Commercial Insurance
If your employees are driving company-owned vehicles or using their own cars for work without sufficient personal liability coverage, you need commercial auto insurance to protect your business in the case of an accident.
Wallace & Turner’s business auto policies can insure vans, trucks or other commercial vehicles and offer the following:
Auto liability coverage
Medical payments
Comprehensive coverage
Collision coverage
Coverage for autos you borrow or rent
Coverage for employees using their cars for the business
Contact our agents to obtain a commercial car insurance quote and protect your company vehicles.
A business owner’s policy combines all major property and business liability risks in one package. It covers things like fire, theft, lawsuits and loss of income.
Standard Ohio business owner’s policies include coverage for:
Commercial property: buildings and contents owned, leased or rented by your company, as well as coverage for loss of accounts receivable and valuable papers and records
General liability: your company's legal responsibility for harm as a result of things you and your employees do or fail to do in your business operations, such as bodily injury or property damage due to defective products, faulty installations and errors in services provided (This can also cover the cost of your legal defense if you’re sued.)
Business income: the loss of income resulting from a fire or other unexpected event that causes a suspension in the operation of the business (This can also include the extra expense of operating out of a temporary location, as well as other financial obligations like rent or payroll.)
You should consider obtaining a business owner’s policy if you have a physical location, you have the potential to be sued or you have assets that could be stolen or damaged. Wallace & Turner is ready to help you determine the right business owner’s policy for your company.
As a business owner, being properly insured is critical to protecting your company. A commercial general liability policy provides coverage for customer injuries, customer property damage and legal costs related to lawsuits:
Third-party injuries and property damage: If a customer is hurt on your property, general liability insurance can help pay for their immediate medical expenses or your legal expenses if they sue. If you damage customer property, general liability insurance can help pay to repair or replace it. Both are in the instance of non-professional negligent acts. Mental and emotional distress can be considered injuries even if there is no physical harm.
Product liability: If your product hurts someone or damages their property, general liability insurance can help pay for your legal expenses.
Advertising injuries: If someone sues you for libel, slander, false arrest, copyright infringement, malicious prosecution or use of another's advertising idea, commercial general liability insurance can help pay for lawsuit expenses.
Lawsuits can have a tremendous negative impact on business operations. Have a commercial general liability policy in place to protect your business and leave you to focus on what’s important: running your company successfully.
If your company is growing in size or complexity and is facing specialized risks, Wallace & Turner’s commercial package policies allow you to customize and bundle two or more coverages into a single policy. This flexibility lets you select which insurance coverage you need to properly protect your business. We can design a policy to provide insurance for just about any type of commercial risk.
Your business is unique, so it needs a custom insurance policy to fully cover it. Call us to discuss your particular needs with one of our insurance professionals.
Commercial property insurance protects your business’ physical assets — the building and its contents — whether you own your building, lease your office or work from home. This policy will cover losses caused by theft, vandalism, fire and other physical damage.
When property damage negatively affects your operations, commercial property insurance can also help cover operating and payroll expenses.
Consider a commercial property insurance policy to cover your:
Office building: The building structure as well as permanently installed fixtures, machinery, and equipment.
Contents of your building: Items that can be removed like inventory, office equipment, and other supplies.
Other people's property: Items that are in your care, custody, or control such as a client’s laptop.
Taking inventory of your business can help determine what property you want to insure and what its replacement value would be. Wallace & Turner is prepared to guide you in this process and recommend appropriate coverage.
Commercial umbrella insurance extends liability coverage to help businesses with the cost of lawsuits and to further protect business assets in the instance of a catastrophic loss. This can include legal fees, medical bills and damage expenses that exceed the limits of underlying primary business coverage. This policy is written over various primary liability policies but can only be applied to a claim under the following circumstances:
You have the appropriate underlying policy
That policy's limits have been reached
Wallace & Turner can tailor commercial umbrella policies to the needs of all kinds of businesses. Talk with us about your options if you feel your primary policy doesn’t provide enough protection.
Crime insurance will protect your business in the event of damage to your property or the loss of money, securities or other assets due to dishonesty, theft or fraud by an employee, intern or consultant. Crime-related losses aren’t covered by commercial property insurance, so this type of coverage helps you minimize risk, helping you and your clients feel secure.
Areas not covered by crime insurance include the following:
Your actions or those of your partners
Your liabilities due to crime-related losses
Your accounting errors
Specific occupations
If a loss related to crime does occur, Wallace & Turner can help resolve your claim quickly. Call us to discuss a crime insurance policy and obtain advice in preventing crimes against your company.
Cyber crime is growing at an alarming rate and can result in major fines and legal fees. Do you know the cyber risks to your company? Is your data secure? If you take credit card payments, store credit card information for recurring payments or store personal information about your customers, it’s imperative that you have a cyber and data liability policy in place.
This type of policy is not only for large businesses and corporations — small businesses are just as susceptible to cyber and data breaches.
