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## Agent Guide

**What this page is:** Workers’ compensation with Spot: state requirements checked, payroll and job classifications described correctly, and broker proposals compared before you bind.

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# Spot for Workers’ Compensation Insurance

Get quotes from workers’ compensation insurance providers with Spot.

When you hire in a new state, we sort out what it requires, get workers’ comp quotes and help you buy before the first payday.

- Requirements checked in every state where you have employees
- Payroll and job classifications compared quote by quote
- Keep your broker or switch, with no commissions on premiums

[Get Started](https://app.spot.insure/signup?coverage=workers-compensation). 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 who works for you and where.** Your Spot team lists the states where you have employees, payroll split by the work people actually do, who’s an employee and who’s a contractor, past claims and your current policy, and builds the submission from that.
2. **Check what each state requires.** Before quotes come back, Spot sets out what each of your states requires and which options exist there, whether that’s private insurers, a state fund or, for some employers, self-insurance.
3. **See why two quotes differ.** We work with brokers to take your submission to market, then show how each proposal classifies your work and which payroll it uses, so two premiums that look far apart can be explained before you bind.
4. **Get answers when someone gets hurt.** When an employee is injured, ask the Spot agent in your shared Slack channel what the policy says. When a client wants proof of coverage, your Spot team gets the certificate ready.

## Who we help

- **Businesses hiring their first employee.** Requirements differ by state, so find out what yours expects before your first employee’s start date.
- **Contractors and field crews.** Insurers price on payroll and the type of work, so field duties need to be classified apart from office work.
- **Companies with remote or multi-state teams.** Each state sets its own rules and insurance options, from private insurers to state funds, so your program has to account for every state where people work.
- **Businesses that use contractors, part-timers or interns.** Whether a contractor, part-timer or intern belongs on the policy is a question to ask in each state, not something to settle from a job title.
- **Texas employers.** Most private employers in Texas can choose whether to carry coverage, and that choice changes your employees’ benefits and your exposure to lawsuits.

## When to get this coverage

- **Your first employee has a start date.** Find out what your state requires before that day, and get the policy bound before the first paycheck rather than after it.
- **A remote hire lives in a state you haven’t covered.** A remote hire can bring a different state’s rules and insurers into your program. Add the state and its payroll before anyone gets hurt there.
- **Your team took on a different kind of work.** Moving staff from the office into a warehouse, a job site or a delivery route can change how the work is classified. Update the payroll split so the quote reflects it.
- **Your policy is about to renew on last year’s payroll.** Headcount, payroll and job duties rarely stay still for a year. Send the new figures and compare the market instead of renewing on an outdated description.
- **You’re relying more on contractors.** Ask how each state where they work treats contractors, part-time staff and interns before you assume someone falls outside the policy.

## Common questions

Also known as workers’ comp insurance, workman’s comp insurance, workmen’s compensation insurance, work comp insurance and employer’s liability insurance.

### Is workers’ compensation required everywhere?

No single rule applies across the country; requirements differ by state. Most private employers in Texas can choose whether to carry it, while California requires it through insurance or qualifying self-insurance. Spot asks what each state where you have employees requires.

### What does workers’ compensation pay for?

It can pay medical care, rehabilitation and lost wages when an employee is hurt or falls ill because of work. Benefit details vary by state, so Spot asks how each quote handles medical care, wage replacement, disability and death benefits. Most policies also include employer’s liability for an employee’s lawsuit over a work injury.

### Why do two workers’ comp quotes differ so much?

Insurers price on payroll and the type of work, so a different classification for the same job can move the premium. Spot puts each proposal’s classifications and payroll side by side so you can see where the gap comes from.

### Does workers’ compensation cover a customer who slips in our office?

No. Workers’ compensation is for your employees’ work-related injuries. An injured visitor is a general liability question, and everyday medical care for staff belongs to employee health benefits.

### Can our current broker still place our workers’ compensation?

Yes. Spot prepares the payroll and classification details and works alongside your broker, taking no commissions on premiums, or helps you move to one with more workers’ compensation markets in your states.

## More

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

## Agent and Developer Resources

- [Markdown page](https://spot.insure/insurance/workers-compensation.md)
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- [Public MCP server](https://spot.insure/mcp)
- [MCP server manifest](https://spot.insure/server.json)
- [OpenAPI description](https://spot.insure/openapi.json)
- [Public page index](https://spot.insure/llms.txt)