Commercial Property insurance

What is Commercial Property Insurance?

Business owners need to have commercial property insurance, especially if they own a home-based company. This insurance helps to protect your business’s owned and rented property, such as your office.

• Building
• Equipment
• Tools
• Inventory
• Furniture
• Personal property

This type of insurance is more suitable for home-based businesses than homeowners insurance. This type of insurance may also be known by other names, such as:

• Insurance for commercial buildings
• Personal property insurance for businesses
• Commercial real estate insurance
• Non-residential insurance for buildings

Commercial Property Insurance

What Does Commercial Property Insurance Cover?

Commercial building insurance protects your business’ physical assets such as your rented or owned building, and any equipment that you use to run your company. If:

• A fire damages or destroys your computers
• You have business renters insurance and lightning strikes the building
• Someone enters your building and steals all your inventory

It also protects business assets like income. It includes business interruption coverage. This coverage may be used to replace income lost due to property damage.

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What Doesn’t Commercial Property Insurance Cover?

Your commercial property insurance policy may not cover all types of property damage. If:

• When a customer trips over a box in your workplace, their laptop is lost.
• One of your employees slits a hole in the wall of your client
• Your vehicle is damaged if you get in an accident while delivering a customer’s order.
• After heavy rains cause flooding near your property, a nearby brook bursts and floods your inventory.
• Intentionally damage property by you or your employees
• To provide comprehensive coverage for your business, you can also purchase commercial insurance.

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Bundle Coverage With a Business Owners Policy

As a standalone policy, you can also get coverage for commercial property. Many small businesses opt to purchase a Business Owner’s Policy, which combines three of the most important coverages into one.

• This page explains commercial property insurance.
• General liability insurance is required to cover any claims that your business has caused bodily injury to another person.
• If you are unable to open due to property damage, business income insurance or business interruption insurance can help you replace lost income.
• To find out how commercial property insurance or a BOP could help your business, get a quote.