Why Get Contractor’s Insurance?
Contractors today face many obstacles in their business. Trade specific insurance policies not only protect your business from financial losses but provide further opportunities for business.
Contractor’s Insurance Claims Examples
Property Coverage
Incident: A thief steals $10,000 worth of tools from your trailer at a jobsite.
Result: Your Tool Floater coverage provides coverage for the lost tools so you can continue to work without delays.
Installation Floater Coverage
Incident: You are hired to frame houses on a housing development project. Overnight a fire burns the materials left on the jobsite resulting in $100,000 in lost materials.
Result: Your installation floater coverage reimburses the cost of the lost materials so that you can resume work.
Product Liability
Incident: As a plumber you are hired to fix some broken pipes in a client’s condo. After fixing the pipes your client discovers that the pipe has been leaking and has damaged their flooring and leaked to the unit below resulting in $50,000 in damages.
Result: Customer sues you for property damage and your product liability coverage pays for the damages and legal expenses.
Contractor’s Insurance, Explained
Who needs contractor’s insurance?
All contractors or businesses that provide contracting services. From sole proprietors to national construction companies all contractors should protect their business with contractors insurance.
Why do contractors need insurance?
Contractors today face many obstacles in their business. Trade specific insurance policies not only protect your business from financial losses but provide further opportunities for business. Clients often require their contractors to carry insurance to protect themselves should a contractor fail to perform and to guarantee contracting materials.
What does contractor’s insurance cover?
- Property Coverage – Can be broken down into more specific coverages however in general will insure property and contents that you own. Examples can be tools, equipment, leased/rented equipment, etc.
- Business Interruption – Protects your business from financial instability by covering lost income in the event of a covered loss.
- Commercial General Liability – Protects you against third party claims of property damage or bodily injury that may occur at a job site or your own location.
- Products & Completed Operations Liability – Protects you against third party claims of property damage or bodily injury that may occur after you have already completed your project or service.
- Installation floater – Protects the materials used during installation or construction.
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Why Choose Pacific Insurance?
Our staff are trained Registered Insurance Brokers of Ontario (RIBO) which is the self-regulatory body for insurance brokers in Ontario.
We have been regularly featured in the media as insurance experts and asked to speak at events like the ‘CRV Radio International’.
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