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102 articles, so your company's insurance really forms a system.

Plain-language articles on business insurance, written for decision-makers – the deep dive lives on the sister specialist sites, here's the full picture. Tip: use the magnifying-glass button in the header to search the whole site.

Even Bea the accountant nods: organised knowledge is half of an organised portfolio.

Basics · 10 articles

Start here: what protects what, how to read policy terms, and why it pays to see your company's insurance as one system.

The SME insurance map: what protects what?

The four compass points of business insurance – property, liability, people, operations – on one map: what protects what, and where an SME should start.

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Business insurance package: what to bundle?

SME insurance portfolio: aligning property, liability, fleet and personal-lines cover – renewal dates, overlaps, gaps.

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Policyholder and insured at companies: who is who?

Policyholder, insured, beneficiary, assignee – at company insurance, role allocation decides who pays, who the cover protects, and who receives the payout at claim time.

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What business insurance covers – and doesn't

Business insurance doesn't pay for everything – that's not a flaw, it's how it's designed to work. Named perils, exclusions, limits and deductibles make up real cover.

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How to read your insurance policy conditions

A five-step method, not for lawyers: schedule of benefits, exclusions, deductible and limit, obligations, claims-handling rules – all you need to find your way around.

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Common myths about business insurance

Six stubborn myths about business insurance – from the business-interruption myth to “small firms don't need it” – and what's true instead. An honest myth-buster for owners.

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Sole trader insurance: is it even necessary?

Insurance for sole traders: liability cover for a one-person business, equipment cover, income protection – what you really need, and what can wait.

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Home office and company devices at home: whose insurance protects?

Home office insurance: company equipment in the flat, business riders on home policies, liability questions in remote work.

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When is insurance “mandatory” for a company?

For some activities, a law or chamber requires liability insurance, elsewhere a contract or tender makes it mandatory – the framework, without a promised list.

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Basic terms in minutes: 15 for companies

Fifteen basic insurance terms, one sentence each – from policyholder to underinsurance. That's all it takes to make any business quote or policy wording easy to understand.

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Areas Overview · 16 articles

The essentials from every area – the deep dive lives on the sister specialist sites: every article links on to the right one.

On-site property insurance: an overview

What on-site property insurance is, who needs it, and when it comes up: building, machinery, stock and electronics in one overview – in-depth content on vagyon.biz.

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Professional and general liability: an overview

Overview of general, service-provider, professional and product liability insurance: what's the difference, who needs it, when it comes up – in-depth on felelosseg.biz.

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Company vehicle fleet insurance: an overview

Fleet insurance overview: what makes a fleet a fleet, when it pays to consolidate separate policies, and what it takes – in-depth content on the flotta.biz specialist site.

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Employee benefit insurance: an overview

Group life, accident and health insurance as an employee benefit: what it is, who it pays off for, when it comes up – overview, in-depth content on csoportos.biz.

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Group accident insurance: an overview

Group accident insurance overview: fixed-sum payouts for accidental death, disability, broken bones – who it suits, when it comes up; in-depth content: baleset.biz.

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Health benefits at companies: an overview

Service-based health insurance as an employee benefit: organised private healthcare for the team – what it is, who it pays off for; in-depth content: egeszseg.biz.

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Project and construction insurance: an overview

Construction all-risks insurance (CAR/EAR) overview: what it protects on a project, who needs it – client or contractor – and when it comes up; in-depth content: epites.biz.

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Legal expenses insurance: an overview

Legal expenses insurance covers the costs of legal disputes: lawyers, experts, procedural fees. What it is, who it suits, when it comes up – in-depth on jogvedelem.biz.

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Machinery breakdown and business interruption: when do they make sense?

Machinery breakdown and business interruption honestly: what they are for, when they pay off, and when property cover plus reserves suffice.

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Small fleet or large fleet? Thresholds and transitions

How many vehicles make a fleet a fleet, what changes as the fleet grows, and when it's worth reorganising your company vehicle cover – overview; in-depth: flotta.biz.

