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Business FAQs
Liability Insurance
Public Liability relates to third party injury or third party property damage whilst you’re on the job, and Products Liability relates to injury to third parties or damage caused by any products you distribute, supply or manufacture.
Each business is different, and as such has different needs when it comes to insurance. However, you may want to keep in mind what contracts you work on, and the conditions of your licence when making a decision.
There are a few scenarios not covered by Public and Products Liability Insurance, including pollution, asbestos, and product recalls.
Professional Indemnity
Professional Indemnity Insurance offers cover to businesses that provide advice or recommendations to clients.
Public Liability and Professional Indemnity cover different types of risks so, depending on your business, you may benefit from both policies.
Portable and Valuable Items
Portable and Valuable Items Insurance covers the accidental loss or damage of portable and valuable items that you usually carry around with you in the course of your business.
There are a few instances and scenarios not covered by our Portable and Valuable Items Insurance. For an extensive list, please refer to page 58 of the Mobile Business Protect PDS, or page 104 of the Business Protect PDS.
Portable and Valuable Items refers to your tools or items you may take with you when out and about as part of your business. Stock, on the other hand, refers to the raw materials, merchandise and goods you trade in your business, and at your business premises.
General Questions
Generally tied to motor insurance policies, an interested party is someone who may be financially concerned with your policy, but doesn’t have any authority over it. This could include your car financier or lender. In the case that your vehicle is written off in an accident, we’ll then know who to pay off in the event of any outstanding loans.
Interested parties can be added easily to your car and motor insurance policy via GIO Online Services.
- Log into GIO Online Services and select the car or motor insurance policy you’d like to add an interested party to
- Click ‘Update policy’
- Select ‘Car finance’ and fill in their details from there
You might be looking for information on ‘authorised contacts’, who have full authority over your personal insurance policy. You can find that here.
According to the ATO, "you can generally claim a deduction for most operating expenses in the same income year you incur them".
An employee works for and is part of your business, whilst a subcontractor operates their own business while contracting their services to you.
Claims
You can conveniently make a claim online here.