Hotel Insurance Ontario

Hotel operators have to manage numerous exposures related to lodging, and many offer amenities—including pools, exercise facilities, bars and restaurants—that can dramatically increase the number of insurable risks.

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Owning and operating a hotel can be a rewarding endeavour. The list below provides an overview of hotel risks, helping you identify potential blind spots in your risk management and hotel insurance programs.

What Insurance do hotels need?

  • Property Insurance
  • Equipment Breakdown Insurance
  • Crime Insurance
  • Commercial General Liability Insurance
  • Food and Product Liability Insurance
  • Liquor Liability Insurance
  • Cyber Liability Insurance
  • Business Interruption Insurance
  • Commercial Automobile Insurance

Property Insurance for Hotels

Due to the volume of valuable items and equipment found in hotels (e.g., bedding, furniture, HVAC systems, laundry machines and decorative artwork), property exposures in hotels are numerous.

Complicating matters, property damage can be caused by a variety of factors, including equipment failures, plumbing issues, poor wiring, natural disasters, guests, employees and other third parties. What’s more, water damage and fires have the potential to affect multiple rooms and floors, increasing costs and interruptions for your business.

Solution: Property Insurance

Equipment Breakdown Insurance

To ensure the comfort of its guests, hotels depend on functioning equipment. In the face of equipment breakdowns (e.g., HVAC system failures, power outages and appliance malfunctions), hotels can experience business interruptions or even prolonged closures. What’s more, equipment breakdowns can even lead to major property damage should an appliance leak or start a fire.

Crime Insurance

Crime can be a challenge for hotels, especially as employees, guests and vendors all have the opportunity to steal from you. To make matters worse, thieves can strike at any time, leaving owners to recoup any lost funds or valuables. Thieves do not need direct access to cash to steal from you—equipment and supplies are all fair game. What’s more, in the event that a guest is the victim of a theft, you could be held responsible for the damages.

Solution: Crime Insurance

Commercial General Liability Insurance

Depending on its size, hotels may have to manage the safety of hundreds of employees and guests on a regular basis. Because of the high number of individuals entering and exiting your hotel, premises liability exposures at hotels are significant and, when injuries occur at your business, you could be held responsible.

Accidents related to slips, trips, falls, exercise equipment, swimming pools, balconies and unauthorized access to your building are common and major sources of concern. Something as simple as a wet floor or an uneven surface can lead to costly insurance claims following an incident.

Solution: Commercial General Liability Insurance

Food and Product Liability Insurance

If your hotel has an on-site restaurant, gift shop or offers room service, food and product liability can be a considerable concern. The potential for food poisoning, contamination, injury, spoilage and allergic reactions is ever present, making continued guest safety a challenge.

In the event that one of your guests becomes ill due to your food, or accidentally ingests a foreign object found in one of your menu items or vending machines, your hotel could face legal ramifications and suffer irreversible reputational damage. What’s more, hotel owners must account for the potential danger of gift shop items.

Liquor Liability Insurance

Lawsuits related to liquor liability are filed each day, and it’s increasingly common for victims and their families to file suits against restaurants for their role in serving a customer who is then involved in an alcohol-related accident.

Making matters worse, all it takes is a single liquor liability claim to put your entire business at risk. Liquor liability exposures for hotel owners can stem from selling liquor to underage individuals, overserving patrons and non-compliance with applicable legislation.

Cyber Liability Insurance

The hotel industry is a common target for cyber criminals, as these businesses often store sensitive customer data (e.g., names, addresses and credit card information). In addition, employees who are improperly trained on computer and data safety could put your organization at risk for ransomware, viruses, phishing scams and malware.

Compounding your exposures, many hotels offer guest Wi-Fi that, if improperly secured, can put you and your guests at risk of an attack.

Solution: Cyber Insurance

Business Interruption Insurance

Continuity is critical in business, and there are few things more important than continuous revenue and cash flow, particularly for small to medium-sized organizations. In fact, just one brief business interruption can be incredibly costly for an organization, often leading to serious reputational damages or long-term closures. Common interruptions for hotels can include natural disasters, fires, leaks, cyber security events and vandalism.

Commercial Automobile Insurance

Depending on the services your hotel offers, employees may be required to operate a vehicle on behalf of your business, creating automobile exposures in the process. While important for daily operations, the improper use of a vehicle can lead to potential accidents and major insurance claims.

What’s more, if you allow employees to use their own vehicles for work, standard commercial auto policies are often not enough. Additionally, providing valet parking can also create unforeseen challenges should a customer’s vehicle get damaged.

Solution: Commercial Auto Insurance

Protect Your Business with a Hotel Insurance Broker

While the proper risk management practices can reduce certain exposures, no system is 100 per cent effective in ensuring an incident-free workplace. As a result, it’s all the more crucial to work with a qualified hotel insurance broker to not only assess you exposures, but secure the appropriate coverage as well.

Request a hotel insurance quote to find the best protection for your business.

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