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Directors' and officers' liability insurance: when does it become relevant at an SME?

Directors' and officers' (D&O) liability insurance addresses the risk of personal liability for a director's decisions – when does it become relevant at a growing SME?

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Cyber insurance for SMEs: what does it protect against, what is excluded, and who is it for?

Overview of SME cyber insurance: ransomware, data breach, business interruption and transfer fraud cover, typical exclusions, the insurer's IT requirements.

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Our biggest customer isn't paying: what is credit insurance, and is it available to SMEs?

Trade credit insurance overview: buyer limits, deductible, waiting period, debt collection, insolvency and protracted default – what is covered, what isn't.

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If the managing director is out of action for months: key person insurance and business continuity

What if a micro-company's managing director is out for months? How key person insurance works: policyholder, payouts, taxation – and what it does not solve.

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Delivered goods lost: the carrier is liable only up to a limit – do you need cargo insurance?

Carriers and couriers are liable only up to a limit: when you need your own cargo insurance, what CMR insurance and BÁF are, why couriers struggle to get cover.

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Can a NAIH fine be insured? The cost ladder of a data breach and the covers

After a data breach: notification, legal defence, data subjects' claims, NAIH fines – what cyber and GDPR liability insurance pay for, and what they don't.

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Company Size and Life Stages · 17 articles

From sole trader to multi-site company: what changes in the portfolio as the company lives and grows.

The sole trader's minimal insurance portfolio

What's the smallest insurance kit a sole trader really needs? Liability, equipment, and cover for your own income loss – three layers, no excess.

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Micro business (1–9 staff): what to insure

A micro business's insurance portfolio: what changes from one-person operation, and what your first team, first office and first big client bring.

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The 10+ employee company: insurance as a system

Above ten staff, corporate insurance is no longer a handful of policies but a system: benefits, bigger limits, processes – what changes and how to build it.

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Your first employee: what changes in cover?

Hiring your first employee is an insurance turning point: employer's liability, accident cover, the basis for benefits – what changes and what to sort out.

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Leasing your first premises: what to insure

Rented office, workshop, shop: what the landlord expects, what their policy covers, and what the tenant needs to insure – a checklist for your first site.

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Buying company property and insurance

When the company buys property, the building's risk becomes its own too: rebuilding value, lender requirements, a wider circle of cover to arrange.

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Growth and raising cover: stay in step

The company grows, the policies stay the same – that's growth's silent risk. When and how to raise cover: aligning revenue, headcount, assets, limits.

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Multiple sites, one portfolio: how to manage it

A second, third site: separate policies or one contract with a site list? The insurance structure for multi-site companies, with pitfalls and routines.

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Webshops and online ops: what's worth insuring?

Insurance questions for webshops and online companies: stock and warehouse, product liability, delivery, business downtime – where are the real risks?

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Seasonal business: insurance that flexes

Insurance questions for seasonal companies: swinging stock and headcount, an off-season site, peak-period risks – how should cover follow the rhythm?

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The first business insurance: when and with what to start

Insuring a starting business: mandatory and contractually expected covers, the first liability policy, a growth schedule.

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Colleagues drive their own cars to clients: if a car is damaged in a crash, does the company pay?

An employee crashes their own car on the way to a client: employer liability under the Labour Code, the MTPL/casco boundary, the role of liability insurance.

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Insuring a restaurant, café or bar: which cover for which risk?

Hospitality venue insurance guide: slipping guests, foodborne illness, grease fires, chilled stock – which cover for which risk, what the insurer checks.

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Selling the company, converting to a Kft., or winding up – what happens to the insurance policies?

Sole trader to Kft., share or asset sale, conversion, winding-up: when cover transfers, when it ends as insurable interest ceases, where gaps arise.

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My business partner has died: will their heirs take a seat in the company? Inheritance and buy-out

When a business partner dies, the share passes to the heirs. What can the articles of association do, what is the buy-out right, and how is it funded?

