant insurance policy may simply suit your needs better and give you and your restaurant – as well as your livelihood – optimum protection if something does go wrong.

Fiona Kent is the Marketing Manager at yourinsurance.co.uk, specialist insurance brokers providing public liability cover for small and medium sized businesses. Catering for over 500 professions, to complex public house and multi-location retail businesses, We are experts in ensuring you have the right business insurance in place.

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* Shop closure – let’s say you have a fire and you have to close your shop down. A standard policy might help you make good the damage but what about your income? Business interruption cover might be extremely useful to you in this case;
* Vandalism – retail outlets are often attractive to vandals and many shop owners will suffer from damage to their windows, shutters and doors on a repeated basis. A glass replacement feature could take care of any problems you have;
* Staff/customer injury – if you employ staff then you are in most cases legally required to have employers’ liability insurance. This will protect both of your interests and cover the legal liabilities if one of your employees has an accident or is injured at work. A specialist policy may also give you public liability cover and product liability cover which will protect third parties into the bargain;
* Seasonal Stock Increase – you’re likely to have more stock on your premises during seasonal peak buying times such as Christmas or Easter. A specialist shop insurance policy may often come with a seasonal stock element built in. This would allow you to claim an extra percentage to cover all your losses during specified peak buying periods.

It could be that many shop owners with standard policies do not have the right kind of cover to protect all their retail needs. The standard features and benefits within a standard business insurance policy will often be useful to a retailer. However, shops and retail outlets may need certain other cover elements that a regular business won’t. If you take a look at a shop insurance policy then you may see that these specialist elements might be just as important to the future success of your business.

Fiona Kent is the Marketing Manager at yourinsurance.co.uk, specialist insurance brokers providing public liability cover for small and medium sized businesses. Catering for over 500 professions, to complex public house and multi-location retail businesses, We are experts in ensuring you have the right business insurance in place.

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There are a lot of factors to consider before you choose the right insurance policy to suit you as a tree doctor. There are of course some benefits that you’ll get that will be standard but you might also want to look at specialist policy elements that take your profession into consideration. So, what considerations should you take in to account when looking for a tree surgeon policy?

First of all you may want to make sure that your machinery and equipment are fully covered – the chances are you’ll use some expensive tools as part of your job and loss or damage can happen at any time, no matter how careful you may be.

You may also want to think about your responsibility to others when choosing your tree doctor insurance policy. If, for example, you employ staff then it is in most cases a legal requirement that you have employers’ liability cover in place. This will give you and your staff protection if they have an accident or become ill as a result of a job they do for your company and you are found to be legally liable.

Another consideration is professional indemnity cover. This feature will protect you if you give advice to a customer and that then turns out to be the wrong advice.

Finally, you may find that getting public liability insurance is also a good idea. This feature will protect against the legal liabilities if activities you do as part of your job cause injury, loss or damage to a third party or their property. The legal and compensation costs that you might be responsible for if you don’t have this cover could be extremely high. This might not be a legal requirement in the way that employers’ liability cover is, but many businesses and even individual customers could expect you to have it.

As you work in a specialist field that, to be frank, worries a lot of insurers because of the risks involved, opting for a specialist tree doctor insurance policy rather than standard business cover could afford you the unique protection you and your business needs. This might also work out to be more cost effective for you in the long run too.

Fiona Kent is the Marketing Manager at yourinsurance.co.uk, specialist insurance brokers providing public liability cover for small and medium sized businesses. Catering for over 500 professions, to complex public house and multi-location retail businesses, We are experts in ensuring you have the right business insurance in place.

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Although you may not run a business office in the traditional sense, your home office is just as important. Most people wouldn’t dream of not insuring their business premises but many people running a home business fail to get the right cover. At the end of the day this could leave them out of pocket themselves and could even put their businesses at financial risk if they don’t have relevant protection.

So, what kind of specialist home office insurance benefits might you need? For a start, you need to consider whether you employ any other individuals to work for you. If you do then you must by law have employers’ liability cover in place to protect their interests (although there can be exceptions to this). You may also want to consider public liability insurance which protects you against any third party claim for damages or losses caused to the them or their property by you, an employee or while on your premises for which you are legally liable.

Other important factors that you may want to consider include:

* your office equipment;
* any stock you store at home;
* any money you keep in your home office;
* your business records;
* professional indemnity insurance (this will protect you, for example, where a client sues you for wrongful advice);

Financial protection of this sort might be the difference between keeping your business trading and seeing it go under in the worst case scenario, should the unexpected happen.

Finally, you may also find that standard commercial policies may not suit your needs exactly – not all the features and benefits they offer may be necessary, meaning you are paying for cover you do not need. It may be worthwhile talking to a specialist home office insurance intermediary if you are at the stage where you need this kind of cover.

