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Home > Blog > Why General Liability Insurance is Crucial to Your Business
MONDAY, JUNE 22, 2020

Why General Liability Insurance is Crucial to Your Business

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Businesses rely on trust from their clients to build a strong reputation. It is this reputation that leads to long term success. Still, building trust depends on your ability to respond to problems effectively. If you cause a client a loss, then you need to be able to address their problem, and you might even have to pay them. The right general liability insurance will help you do so.

Liability insurance isn’t just a benefit to clients. It helps ensure the business can succeed well into the future. Consider three ways liability policies can help you protect both yourself and your duty to customers.

1. Financial Security

A general liability policy offers protection if the business’s negligence causes bodily injuries, property damage or personal injuries to a third party, like a client. So, if a customer falls in your store, then your policy might cover their medical bills. If you visit someone's home and damage their property, then your policy might pay for the repairs.

By having liability insurance, you have a way to pay for third-party’s loss. So, you won’t have to find ways to pay out of your business expenses. If you don't have coverage, and have to pay out of pocket, then your financial outlook could take a hit. A significant liability claim might even ruin the business and force it out of business.

2. Legal Assistance

When you cause someone harm, then that person might sue the business to recoup their losses. Of course, you might face the settlement that might result from the case. However, you might also have to hire counsel and go to court to respond to the allegations.

Your general liability insurance will often provide coverage for your legal expenses. It can also help cover the legal costs of the person who sued, if necessary. That way you won’t get caught with significant court costs simply trying to respond to a claim.

Reason 3: Corporate Responsibility

Since liability policies create a vessel for you to respond to customer losses, they can show that you have commitment to your community. They allow you to take responsibility for negligence that is your fault. So, your reputation might not suffer unduly because of an ongoing liability battle. All parties in the liability claim can move on from the issue and focus on the future, rather than on the past.

With the right general liability insurance, you will have a resource to respond when your business causes problems for others. Work closely with your agent to choose the policy that best applies to your operational risks.

 

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