With competitive premiums, competitive commissions, easy underwriting and a self-rating application, this product should make for an easy sell. Your customers need business coverage if they sell a product or service from their home. Insureds often believe their existing homeowners or apartment-dwellers policy will cover any loss or damage to their business equipment, furniture and supplies in the event of fire, theft or other catastrophe, when in fact, those policies usually explicitly exclude coverage for any business exposures on their premises. The RLI Home Business Insurance Policy is designed for small retail and service risk operated from the insured's residence, has provided affordable coverage tailored for home-based businesses for decades, and offers excellent claims handling service.
All forms must be completed and submitted (A supplemental application is required for some classes as listed in links below)
Benefits include:
- Business Personal Property Protection - Coverage for business personal property away from the premises location. Policy endorsement provides coverage to business personal property which is temporarily at a premises an insured may lease, operate or occupy.
- Coverage limits available up to $100,000 for the business personal property while at the location and temporarily off location.
- Package Policy priced for home-based businesses.
- Many business classifications include coverage endorsements designed to tailor coverage for business operations being conducted.
- Up to $1,000,000 in business liability coverage with aggregate limits at two times the per occurrence limit.
- Liability limits follow the insured's business operations conducted within the U.S. and provide for losses which result in bodily injury, property damage and personal and advertising injury.
143 Home Business Classifications - Top 10 include:
- Teachers/tutoring
- Bakers
- Residential inspection services
- Crafts
- Photographers
- Computer Consultants
- Interior Decorating
- Costume jewelry sales
- Art Gallery/Art Studio
- Accounting Services
Optional Coverages
- Variety of additional insured endorsement forms for a small premium fee of $20 for each eligible additional insured listed
- Identity Fraud Expense Coverage
- Garagekeepers Coverage
- Money & Securities Coverage
- Increased theft limitation for jewelry and watches
Low Deductibles and Affordable Rates
- $250 deductible for property losses and liability losses resulting in property damage
- Annual policies starting at $150 with average premiums of $300
What qualifies as an In-Home Business?
An In-Home Business includes a retail or service business operated from the insured's place of residence and having the below characteristics.
The In-home Business must:
- Be operated by the insured and/or another immediate family member who resides in insured's household
- Employ no more than ten (10) employees, other than independent contractors or distributors
- Be incidental to the occupancy of the building as a private residence
- Have a maximum of $50,000 business personal property, and
- Have a maximum gross annual sales/receipts derived from the business activity of $250,000 for sales or merchandise or $500,000 for a service business.