Why do I need a business owner's policy?
If you own a small business, a business owner’s policy (BOP) protects you from liability claims and lawsuits; safeguards your buildings, equipment and inventory; and helps cover you financially if your business unexpectedly shuts down from a covered loss.
What is a business owner's policy (BOP insurance)?
A BOP, or a business owner's policy, brings together most of the insurance coverage a small business owner typically needs in one package.
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What does a business owner's policy cover?
A business owner’s policy (BOP policy) combines commercial general liability and property insurance to help protect your small business against a variety of claims.
Commercial general liability insurance
The general liability portion of a BOP safeguards your business in the event someone makes a claim against you or your business. General liability insurance provides protection from liability lawsuits resulting from things like a customer slipping on a wet floor, a defective product causing damage to a client’s property, or claims that the products or services you provided caused injury. It can also help protect you from libel, slander and certain legal claims related to advertising.
Commercial property insurance
Commercial property insurance often includes business income and extra expense (BIEE). The property portion of a BOP helps protect business property you own, lease or rent, including your buildings, equipment, furniture and inventory. It helps cover repair or replacement costs of stolen, damaged or destroyed property, including property that isn’t yours but was in your care. It can also cover loss of income and covered expenses like rent, payroll and other financial responsibilities while your property is being repaired or replaced after a fire or other covered loss.
Specialized coverage options
A Travelers BOP builds in many specialized coverages that can be tailored to the unique risks facing your business. Plus, it offers a wide variety of optional coverages that can offer additional protection.
Contractors’ equipment
Whether your equipment is used on job sites, such as an infrastructure project or stadium construction, or stored during nonuse, Travelers can help protect your owned, leased or borrowed equipment.
Hired and non-owned auto coverage
Protection that helps protect you, your business and employees when using rented, hired or personally owned non-owned vehicles for work purposes.
Cyber
We understand the complexity of cyber threats and have cyber liability insurance solutions to help protect your business assets.
Crime insurance
Protects against the theft of money and securities.
Who is a business owner's policy right for?
Travelers BOP is built to protect many types of small businesses.
Commercial real estate
Contractors
Financial services
Garages
Healthcare
Manufacturers
Personal care services
Pet care services
Printers and publishers
Religious and cultural organizations
Restaurant and food service
Retail
Service businesses
Technology services
Wholesalers and distributors
How can a business owner's policy help small businesses?
If you are a small business owner, a Travelers business owner’s policy offers valuable protection if you encounter scenarios like the following:
A customer trips over a loose wire while visiting your business, falls and fractures their wrist. They sue you to cover their medical expenses.
One of your contractors loses control of a piece of equipment, which damages the wall of a client’s home or accidentally breaks an item of value while performing their work.
A pipe bursts and floods one of your workrooms, damaging business-critical equipment and some of your products.
A fire destroys one of your buildings, leading you to temporarily shut down part of your business. Yet, despite being shut down, you still have to pay rent and your employees.
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