Required Commercial Insurance in North Carolina

When you have a small business in North Carolina, there are certain types of insurance that you are required to have to meet state requirements. If you need commercial insurance for your business, call us at Cross Creek Insurance in Hope Hills, NC.

Workers’ Compensation

If your business has at least three employees, it is required that you have workers’ compensation insurance for your employees. This is required whether your employees are part-time or full-time. This insurance coverage pays for the medical bills for employees who have an accident while working or get ill from something at work. This helps to protect your business by paying these bills instead of the business having to come up with steep bills. It also protects the employees. They know that if they should have an accident, the bills will be covered. 

Commercial Auto

If a vehicle in North Carolina is owned by a business of any size, it must have a commercial auto insurance policy. This policy has a set minimum amount for bodily injury liability for one person as well as another figure for the injury liability for the entire accident. There is another minimum amount required for property damage liability for an entire accident. This does not include any coverage for the business’ car- it pertains to third parties. There is also a set minimum amount of uninsured motorist coverage for each person in the accident and another amount for the entire accident. There is another set minimum amount required for property damage for the accident. 

Get Your Commercial Insurance

If your business needs to be insured, call us at Cross Creek Insurance in Hope Hills, NC. Make an appointment with an agent to discuss your business insurance needs.