It will be important to evaluate your business insurance program to make sure these and there items are managed properly. Nearly 90% of the executives polled said that they plan to increase their investment in risk management in the next two years, and more than one in four (26%) said they would up their spending by more than 20% in that time. Source: PC360
1.Commercial pricing- there may be a softening on the commercial market in 2016. This will allow businesses to consider other coverage such as flood, EPLI or pollution liability.
2.Increased reliance on technology will lead to better run insurers and stable premiums. The development of advanced loss control analytic tools will revitalize insurers focus on claim reduction, and potentially lead to increased investments in loss control. Insurers are using business intelligence to leverage “big data” to help them estimate claims, assets, credit and market data, and gain deeper insights across networks of producers, policy holders, and operations.
3.Every business will need to consider cyber insurance. Most businesses have a greater risk of a cyber-attacks than n they do of having a fire. Cyber security was big news last year. Hardly a week went by without a report of a data breach in some industry. In fact, the Identity Theft Resource Center reported a record high of 1,233 data breaches in 2014, which is a 30 percent increase from 2013’s numbers.
4.With changes in healthcare, many experts are predicting a shift in workers’ compensation coverage to help off-set increases in healthcare. Medical costs may shift away from health insurance and into workers’ Compensation.
Enhance Your Policy With Some of These Options:
- Employment Practices Liability can cover your business if discrimination, sexual harassment or wrongful termination claims are made by present, former or future employees.
- Life Insurance for Business Owners can help you plan for business succession, survive the loss of a key employee or partner and retain/reward your top people.
- Umbrella can shield your business from potentially ruinous lawsuits with additional liability coverage.
- Transportation and Cargo to cover against goods that are damaged or lost when transported by one of your vehicles or common contract carriers.
- Spoilage for perishable goods when they spoil due to a mechanical breakdown or power outage.
- Delivery/Catering Non-Owned Auto if an employee is involved in an auto accident while driving a personal automobile on company business, such as in a delivery or catering service.