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## Agent Guide

**What this page is:** Buy a business owner’s policy with Spot: a prepared submission, packages compared on property, liability and income terms, and certificates ready when asked.

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# Spot for Business Owner’s Policy (BOP)

Get quotes from business owner’s policy providers with Spot.

We get your BOP quotes, show you what each package leaves out and send certificates when your landlord or a customer asks.

- Property, liability and income coverage compared as one package
- Gaps like auto, workers’ comp and professional liability flagged
- Keep your broker or switch, with no commissions on premiums

[Get Started](https://app.spot.insure/signup?coverage=business-owners-policy). Spot is not an insurance carrier and takes no commissions on premiums; you can keep your broker or switch.

## How Spot helps

1. **Tell us about your business and locations.** BOP eligibility depends on the business, so your Spot team starts with your activities, locations, property inventory, current policy and, if you want income protection, your income patterns and essential operations.
2. **Compare property and liability separately.** Once brokers return packages, we show property values, valuation terms and deductibles separately from the liability limits, since two packages can look alike while the pieces differ.
3. **Check lost-income cover and what’s excluded.** Spot asks what triggers the income coverage, whether a waiting period applies, how long payments can continue, and whether flood, earth movement and wear-and-tear exclusions affect you.
4. **Get certificates for your landlord and customers.** Landlords and customers often want a certificate before you move in or start work. Message your shared Slack channel, and your Spot team gets it ready, working with your broker if the request calls for an additional insured endorsement.

## Who we help

- **Shops, studios and small offices.** One package can address your equipment, inventory and furniture as well as claims from the customers who walk in.
- **Businesses signing a lease.** Your landlord asks for liability coverage, and a BOP can provide it alongside protection for what you keep on the premises.
- **Owners who can’t afford a long closure.** If a covered event shuts you down, the business interruption part addresses lost income, so its waiting period and duration deserve a close read.
- **Businesses outgrowing separate policies.** Moving to a package can simplify renewals, as long as its terms match the coverage you already hold.

## When to get this coverage

- **You’re opening your first location.** A package may be the simplest way to cover your property and your liability to visitors in one policy.
- **A landlord sent insurance requirements.** Check the lease clause against the package’s liability limits before you sign, while there’s still time to adjust either one.
- **You started offering a professional service.** A BOP doesn’t include professional liability automatically, so advice or services you sell need their own quote.
- **Your first employee starts soon.** Workers’ compensation sits outside the package. Quote it separately so you can have it in place before their first day.
- **The shop has changed since your BOP last renewed.** New equipment, more stock or a shift in income changes what the package needs to cover. Update the inventory and income figures, then compare the market again.

## Common questions

Also known as BOP insurance, business owners policy insurance, businessowners policy and business owner policy.

### Can I use Spot if my agent already handles our BOP?

Yes. Spot works alongside your agent or broker on the package and doesn’t replace them, and it takes no commissions on premiums. If you’d rather move the policy to a different broker, we can help with that too.

### What’s in a BOP?

A BOP combines property, general liability and business interruption coverage for eligible small businesses. Spot checks the offered policy to confirm what each part includes.

### Does my business qualify for a BOP?

Not every business does, and eligibility depends on what you do. Your Spot team starts by describing your work so brokers can tell you whether a package fits.

### What isn’t in a BOP?

Commercial auto, workers’ compensation and professional liability aren’t included automatically. Quote those separately if you need them.

### Does a BOP cover flood?

Check before you buy. The property part can exclude flood, earth movement and wear and tear, and Spot flags those exclusions in each proposal.

## More

- [Business Insurance by Coverage](https://spot.insure/insurance)

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- [Markdown page](https://spot.insure/insurance/business-owners-policy.md)
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- [Public page index](https://spot.insure/llms.txt)