Fiona Kent is the Marketing Manager at yourinsurance.co.uk, specialist insurance brokers providing public liability cover for small and medium sized businesses. Catering for over 500 professions, to complex public house and multi-location retail businesses, We are experts in ensuring you have the right business insurance in place.

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If you work from home, you should contact an insurance expert and discuss buying a home business insurance policy to cover the gaps in your existing home buildings and content policy. It is possible to get one policy that will cover your home, contents and business but in practice this is rare and often, the one size fits all, just does not work properly for all circumstances.

The kind of cover that is advisable for a home business owner will protect them if they are ill, unable to work, injured in an accident or the home office and stock room is damaged due to fire or other form of damage. The cover will also protect them if a business visitor to their home has an accident within the home boundaries.

As a quick summary, you should discuss with your insurance advisor:

1) Public Liability Insurance
2) Professional Indemnity insurance
3) Cover for your home business building
4) Cover for your home business contents
5) Cover for your business equipment when travelling
6) Cover for business interruption
7) Cover for your employees Cover for assault and injury

Ask the following questions when buying a home business insurance policy:

1) How much cover do I get for theft?
2) How much cover do I get for vandalism?
3) How much excess do I have pay?
4) How many business clients and visitors am I allowed to have?
5) Will I benefit from a no claims discount in years to come?
6) How do I make a claim?
7) What are the key exclusions?

As a rule of thumb, it is advisable to get three quotes before committing to any one business insurance policy. However, it is no longer necessary to phone around as there are plenty of comparison websites on the internet that will give you comparable quotes from different business insurance providers within minutes. The comparison websites are forever scouring the marketplace looking for best deals so that you do not have to look at getting multiple quotes from multiple websites!

Remember to read the small print very carefully. You need to know exactly what you are covered and what is excluded. You also need to be aware of all limitations. Make sure you buy the home business insurance that is right for your particular circumstances even though it might not be the cheapest! Make sure you are covered for all the types of risks you encounter on a regular basis. After all, when something does go wrong, it is important that you are covered and you can bet your bottom dollar something will eventually go wrong.

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What is Professional Indemnity Insurance?
Professional Indemnity Insurance is a form of business insurance for professionals who are in industries where others may rely on their professional advice. By being regarded as an ‘expert’ in a field, others may seek legal action against you if they suffer a loss from your professional advice.

For example, if you are an accountant and are responsible for preparing and lodging your client’s tax returns, a failure to lodge the tax returns on time can result in interest and penalties for your client. Your client could take legal action against you for a breach of your professional duty.

Professional Indemnity Insurance may protect you from such action by covering claims made against you, including legal defense costs up to your specified amount of cover, and after taking into account your excess (of course, you would need to look at your policy wording to look at what specifically is covered).

Why Do People Hate Thinking About Professional Indemnity Insurance?
Professional Indemnity Insurance forms the largest percentage of your business insurance expenses. Typically, Professional Indemnity Insurance is a time-consuming process taking up to 12 weeks. Again, it’s expensive and most people don’t know if they are getting the best deal.

This is where companies like BizCover steps in to satisfy your Professional Indemnity Insurance needs. BizCover allows you to get live online quotes in under 2 minutes, and purchase in only a couple more. BizCover also allows business professionals to compare policies from leading insurance providers (AIG, Dual and Vero) to make sure that you’re getting the cover you need. By staying online, you are also benefiting from reduced pricing and costs.

So, make sure you visit BizCover Professional Indemnity Insurance for further Professional Indemnity Insurance info, and get a free 2-minute quote!

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If you are a one man (or woman) concern you may not think you need any insurance at all. Unfortunately, in this day and age that is far from the case. What would you do if your premises were broke into and your computer, possibly the lifeblood of your company, was damaged or stolen? Even if you work out of your own home your regular homeowners insurance might not cover the loss.

Then there is the question of health and disability insurance. You may have been well covered in both areas when you still worked for an employer but now that you are your own boss how would you manage if you were to become ill or injured and what would happen to your business while you recovered?

If your start up business operates outside a residential setting and/or employees others failing to carry adequate insurance is not an option. Though you may not be mandated to provide health insurance (yet, healthcare reform may change all that) you are required in the majority of states to carry workers compensation insurance to cover each person you employ. In fact failure to do so can get your concern shut down, no more questions asked.

Every start up business will have very different insurance needs. The best way to ensure that you are not purchasing too little (or too much) insurance is to work with people who are experienced and knowledgeable about the issues. For the most part any quotes you request will be free and the if you are working with the right people they should be able to come up with an insurance package that is just right for your start up business.

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