Jersey City, NJ, July 09, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Verisk (Nasdaq:VRSK), a leading data analytics provider, has launched a new Micro-Businessowners (Micro-BOP) insurance program to help insurers cover the unique risks of small businesses that are often part of the gig economy, run out of a home or shared work space, and staffed by four or fewer employees.
Verisk’s Micro-BOP Program is a streamlined version of its Businessowners Program and provides only the property and liability coverages that the smallest of businesses typically need. Instead of offering coverage for a property at a specific address, the Micro-BOP Program features business personal property coverage that is mobile in nature, whether such property is in a home, shared-office space, or other location.
“Micro-businesses have continued to thrive during the past few months, as many people have found opportunities in the gig economy, from home-based production of face masks to tutoring and yoga instruction moving online,” said William Mauro, vice president and head of commercial lines coverage for ISO, a Verisk business. “But these types of entrepreneurs often don’t need the typical business insurance. Our new program enables insurers to meet the needs of today’s micro-businesses and begin relationships with them as they grow into larger businesses.”
Many micro-businesses are joining local business organizations to help them grow. At the Hudson County Chamber of Commerce in New Jersey, more than 10 percent of its 700 businesses operate out of homes and shared workspaces.
“The owners of home and shared-space businesses face significant risks and may not often fully consider their need for commercial insurance or may not be able to afford it," said Maria L. Nieves, president and chief executive officer of the Hudson County Chamber of Commerce. “Verisk’s Micro-BOP Program enables insurers to offer streamlined and relevant coverage to this growing market and will help ensure that small businesses of all sizes have policies that meet their needs.”
For more information about Verisk’s Micro-BOP Program, visit the Micro-BOP website.
About Verisk
Verisk (Nasdaq:VRSK) is a leading data analytics provider serving customers in insurance, energy and specialized markets, and financial services. Using advanced technologies to collect and analyze billions of records, Verisk draws on unique data assets and deep domain expertise to provide first-to-market innovations that are integrated into customer workflows. Verisk offers predictive analytics and decision support solutions to customers in rating, underwriting, claims, catastrophe and weather risk, global risk analytics, natural resources intelligence, economic forecasting, and many other fields. Around the world, Verisk helps customers protect people, property, and financial assets.
Headquartered in Jersey City, N.J., Verisk operates in 30 countries and is a member of Standard & Poor's S&P 500® Index and part of the Nasdaq 100 Index. In 2018, Forbes magazine named Verisk to its World's Best Employers list. For more information, please visit www.verisk.com.
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