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We sell Chinese products: as an importer, are we liable as a manufacturer? Product liability and recall

Non-EU imports or own-brand products: importers and webshops may be liable as manufacturers – what product liability and recall insurance cover.

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A customer's car, laptop or furniture is damaged while in our care: why doesn't liability insurance pay?

Repair shop, dry cleaner, warehouse: liability insurance excludes third-party property taken over for safekeeping or processing – what add-on cover you need.

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Portfolio Management · 11 articles

vallalkozas.biz's own deep-dive area: renewal table, cover map, gap- and overlap-hunting, the annual routine.

The renewal table: your insurance at a glance

One table showing every contract's renewal date, cancellation window and owner – how to build and use a renewal table, and its yearly rhythm.

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The cover map: what protects what

The cover map lays the company's risks and contracts over one another: row by row you see what's covered, what isn't, and what's covered twice.

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The gap hunt: what isn't covered?

An uncovered risk is invisible – until it turns into a claim. A methodical gap hunt: where to look for gaps, and the most common uncovered bands.

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The overlap hunt: paying twice for cover

Two policies covering the same risk rarely mean a double payout – but they do mean a double premium. Typical overlaps and how to weed them out properly.

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The annual review: 60 minutes, well spent

Once a year, on schedule: values, limits, changes, claims lessons, the re-tender decision – the corporate insurance portfolio's annual routine, step by step.

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Change notification: what, when, why

New activity, a new site, a jump in revenue, buying equipment: an unreported change comes back to bite you at claim time. What to tell your insurer, and how?

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Cancelling and switching insurer, properly

Cancelling and switching corporate insurance, step by step: the cancellation window, written notice, timing the new cover – so not a single day goes uncovered.

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Document order: policies all in one place

Policies, terms, premium receipts, claims files in one system: how to build corporate insurance document order – ready in minutes at claim time or audit.

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The accountant and the broker, working together

The two pillars of the insurance portfolio are the accountant and the broker: who sees what, what to ask each other, and how tax and accounting close cleanly.

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When you don't need new cover: an honest look

Not every review ends in a new policy: when the existing portfolio is fine, when a reserve beats cover, and why it pays for the broker to say no too.

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A premium was missed: when does the contract terminate, and what can be reinstated?

Unpaid insurance premium at a company: reminder and grace period under the Civil Code, retroactive termination, 120-day reinstatement, the different MTPL rule.

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Claims at Companies · 13 articles

What to do when something goes wrong: reporting via the insurer's line, documentation, stalled cases – and what the portfolio learns from it.

Claim notification, step by step

A claim at your company: loss mitigation, documentation, reporting via the insurer's claims line or online portal, deadlines, inspection – the process step by step, clearly.

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Claim documentation: photos, inventory, records

A good claim file comes together in minutes if you have a routine: what to photograph, list, and which records you need – a documentation guide for company claims.

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Business continuity after a claim

The days after a claim aren't just about compensation: how does the business keep running? A continuity plan, interim fixes, and what insurance covers – soberly explained.

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Property claim or liability claim: which policy applies?

Damage to your company and damage caused by your company are two different worlds: different contract, different process. A quick compass to the right door, straight away.

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Common reasons claims get rejected – honestly

Why do insurers reject claims? The six most common reasons at companies – from uncovered risk to late notification – and how to prevent each one.

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Requests for further documents in a claim

The insurer asks for more documents – not a rejection, but part of the process. How to respond fast and precisely, and when the pattern turns suspicious instead of routine.

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Stalled or disputed claims: how the broker helps

If a claim stalls or a rejection is questionable, I try to make sure the client isn't left alone: the broker analyses the reasoning and helps the client, where possible, in reopening the case.

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On-site loss prevention: cheaper than a claim

The best claim is the one that never happens: fire, water, break-ins, electrical faults – the practical points of on-site loss prevention that also affect your cover terms.

