A few weeks ago, a special advertising section in The Wall Street Journal detailed the insurance issues for home-based businesses.
A few weeks ago, a special advertising section in The Wall Street Journal detailed the insurance issues for home-based businesses. The lowdown was that many of these businesses are unaware of — and unprepared for — the unique risks presented by When the economy started its downhill slide a few years ago and unemployment skyrocketed, many of the newly unemployed took their misfortune as an opportunity to start their own business ventures — and most of those ventures were based in their homes.
The National Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that about 4.6 million people run a home-based business, and a study by IDC cited in the Journal estimates that nearly 2 million more home-based businesses will be created between 2011 and 2015.
It would be logical to think: “Well, I’m working out of my home, so my homeowners insurance should cover any mishaps or accidents.” As it turns out, they’d be wrong.
In the Journal piece, Kevin Lynch, an assistant professor of insurance at The American College in Bryn Mawr, Pa., says, “Homeowners insurance was created to protect against home-based risks, not home-based business risks. If a house burns down or equipment is stolen, you’re apt to find you are sorely underinsured.”
A home-based business owner is also liable for any injuries that occur on the insured’s property. Say you’re an accountant working out of an office in your home and you schedule a delivery of computer equipment for your business and the delivery person is injured. Without either a rider on your homeowners policy or some form of business owners policy, you are likely uninsured, or at least underinsured.
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Another overlooked expense by home businesses is workers’ compensation insurance. The Journal piece notes that many home-based business owners think they only need workers’ comp if they are running a retail or separate location. Not true, even having an assistant working in or out of the home can open up a business owner to workers’ comp exposures.
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