Business General Liability Insurance Audit

Business General Liability Insurance Audit
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Small Business General Liability Insurance rates for premiums and audits?

The small business that I work for is currently shopping for a GL carrier and in getting quotes, questions are coming up that I just cannot find the answers for. Our current GL company basis our premium on our policy year payroll. However, one company that we are getting a quote from is basing the quote on the policy year gross income. Now, these two numbers are VASTLY different and I don’t know why one is basing my premium on one item and another company on another item.
Another question is Audit Rates. The audit rates between these two companies, (again based on different item dollar amounts,) differs also and I was wondering what a standard audit dollar amount would be, or maybe an average?
If it makes a difference, my company does subcontract low voltage work.
Thanks!

Each company is allowed to base premiums on whatever they want. So yes, one company might use payrolls, one might use gross sales. Square footage is possible, and “unit” is possible, and there’s also a thing called an “a” rate, where the underwriter makes it up.

When comparing quotes, you have to know several things: 1. what is the actual RATE, and 2. what is it based on. You also need to know the “minimum premium”. Then before you pick one, you need to run through several scenarios, doing the numbers yourself, to see what the actual cost is at 1. projected figures for this coming year 2. If your projection is high, and the actual figures are half, or 3/4 of projection, and 3. if your projections are low, and the actual figures are double.

THEN you know which deal is the best.

There is no standard audit dollar. I’m not sure what you’re really asking – audits can close EVEN, with no changes, if YOUR initial figures are accurate enough.

But if you go in with lowball numbers, the audit will be high. If you go in with high numbers, the audit will be low. It’s all about how accurate YOUR intial information is. The audit, simply takes the ACTUAL rating basis – sales or payroll – and multiplies it by the rate, which you agreed on at the beginning of the policy term, and then compares the REAL number to your projected number, and adjusts the premium retroactively, accordingly.

Keep in mind, any subs that don’t have a certificate of insurance on file with you, that’s effective for YOUR entire policy year, will be charged as if they are employees.

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