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Employee claims: which way does the case go?

Workplace accidents, damage to an employee, damage caused by an employee: three separate paths, three separate procedures – a compass for employers, myth-free.

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Feeding claim experience into your renewal

A closed claim is the most expensive lesson a company ever buys – don't let it go to waste: what it should teach about cover, the deductible, processes and prevention.

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After a workplace accident, NEAK (the National Health Insurance Fund) also seeks reimbursement: does employer's liability insurance cover it?

After a safety breach, NEAK reclaims the cost of accident benefits from the company (Ebtv. Section 67): what it is and whether liability insurance covers it.

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Does the insurer pay new value or depreciated value? Claims for machinery, furniture and servers

New, depreciated or book value: what decides how much the insurer pays for a ten-year-old machine, and where SMEs lose out on depreciation and underinsurance.

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Power cut, refrigeration failure, spoiled stock: does the insurer pay – or the electricity company?

Chilled stock spoiled by a power cut, cooling fault or surge: what the refrigerated goods clause pays, when the electricity company is liable, what to document.

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Tax, Accounting, Regulation · 13 articles

Accounting, rules, partner expectations – always within the framework of the rules in force at any given time, agreed with your accountant.

Insurance premiums as a cost: the question map

Can your insurance premium be booked as a cost? A question map: what depends on the cover type, what the tax rules in force settle, and what to ask your accountant.

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The tax logic of employee benefits

How group insurance benefits are taxed, without rates: what the treatment depends on, which questions to settle with your accountant, and where companies typically go wrong.

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Mandatory liability insurance: a framework

Which activities must carry liability insurance by law or chamber rule? The scope is activity-dependent and changes over time – check your profession here, no list promised.

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Chamber and professional insurance requirements

Insurance requirements for professions tied to chamber membership: where to look for the rule, what the chamber can require, and how to keep your cover continuously compliant.

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Insurance requirements in grants and tenders

The insurance clauses in a tender document: what cover and certificates are requested, how to time your compliance, and where bidders typically trip up – a practical guide.

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Rented or owned equipment: who insures what?

Rented machinery, borrowed equipment, your own asset at someone else's premises: insurance responsibility hinges on the contract – how to sort out the equipment boundaries.

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Insurance alongside a lease or a loan: what lenders expect

Leased machinery, property bought on credit: the financing party expects insurance and an assignment in its favour. What they ask for, and how to fit it into your portfolio.

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NAV (the Hungarian tax authority) audits and your policies

In a tax audit, insurance costs stand or fall on documentation: the policy, proof of premium payment, a description of the arrangement. What's worth keeping in order.

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Foreign clients' insurance expectations

For exporters and companies serving clients abroad: territorial scope, higher limits, English-language certificates – what foreign customers expect on insurance.

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Certificates of insurance for partners: what and how

A customer asks for a certificate of insurance – what exactly is it, what should it contain, how long does it take, and what should you check before issuing one?

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Surety insurance: an alternative to a bank guarantee for tenders and contracts

Need to provide security for a tender or a contract but don't want to tie up your credit line? Surety (guarantee) insurance is one alternative to a bank guarantee – the basics for SMEs.

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Net or gross? Why the insurer pays a VAT-reclaiming company without VAT

Insurers pay VAT-reclaiming companies net: Section 123 of the Insurance Act (Bit.), the claims VAT declaration, the invoice's role, booking the payment.

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We employ non-EU workers: what health insurance is needed, and what is the employer's job?

Health cover for third-country workers: the permit requirement, social-security status upon registration, the uncovered gap and guest-worker insurance.

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Process and Decision · 12 articles

From portfolio review to signing and the renewal-date switch: this is what the process looks like, and where others tend to slip up.

How the portfolio review works: what to bring, what happens?

Bring your existing policies, the rest is my job: the review's steps from the first 20 minutes to the cover map and decision proposals – free of charge.

