Thursday, November 10, 2011

What Insurance Does a Dental Office Need?

I love to work with clients that truly are interested in protecting their business from unforeseen losses.  I can’t say that I have a favorite client, but one that comes to mind is Dr. Solomon Cantwell DMD  He is a dentist that is truly dedicated to his customers, his staff, and the growth of his practice.  He is committed to keeping up to date with the latest dental technology and making his customers comfortable. 
Solomon and Joe in front of the dental office after talking business insurance.
Business Owners Policy and Workers' Comp
I have worked with him to make sure his equipment, liability, and building are all covered properly on his business owners’ policy.  In addition, we worked together to make sure that his employees had the proper coverage in case they were hurt on the job.

Employee Practices Insurancee (Sexual Harassment Insurance/Wrongful Termination)
We also went over the advantages of two other types of coverage including Employee Practice Liability Insurance (EPLI) and Data Breach Insurance.  EPLI is a coverage that is put in place in case an employee sues for wrongful termination, sexual harassment, or wage disputes.  It’s an important coverage that is often overlooked by many business owners because they don’t know about it or their agent never offered it.  There are actually more EPLI claims per year than General Liability claims per year in California

Data Breach
The Data Breach Insurance coverage is a relatively new coverage that was created in order to pay damages caused by loss of client information due to a breach in security (online or offline).  Most data breach policies cover: notifying your customers of the breach, paying an organization to monitor clients’ credit, repairing damaged PR, and even paying government fines for non-compliance.   Take a look at California's penal code relating to a breach.


Malpractice
Malpractice is for mistakes that the dentist makes when working on a patient.  An example would be doing a root canal on the wrong tooth.  Most dentists already have this coverage when we start working because it is often a requirement for working as a dentist, but there are many programs that can offer malpractice at competitive rates.  

2 comments:

  1. very interesting info

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