--- title: No Bones About It - Veterinarians Need Business Insurance description: Veterinarians need comprehensive business insurance to protect their practice and assets. Learn about the essential coverage options in our blog post. image: https://www.thesilverlining.com/hubfs/VET-with-dog.jpg --- [![West Bend Insurance](https://www.thesilverlining.com/hs-fs/hubfs/HS%20TEST%20LOGO.png?width=233&height=65&name=HS%20TEST%20LOGO.png "West Bend Insurance")](https://www.thesilverlining.com) ![toggle mobile navigation](https://www.thesilverlining.com/hs-fs/file-1692861603-png/images/nav-toggle.png) [![West Bend Insurance](https://www.thesilverlining.com/hs-fs/file-1696307430-png/images/logo-west-bend.png)](https://www.thesilverlining.com/) [Find An Agent](https://www.thesilverlining.com/find-an-insurance-agent) ![](https://www.thesilverlining.com/hs-fs/file-1939610327-jpg/website_images/smart-business-blog-banner.jpg) # No Bones About It - Veterinarians Need Business Insurance Posted by [Kristin Bowen](https://www.thesilverlining.com/businessblog/blog/author/kristin-bowen) on Feb 24, 2016 8:00:00 AM [![Share on facebook](https://www.thesilverlining.com/hubfs/social-icons/facebook-blue.svg) ](http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://www.thesilverlining.com/businessblog/blog/no-bones-about-it-veterinarians-need-business-insurance?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook) [![Share on linkedin](https://www.thesilverlining.com/hubfs/social-icons/linkedin-blue.svg) ](http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https://www.thesilverlining.com/businessblog/blog/no-bones-about-it-veterinarians-need-business-insurance?utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkedin) [![Share on twitter](https://www.thesilverlining.com/hubfs/social-icons/twitter-x-blue.svg) ](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?original_referer=https://www.thesilverlining.com/businessblog/blog/no-bones-about-it-veterinarians-need-business-insurance?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&url=https://www.thesilverlining.com/businessblog/blog/no-bones-about-it-veterinarians-need-business-insurance?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&source=tweetbutton&text=) [![Share on pinterest](https://www.thesilverlining.com/hubfs/social-icons/pinterest-blue.svg) ](http://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thesilverlining.com%2Fbusinessblog%2Fblog%2Fno-bones-about-it-veterinarians-need-business-insurance%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dpinterest&media=) From a young age, you’ve loved animals so deciding to become a veterinarian came naturally and without question.  You studied feverishly to become the best you can be to care for those furry companions that fill your heart with joy.  Your education will serve you well while you perform wellness exams, stitch up lacerations, treat allergic reactions, and remove foreign bodies.  But do you know what [veterinarian insurance](https://www.thesilverlining.com/business-insurance/veterinarians) coverage you need?  **Veterinarian and Owner![Veterinarian-insurance.jpg](https://www.thesilverlining.com/hs-fs/hubfs/VET-with-dog.jpg?width=320&name=VET-with-dog.jpg "VET-with-dog.jpg")** ** **Most veterinarians would rather handle canine influenza than determine their insurance needs.  With West Bend’s business policy, however, we take the guesswork out of the equation.  Comprehensive coverage is what you need to protect your practice and your building, as well as your personal property and equipment.   **Here are just a few of the many property coverages found on our business policy for veterinarians:** - **Equipment Breakdown** covers damage, including mechanical breakdown, to your cooking, refrigeration, heating, lab, radiography, and sonography equipment.  - **Business Income** provides coverage for the actual lost income and expenses you incur as a result of a covered physical loss to your property. Coverage is provided for up to 12 months without a dollar limitation. - **Peak Season Coverage **provides an automatic 25% increase in coverage for your business personal property when you have more inventory on hand. There’s no additional premium charge.  - **Coverage for Animals **provides $5,000 of coverage per occurrence for animals owned by your clients while in your care, custody, or control for treatment, boarding, or other veterinary services. Higher occurrence limits can be purchased.  A $5,000 limit per animal applies. - **Data Compromise **allows you to be ready to quickly and responsibly respond to a data breach that otherwise could cost you your customers’ trust and business reputation.  **Coverage for liability and associated defense costs is essential for your business. Our business policy provides a wide variety of coverages needed to protect your business including:** - **Premises Liability **provides coverage for the liability exposure that develops from your normal ownership, maintenance, and use of premises, and from the conduct of your business’ operations. Coverage is also included for defense costs. - **Products Liability **provides coverage for the liability you, as a merchant, may incur as the results of a defect in a product you sell. Coverage is also included for defense costs. - **Damage to Premises Rented to You **provides coverage for damage to premises you rented from others and for which you are held liable. - **Veterinary Professional Liability, **including $5,000 coverage for License Defense. Professional liability provides protection for potential negligence claims by your customers or clients related to your professional services. License Defense provides coverage for expenses resulting from a professional license review conducted by a government bureau, board, commission, or department. ** ****Your business policy also protects your business from losses caused by crimes, such as robbery, burglary, and employee dishonesty. Here are just some of the essential crime coverages:** - **Money and Securities **provides $10,000 of coverage on your premises or $5,000 off your premium against “all risks” of loss or destruction of money and securities, other than employee dishonesty and forgery. It also covers loss of other property damage to your premises due to burglary. - **Employee Dishonesty **provides $5,000 coverage for a loss caused by the dishonest acts of your employees. This includes misappropriation or embezzlement while acting alone or in collusion with others, coverages that are normally excluded from crime policies. - **Forgery and Alteration **provides $5,000 coverage for the false or fraudulent making or altering of a written instrument. It also includes coverage for the illegal signing of another’s name to a document such as a check.  **Optional Coverages** ** **In addition to the many standard coverages already included, you have the opportunity to enhance your insurance program with an abundance of optional coverages that provide even greater protection, including property, liability, employee theft, electronic data liability, computer fraud, and more.  Contact your independent insurance agent about West Bend and how we can help protect your business.   **Topics:** [Insurance](https://www.thesilverlining.com/businessblog/blog/topic/insurance), [Risk Management](https://www.thesilverlining.com/businessblog/blog/topic/risk-management) If you’re a content writer and would like to contribute to our blog, click [here](https://www.thesilverlining.com/content-contributor-agreement) to read our guidelines. ![Kristin Bowen](https://www.thesilverlining.com/hubfs/images/Kristin-Bowen-blog-author.jpg) #### Kristin Bowen Kristin Bowen is a seasoned marketing professional who has been immersed in the insurance industry since 2015. With a strong background in digital marketing, brand strategy, and content creation, Kristin has dedicated herself to sharing her knowledge of the insurance and safety landscape. She excels in writing insightful blogs, recording informative videos, and creating engaging content that helps demystify the complexities of insurance as well as other topics. 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