Commercial Umbrella

Additional Liability Insurance

What Is Commercial Umbrella Coverage?

Commercial umbrella provides an extra layer of protection by giving you extra liability coverage to help pay costs over and above your general liability or other liability policy limits.

In other words, commercial umbrella insurance complements your other liability coverages by taking over when your other liability coverage limits have been reached.

For example, if your company is found liable for a customer’s injury at your workplace and you are sued for $1.5 million but only have $1 million in liability coverage, a commercial umbrella policy could make up for the $500,000 shortfall.

Without this additional coverage, you will pay out of pocket for expenses that cost more than your coverage limits, such as:

  • Legal fees
  • Medical bills
  • Damage expenses

Umbrella insurance isn’t offered as stand-alone coverage. It works together with your other liability coverages, such as general liability insurance –which is your main policy.

What Does a Commercial Umbrella Policy Cover?

A commercial umbrella policy provides extra coverage for certain types of liability insurance by extending your primary policies.

Commercial umbrella insurance covers the same types of costs as business liability insurance such as medical expenses, attorney fees and damages when your company faces a lawsuit.

Insurance companies write umbrella policies with aggregate limits. These limits can range from $1 million to $2 million. This means your insurance company will only cover claims up to that amount.

Without umbrella coverage to extend your policy, you would have to find a way pay for the amount it doesn’t cover. This can put your business and property at serious risk.

Who Should Purchase Commercial Umbrella Insurance?

The more your business interacts with clients and customers, the higher your liability risk will be. Your risks can be even greater if your employees use heavy machinery or dangerous equipment.

Business owners should consider commercial umbrella insurance if they think the cost of a claim could ever exceed their base liability limits.

Business umbrella insurance can be helpful if your business:

  • Frequently interacts with customers
  • Works on someone else’s property
  • Is open for the public to visit

If people can access your business or property, it increases the risk of bodily injury. Commercial umbrella insurance would help with the costs for their medical expenses, lawsuits and judgments against your business.

Frequently working offsite also creates an increased liability risk.

Working at your customer’s house, for example, makes it more likely you’ll cause property damage, like accidentally putting holes in walls, breaking windows, or damaging cars. If that happens, business umbrella coverage can help cover the costs that exceed your liability limits.

How Much Does Commercial Umbrella Insurance Cost?

Your cost for commercial umbrella insurance depends on your:

  • Amount of underlying coverage
  • Type of business
  • Business size

Some industries face more risks than others, which can increase your cost for commercial umbrella insurance. For instance, if you have a construction business, your business umbrella coverage cost may be higher than a retail business.

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Should you need to use your Commercial Umbrella policy, we will be right there with you. We will walk you through the process of getting the coverage your policy offers. We remove the stress of getting the funds so you can deal with the issue at hand. When you work with us, you are working with a family whose goal is to protect you and your business.

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Accountants/Bookkeepers/Actuaries
Adult Day Care Centers
Apartments
Architects, Engineers
Art Gallery
Auctioneers
Auto Repair Service
Barber Shop
Bars & Night Clubs
Beauty Salon
Bed & Breakfasts
Burglar, Fire, Security Alarm Contractor
Car Wash
Carpentry Contractors
Caterers
Cemeteries
Churches/Houses Of Worship
Civic Organizations
Clothing Store
Collection Agencies
Colleges/Schools
Computer Consulting
Concrete Contractor
Condominiums
Consultants
Convenience Stores
Copying And Duplicating Service
Counseling Services
Country Clubs
Craft Breweries
Daycare
Dental Laboratories
Dentists
Diagnostic Testing Labs
Distributors
Document Shredder
Drywall Contractors
Electrical Contractors
Employment/Staffing Agencies
Equipment Repair Service
Excavation Contractors
Fence Erection
Floor Covering
Food Banks
Funeral Homes
General Contractors
Glass Dealer & Glaziers
Golf Courses
Goodwill Programs
Graphic Designers
Grocery Store
Gyms
Hardware Store
Health And Fitness Centers
Home Health Care Service
Hospice Care
Hotels
Hotels/Motels
Hunting/Gun Clubs
Hvac Contractors
Inspectors/Appraisers
Insurance Agencies
Janitorial Contractors
Jewelry Store
Landscape Contractors
Laundromats
Laundry & Dry Cleaning
Law Offices
Lawn Service
Lessors Risk Buildings
Locksmith
Manufacturers
Marinas
Masonry Contractor
Medical Offices/Physicians
Mobile Concession And Food Trucks
Mortgage Brokers
Nail Salon
Optometrists
Painting Contractor
Pawn Shops
Pest Control
Pet Boarding
Pet Groomers
Pet Trainers
Pharmacies
Plumbing Contractors
Pool Services
Portable Toilet Rentals
Printers
Process Servers
Professional Trade Associations
Property Managers
Real Estate Agencies
Recycling Operations
Rental Dwellings
Restaurants
Roofing
Safety Services
Salvage Yard
Sand And Gravel Hauling
Self Storage Facilities
Septic Contractors
Shoe Store
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Social Services
Street And Road Construction
Tree Services
Trucking
Vape Store
Vending Operations
Veterinarians
Warehouses

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