Insurance for Tow Trucks

This policy covers third-party risks, such as injuries to clients or damage to their property. It also protects against claims of libel and advertising injuries.

• Importance: Crucial for covering legal fees and medical costs resulting from accidents.
• Coverage: Legal fees, medical expenses, and settlements related to accidents involving non-employees on your premises.
• Best for: Customer bodily injuries, damaged customer property, libel, and advertising injuries.

A BOP combines general liability insurance and commercial property insurance at a discounted rate. It is often the most cost-effective solution for two truck businesses.

• Importance: Combines multiple coverages into one policy at a lower rate.
• Coverage: Client injuries, property damage, stolen or damaged business property.
• Best for: Client injuries, property damage, stolen or damaged business property.

Required in most states for businesses with employees, this policy covers medical expenses and lost wages if an employee gets injured on the job. It also protects sole proprietors from work injury costs that health insurance might deny.

• Importance: Mandatory in most states, it protects employees and sole proprietors.
• Coverage: Employee medical expenses, missed wages, injury lawsuits.
• Best for: Employee medical expenses, missed wages, injury lawsuits.

This policy covers bodily injury and property damage caused by commercial vehicles. It also pays for repairs to vehicles damaged by weather or vandalism.

• Importance: Covers injuries and property damage caused by business-owned vehicles.
• Coverage: Physical damage, collision coverage, medical expenses, and liability for injuries caused to others.
• Best for: Physical damage and collision coverage, injuries from car accidents, vehicle theft, and vandalism.

Covers damage to vehicles while being towed.

• Importance: Vital for tow truck businesses, ensuring protection if a vehicle is damaged during the towing process.
• Coverage: Damage to vehicles while being towed.
• Best for: Tow truck businesses.

Covers legal costs when a company is sued for mistakes or oversights.

• Importance: Shields your business from claims related to professional errors.
• Coverage: Legal fees, settlements, and judgments.
• Best for: Accusations of negligence, mistakes or oversights, undelivered services.

Depending on your business needs, consider these additional coverages:

• Commercial Umbrella Insurance: Provides additional liability coverage beyond standard policies.
• Cyber Liability Insurance: Covers expenses related to data breaches and cyberattacks.
• Garage Liability Insurance Covers accidents that occur on your business premises.
• Garage Keepers Insurance Covers damage or theft of customer vehicles in your care.
• Equipment Breakdown Coverage Covers expenses when your equipment or machinery suffers a mechanical failure.
• Product Liability Insurance Protects against legal costs related to defective products.