Buying business insurance is hardly the most fun thing you have to do as a business owner, but it could be one of the most important purchases that you’ll make in the year.
The three main oversights when purchasing business insurance that can put a new or established business at unnecessary risk are;
Saving money by cutting back on the scope of your business insurance cover, which may seem like a good idea when finances are tight, could prove to be a false economy.
Although your finances may have changed in the past year the way that your business operates is unlikely to have changed as well. So you will still need the types of cover that you would normally have in place to make sure that your business is fully protected.
Also some types of insurance, like employers liability insurance, are compulsory for your business, such as if it has employees. You could end up breaking the law leaving yourself open to prosecution and a hefty fine for not having it in place.
Getting the wrong business insurance cover, such as public liability insurance and professional indemnity insurance mixed up could lead you to believe that you have sufficient cover in place when in fact you’re not covered at all.
And putting off purchasing business insurance, mainly the habit of new businesses to help preserve start up capital, can also leave a business exposed at its most vulnerable point without the necessary insurance cover.
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