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My first post hello to everyone, I'm a new shop owner preparing to have a grand opening in a couple of months. A little bit about myself I was first GM certified in 1987 and ASE master certified in 1990 And work for dealership until 2000 'a shout out to Scanner Danner i'm one test away from being master certified again' When I entered into EMS and fire service As a paramedic until covid Vaccination restrictions force me from my job, but that's another story. I've been running my part time shop during this time keeping up with my training any equipment Trying to provide an OEM Quality of work using OEM service data and scan tools. My question is what is the best Warranty/ Insurance can I get to provide protection for myself and my customers to cover In the event there is a part failure or a mistake on my part that may Have led to disastrous results? Example may be a timing belt or chain breaks that I install That now exploded the engine or Heater core start leaking a week after I install it.Another question is how much should I be charging for my parts and should that percentage be from what I pay for the part or from what MSRP It's for the part, I'm sure I have many more questions in the future. Just trying to do right to myself and to my customers. Thanks in advance Scott.

Helllo, I'm hoping to get some light shed on how to get Auto Insurances onboarded at my Collision Center to be in there system. Appreciate it in advance.

Help i need shop keepers insurance now. I have no claims in the last 3 year and 1 for $400 5 years ago. We went thru a rough time and paid the premium on the last day of when they sent notce. They won't renew .on going through Keller Stonehenge for pen n national .I have a 2 bay shop for over 10 years what a shock

I need some recommendations on learning more about garage keepers insurance. Like basically where to start, how to shop for it, any information would be helpful. To give you a little background on where I am coming from: My brother and I are taking over the business, our father is 69 and is working his way into retirement. He has done a great job on teaching us how to run a shop, we are both very good service managers, however we have little experience on the business end of things. The reason that I am so interested in insurance is at the end of last year we were dropped by our underwriter, not for too many claims, just because, well I don't really know why. I think it had more to with the insurance company and the direction they were heading. Anyway our insurance guy scrambled to get us insurance at the 11th hour and needless to say we are paying out the nose. We have 2 locations and do general automotive repair. The kicker is, we also have 2-3 service trucks and do on site tire repair for semi and construction tires. Yes, I know, there is my expensive insurance issue. However we have never paid this much before and I think part of it is who we are dealing with. With all that being said I am trying to be proactive and learn as much as I can, so that maybe when it is time to renew we can get this expense a little more inline. Any help and suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Scott

I'm looking at renting a location to open a new shop and the owners are asking me to carry 2 million general aggregate, 1 million per occurence. 100,000 fire damage liability and 5000 medical. In speaking to a few agent they seem to think it's a bit high. Can ya'll post what you typically carry on your shop? Thanks!

I am planning a soft opening in mid to late January and have started looking for insurance quotes. I did not realize how difficult this may end up being. I have only spoken with two offices so far. The first could not cover a new venture(without previous experience) and the other wants all the info of all the employees up front before they can quote(we are hiring one mechanic and do not have that info yet). I understand cost will be higher fora new business but am having a hard time budgeting for this expense. I know there are many factors involved but if anyone that has started in the recent path could shed some light on this topic I would appreciate it. I did search here and did not find alot but online i found quite a few quotes for detail shops that seemed very reasonable(under 200/month). In my business plan I budgeted for $900 for Liability and Garage keepers. any advice is always appreciated.

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) requirement that large employers (businesses with 50 or more full-time equivalent employees) must offer health insurance to full time employees beginning Jan. 1, 2014, or face a fine, has been delayed one year until Jan. 1, 2015. Read the entire article: http://www.searchautoparts.com/aftermarket-business/searchautoparts-advanstar/news-distribution/aca-employer-mandate-delayed-until-?cid=95879 What are your reactions? Is this a sign that there is push back from large companies? And what about many unions that now do not support Obama Care? Will this affect us? Your thoughts?

Hello Would anyone have a suggestion for an insurance company in Indiana for a shop insurance qoute?

I am a mobile mechanic currently with safeco, but my local agent quit using them because their prices went up substantially.