Insurance

Types Of Business Insurance For Small Companies

By Mashum Mollah

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Published on: 04 January 2022

Last Updated on: 16 September 2024

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Owning a small to medium-scale business in a highly competitive world has its own risks and rewards. However, don’t let the process of business take away the importance of getting your business secured from 360-degrees to avoid any losses.

Business Insurance is one of the best ways to protect your business from unseen curveballs and unexpected losses. Today, we’re going to look into the types of insurance available for businesses and why you should sign-up for them immediately if they apply to your organization.

1. Fire Insurance:

Fire Insurance protects businesses against losses due to fire. In case there is no fire insurance availed by a company, the company poses a risk of damaging the property as well as the environment.

In case of a fire accident, losses incurred can be easily compensated with the insurance rebate and the community does not lose much. The business is protected not only from the fire incident and damages but also from consequent events like riots.

 2. Property Insurance:

Property insurance secures the property of the business against specific risks. These risks may range from theft of property and goods, damages caused to the property, and others.

The property, commodities, stores, and equipment all can be insured against left, damage, or disappearance based on the kind of property insurance taken. The insured is also protected against personal damages caused due to such theft of property.

3. General Liability Insurance:

General Insurance provides a cushion to businesses against liability where the insured may be ordered to pay for damages to the property or provide compensation for the loss of personnel (injury or death).

One notable feature for general liability insurance is facing project specific construction insurance, which can safeguard the theft of raw material and equipment damage. General insurance is applicable in the form of automobile, machinery, or fidelity insurance.

4. Marine Insurance:

Marine insurance protects a business’s commodities and property against perils at sea. These include collision with a ship or rock, fire, enemy attacks, or pirates taking over. Such events are dangerous and can cause damage, disappearance, or destruction of cargo and the ship, leading to non-payment of freight.

Marine insurance secures the ship (Hull), freight, and cargo. Presently, there are two types of marine insurance available: Inland Marine Insurance or Ocean Marine Insurance.

5. Guarantee Insurance:

Businesses deal in contracts based on trust all the time. Guarantee insurance protects them against incurring losses due to fraud, dishonesty, disloyalty, and disappearance of the other party or employees. Such a party must be bound by the contract. The Business Insurance will look after any losses and misgivings for the aggrieved party if they don’t deliver or pay.

Wrapping Up:

Now that you know about the most necessary types of Business Insurance that a company should have, take stock of what suits your business best and apply for them. In the long run, an expenditure like an insurance premium will show up as an investment. It is also seen that businesses that have adequate Business Insurance cover are considered more reliable when it comes to contracts or loans. We hope this blog helped!

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Mashum Mollah

Mashum Mollah is a tech entrepreneur by profession and passionate blogger by heart. He is on a mission to help small businesses grow online. He shares his journey, insights and experiences in this blog. If you are an entrepreneur, digital marketing professional, or simply an info-holic, then this blog is for you. Follow him on Instagram, Twitter & LinkedIn

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