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Home > Blog > Do I need to insure my household help
SUNDAY, MAY 5, 2013

Do I need to insure my household help

Do I need to insure my household help?

If you hire household help, you will need to get the appropriate insurance coverage. The type of coverage depends on the nature of the employee’s position.

Contracting with an outside firm

If you need a nurse, physical therapist, cook or other professional to work in your home, you may decide to contract with a business that provides these types of workers.

  1. Determine if the person is your employee or the employee of the firm you hired. In most cases, the worker will be the "employee" of the organization.
  2. Ask the firm for a copy of its certificates of insurance. This provides documentation that the firm provides workers compensation insurance for its employees. If the firm also offers health and disability insurance, you can feel comfortable that any worker injured on your property will receive medical treatment.

Occasional workers

If you occasionally hire a babysitter to take care of your children or a young person in your neighborhood to rake leaves or clean the garage, you should talk to your insurance professional.

  1. Find out how much liability coverage you have in your homeowners or renters policy and determine whether it is adequate. 
  2. Consider getting more liability insurance. You may elect to raise the amount or buy more coverage through an umbrella liability policy. This would provide broader coverage and a minimum of $1 million of liability insurance.
  3. Learn about the no-fault medical coverage you have in your homeowners policy. If someone, other than an immediate family member, is injured on your property, you can submit their medical bills directly to your insurance company for reimbursement.

Permanent full- or part-time employees

If you hire someone to work in your home on a permanent, regularly scheduled basis, you should consider purchasing a workers compensation policy for this person. This provides coverage for medical care and physical rehabilitation for an employee who is injured on the job and for lost wages if the employee is severely hurt and no longer able to work. It also provides death benefits.

Also you may want to add employment practices liablity if you are concerned about being sued for hiring, firing and employment conditions.

Auto Insurance

If the person working for you is going to drive your car to pick up groceries or take an aging parent to the doctor, make sure that your insurance company knows about the additional driver.  You will want to add the driver to your auto insurance as a frequent driver.

 
If you have questions about these coverages or need quotes contact Suzanne Brown at 713-899-4651.

Posted 7:36 PM

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