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Needs assessment at companies: the questions that matter

Good company insurance doesn't start from a product catalogue but from how the company runs: the needs-assessment questions, and why cover quality hinges on them.

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Reading quote tables: our comparison criteria

Several insurers' quotes are only comparable side by side: this is how the comparison table is built, and how to read it – beyond the bottom-line premium.

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Binding cover as a company: quote to policy

Concluding company insurance step by step: finalising the quote, data and declarations, signature, first premium, policy check – and the typical snags.

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When does cover start? The inception of cover

Signature, premium payment, inception of cover – three different moments. What determines when company insurance protects, and how to avoid uncovered days.

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Representation and power of attorney with a broker – factually

What the broker mandate and power of attorney mean: what they authorise, what they don't, how to end them – a factual overview, no scare tactics, no gloss.

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Common binding mistakes at companies – and how to avoid them

Most problems that surface at claim time are not claims-handling errors but binding mistakes: the seven typical slip-ups at contract inception, and their fix.

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The cheap-premium trap: where it backfires at claim time

A premium gap usually reflects a cover gap: a narrower limit, a higher deductible, more exclusions. Where does a cheap policy backfire – and when is it still the right call?

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Switching at renewal: a schedule with no gaps

Switching insurer at renewal, step by step: when to start, in what order, with what deadlines – so there's no uncovered day and no double premium.

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When should you use a broker – and when not?

Not every situation calls for a broker: when the direct route is enough, and when an independent broker brings real value – an honest decision guide for owners.

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What a broker does next to your company – and who pays

What an insurance broker does for a company: market competition, translating conditions, help at claims, renewal reviews (when warranted or requested) – and transparent remuneration.

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Package insurance or bespoke contracts? What does an SME package mean, and when is it too narrow?

What an SME package policy is: modules, fixed limits, excluded activities. How to tell you have outgrown it, and what a bespoke contract offers – and asks.

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Templates and Glossary · 10 articles

Copyable templates, checklists and glossaries – all readable directly on the page, no download needed.

Glossary: company insurance words, A to Z

Thirty terms from the world of company insurance, each in one plain sentence – from all-risk cover to waiting periods. In a dispute, the insurer's conditions govern.

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Portfolio inventory template: every contract in one row

A copyable contract-list template with ready fields: what is in force, with whom, until when, for how much, who the beneficiary is – the first document of portfolio order.

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Renewal table template: the annual calendar of deadlines

A copyable renewal-table template: contract, renewal date, cancellation window, task, owner – with a filled-in example and a quarterly routine. The calendar side of order.

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Cover map template: the risk–contract matrix

A copyable cover-map template with a filled-in example: risks in the rows, contracts in the columns – this is how a gap, an overlap and a deliberate decision become visible.

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Claim-notification checklist for companies: the first 48 hours

A printable claim-notification checklist: safety and loss mitigation, documentation, reporting to the insurer's line, building the file – the first 48 hours step by step. The notification deadline is always set by the policy wording – typically immediately, within the short deadline set out in the terms.

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Premises self-check: a 20-minute loss-prevention walkthrough

A printable premises self-check list: fire, water, burglary, electrical systems, housekeeping – two walkthroughs a year that prevent most losses. With an owner and a date.

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Quote-request data checklist: 30 minutes, and it's all together

What to prepare for a company insurance tender: company data, activity, premises, values, claims history – an organised data checklist, with explanations.

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First-conversation checklist: what to bring to the review

Five minutes of prep for the 20-minute portfolio review: policies, key numbers, plans, questions – a list of what's worth having on hand for the first conversation.

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Myth-busting collection: ten sentences that mislead

Ten company insurance myths, briefly: myth-and-reality pairs, in shareable form – from the business-interruption myth to "the insurer will pay for it anyway."

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Mini dictionary EN–DE–HU: insurance terms in three languages

Twenty insurance terms in English, German and Hungarian in one table – for companies working with foreign clients, a parent company, or international partners.

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