What Is Business Overheads Insurance

A business owner’s priority is to keep the enterprise running smoothly. This calls for ensuring efficient operations, properly maintaining equipment and facilities, and guaranteeing the proper payment and treatment of employees.

But what happens if a business owner falls ill or gets into an accident? Having a business overheads insurance plan or package ready helps answer that question.

What You Need to Know About Business Overheads Insurance

Most corporate or industrial insurance packages cover property damage, theft, and public or product liabilities. Business overheads insurance (also referred to as business expenses insurance) on the other hand, ensures operational continuity if an owner becomes too sick or too severely injured to work.

In principle, it can cover up to 100 per cent of a company’s expenses, including rents and leases as well as operational costs such as the payment of employee wages.

Who needs business overheads insurance?

• Small businesses, particularly those incorporated with less than five partners or single-proprietorship enterprises.
• Solo professionals or consultants earning their income from services rendered.

What are the benefits of having a business overheads insurance plan in place?

• Up to 100 per cent of eligible business expenses are covered, and some insurance companies will even waive premiums for companies claiming cover.
• Business overheads insurance cover is kept relevant as inflation is always taken into account. Covers are automatically increased based on the current consumer price index (CPI.)
• Since this kind of insurance is considered a business expense, premiums are usually tax-deductible.

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Reviewed by Greg Maguire

Greg Maguire reviewed this article to make sure the information is accurate and reflects current insurance practice. It is general advice only and does not take your personal circumstances into account.

Greg Maguire is an Authorised Representative (No. 255354) of AD Advisory Services Pty Ltd, ABN 68 005 830 802, AFSL 237058.

Greg Maguire

Principal

Greg Maguire is the founder and principal of Absolute Insurance, a family-run Perth life insurance broker he runs with his wife Steph. Greg has spent more than 20 years helping Western Australian families and business owners protect what matters most, with life insurance, income protection, TPD and trauma cover from Australia's leading insurers.

Before insurance, Greg was a primary school teacher, and that same patient, one-to-one approach is how he still works today. He takes the time to understand your situation, explains your options in plain English, and stands beside you and your family if you ever need to claim.

Greg holds an Advanced Diploma of Financial Planning from Deakin University and a bachelor's degree from Edith Cowan University. He is an active member of the local community through the Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA and Baldivis Rotary.

Greg Maguire is an Authorised Representative (No. 255354) of AD Advisory Services Pty Ltd, ABN 68 005 830 802, AFSL 237058.