Let’s start first with the home business scenario. With a home business, one of the biggest issues is to protect your home business equipment. Often, this will mean insurance on your technology (computers or other equipment) and business assets (like your fax machine). If you run your business from home, you may think these items are covered. However, a standard home insurance policy will not always give you enough protection for expensive assets like computer equipment or specialized machinery.

The answer can be a homeowner's endorsement for your equipment. This allows you to simply add to your existing homeowner’s policy, rather than having to negotiate a completely new policy specifically for your business. Be sure to check the details if you take this approach. You’ll want to be sure that your business is covered properly, even if you are taking advantage of your homeowner’s policy.

What if you have employees? Again, an endorsement to a homeowner’s policy is not a possibility. Once you need business liability and employee liability, you will need your own separate policies.

If you need to consider more comprehensive insurance for your business, you are likely looking at a Business Owners Policy (BOP).

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With business insurance, your concerns are really three-fold:

• Protect your business assets against damage or theft.
• Protect yourself against liability claims from your clientele.
• Protect yourself from employees (if you have any) who may have a legitimate claim for at work injury against you.