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Insurance: preventing disaster
Read our guide on how to avoid playing with fire by getting the right insurance cover for your business.
The right business insurance
Finding the right business insurance can be a difficult and complicated process. There is a certain amount of jargon associated with the subject which can put off many small businesses.
Working from home – are you covered?
As businesses seek to cut costs, many are looking to work from home. According to research by business insurance provider Hiscox, 2.1 million businesses are run from home, with 1,400 new ventures launched from a domestic base in the UK every week. However, there are still costs to consider – notably, changes to their insurance and legal status.
Business continuity in a flash
Fires, floods and flu get all the headlines, but it’s the less obvious perils that bring down the majority of businesses. Here we look at ways to prevent your company becoming a lightning rod for disaster.
Cover your business: Insurance essentials
Accidents can have damaging consequences for all parties involved. Here, SmallBusiness.co.uk and Chris Slater, head of insurance at online comparator SimplyBusiness.co.uk, provide a guide to insurance cover
Cut your legal bills
As your business grows, so will its chances of being caught in civil court proceedings. Here SmallBusiness.co.uk shows you how to keep the lawyers at bay.
Insure against disaster
Fail to get the right insurance and your business could go up in smoke. Read our guide on which cover you can and can’t afford not to have.
What is Professional Indemnity?
Professional indemnity insurance could protect your business from financially crippling and often reputation-damaging claims by dissatisfied clients. Find out how.
An Introduction to insurance cover for business
This factsheet tells you which insurance cover your business is legally required to have and describes some optional insurance cover that you could use to protect your business.
Be sure you’re covered
As your business blossoms, don’t forget about the reams of red tape out there and make sure you're covered for all eventualities.
Dealing with insurance claims
A study carried out recently indicated that the majority of businesses that suffered a major insurance claim, where production fell by more than 80 per cent, failed after a year, regardless of how good their insurance cover was. SmallBusiness.co.uk provides some points to help you if you need to make a claim.
Employers’ Liability Insurance explained
The question of a business having Employers’ Liability Insurance (ELI), has been simplified somewhat due to changes to the Employers’ Liability (Compulsory Insurance) Act, but they are only applicable to sole traders, explains Judith Rutherford, chief executive of Businesslink for London.
