Homeowner’s Insurance: Is Your Home Business Covered?

It doesn’t matter what kind of home based business you have. Whether you are an entrepreneur or you have simply chosen to run your business out of your home, you have to make sure that the right business insurance is in place. While you can save a lot of money by basing your office out of the home, homeowner’s insurance is not going to provide sufficient insurance protection in all aspects.

Your homeowner’s insurance policy provides personal property coverage – but that may not be sufficient for all of the property that you have, when you start to include everything related to your business. Computers, merchandise, and various other items may require separate business property coverage. This can help to provide sufficient protection in the event of a loss.

Your homeowner’s insurance policy provides personal liability coverage as well. If someone hurts themselves on your property, it can deal with the legal costs and more. However, if it is a client, it may not provide the needed protection. This means you will want to look at a general liability policy – which can also protect you against claims of negligence.

Other types of business coverage may be required as well, and this is going to be based upon the kind of business you are running. You can gain business interruption coverage, equipment breakdown coverage, and even employment practices liability coverage, which is great if you hire any employees.

You need to know about all of your options so that you can close the gap between homeowner’s insurance and business insurance. If there is an issue, you want to know that the protection is there.

Contact us at The Insurance Outfit today to learn more about the cost of homeowner’s insurance and how to cover your home-based business at the same time. Our agents are here to help you in New Jersey.