If you’re thinking about calling the Shay Agency in Wilkes-Barre, PA to see about getting your business covered with commercial insurance, you should know what it is that you’re buying. A basic commercial insurance policy will cover you in three different ways: It’ll provide property insurance, general liability insurance, and certain employee protections like workers’ comp.

Do you have anything to worry about with Commercial Insurance?

If you’re running a food truck, then you don’t really have any real estate to worry about, but you might need to look into a commercial auto insurance policy. As for employee coverage, you will need to figure out the difference between freelance work-for-hire help and what the courts will regard as an actual employee. Note that whatever you write on their contract might not make much difference in court. If you’re working your employees forty hours a week and setting a specific schedule for them, then your insurer, your accountant, and the law might not agree with you that they’re a freelancer.

General liability is the big one, of course. No matter what stage your business is at, if you have customers, clients, or business partners coming around, then you need to take some time to think about what your general liability risks are.

If you give The Shay Agency in Wilkes-Barre, PA a call, we should be able to help you figure out exactly what level of insurance you need based on the size and scale of your business and what industry you’re in. What a restaurant needs are different from what a bookstore needs or what a software brand needs. Take the time to figure out what sort of protection is required in your case and get covered.