The policy covers a variety of expenses associated with data breaches, including the following:
Notifying customers about a data breach
Credit monitoring
Restoring personal identities of impacted customers
Recovering compromised data
Costs to defend claims by state regulators
Fines and penalties
Repairing damaged computer systems
The right coverage for your business depends on your level of risk. Wallace & Turner can offer solutions to protect your business assets and ensure you have the funds to recover and restore your reputation. Click here to learn more.
If your business is incorporated and has a board of directors or corporate officers, or if you serve on a board of directors, you could be exposed to lawsuits from shareholders. A directors & officers (D&O) liability policy is designed to protect your company against claims stemming from actual or alleged “wrongful acts,” including negligence, of directors and officers acting within the scope of their managerial duties.
D&O liability insurance protects businesses of all sizes, including public and private for-profit businesses, nonprofit organizations and educational institutions. With D&O claims becoming increasingly common, particularly in areas like employment and data protection, it’s important to have a policy in place to help cover defense costs and financial losses.
Potential risks facing directors and officers are numerous and can include the following:
Decisions that exceed the authority of a company officer
Inaccurate and inadequate disclosure
Employment and other human resource-related issues
Failure to comply with laws or regulations
Reporting errors
Shareholder actions
Wallace & Turner has in-depth experience developing D&O liability policies to help companies mitigate risk. Contact our agents to discuss your options.
If you’re providing a service to clients for a fee, consider errors and omissions (E&O) insurance to protect your business and staff against claims made by a client for inadequate work or negligent actions. Also known as professional liability insurance, this type of policy generally covers financial losses rather than liability for bodily injury or property damage.
E&O policies are written to reflect inherent risks and common exposures particular to different types of businesses and professions. We regularly work with the following to develop tailored professional liability insurance policies:
Accountants
Architects
Barbers and Cosmetologists
Community Associations
Contractors
Dentists
Doctors
Engineers
Funeral Service Providers
Salons
Veterinarians
Wallace & Turner can help minimize financial hardship for claims of professional negligence, error or omission. Contact us today to learn more.
Employment practices liability insurance (EPLI) provides coverage to employers against claims made by employees alleging discrimination (based on sex, race, age or disability, for example), wrongful termination, harassment and other employment-related issues.
Employee lawsuits are becoming much more common in both small and large businesses. The negative financial impact of employee lawsuits can be drastic and involve devastating legal costs if you don’t carry EPLI insurance.
The cost of an EPLI policy is based on a number of factors, including how many people you employ, employee turnover, past lawsuits and whether you have standard employee practices and handbooks in place.
Wallace & Turner is dedicated to helping protect employers. Our EPLI coverage can safeguard you in the instance of a wrongful lawsuit for the following:
Discrimination
Harassment
Retaliation
Violation of the Family and Medical Leave Act
Wrongful discipline
Wrongful failure to promote
Wrongful termination
Our independent commercial insurance agents can pair your business with the ideal EPLI policy. Reach out today with no risk and no obligation.
Wallace & Turner understands the many unique insurance risks that come with owning and operating a farm or ranch. Whether you own or rent or raise crops or livestock, our policies can provide you with security against weather disasters, diseases and fluctuating market prices.
Ranch insurance is similar to farm insurance, with provisions to cover a large farm owner who breeds livestock like cattle, sheep or horses.
Wallace & Turner farm and ranch insurance covers the following:
Home or dwelling and contents coverage
Farm property and operations equipment
Liability risks
Livestock
The team at Wallace & Turner Insurance routinely works with Ohio farm and ranch owners to build comprehensive insurance policies to ensure a long life for their businesses. Reach out today.
Commercial inland marine insurance protects your property from hazards while it is in transit via land or sea. This policy covers property regardless of its location, providing it is within the policy territory. Commercial inland marine policies can be written on a scheduled basis, a blanket basis or combination of the two.
Wallace & Turner regularly develops inland marine policies for the following industries:
Agricultural and farming
Contractors
Distributors
Manufacturers
Retailers
Trucking operations
Talk with one of our agents to discuss safeguarding your transportable property.
Any establishment that sells, serves or assists in the purchase or use of alcohol is at risk of a lawsuit. If an intoxicated patron causes injury or property damage from a fight, careless behavior or even an automobile accident, liability ensues. Restaurants, bars and nightclubs may face massive court and defense fees even if the suit is ultimately dropped. Liquor liability insurance will cover these fees as well.
You may also consider a one-time liquor liability policy if you’re hosting an event, such as a wedding or reunion, and the venue or catering company does not offer liquor liability coverage.
Plenty can go wrong when alcohol is involved. Be realistic about your risk and plan accordingly. Talk to Wallace & Turner about your policy options.
You’ve built your business with blood and sweat. Now, protect it with smart planning. Our Ohio commercial insurance agency has the policy you need to ensure a healthy future for your business. To find it, reach out to Wallace & Turner. Give us a call at (937) 324-8492 or reach out to us online.