Real Estate Insurance in New York
The real estate industry can be exciting, fast-paced, and on-the-go especially in times when the real estate market is on the rise. This makes it a fun and profitable profession, but at the same time increases the likelihood for insurance claims against real estate professionals. Whether you work in New York, Buffalo, Rochester, or anywhere in between, if you work in New York odds are 98+% of real estate professionals invest in various insurance policies to manage their exposure. Below we explain the 3 main types of real estate insurance and how working in New York may be different.
Types of Real Estate Insurance in New York
There are 3 main types of insurance for real estate:
- errors and omissions
- cyber liability
- general liability insurance
Although errors and omissions insurance is not mandated by New York, E&O insurance is often required by another authority such as your real estate franchise or bank partners. Regardless of whether it is actually mandatory, common sense or past experiences often make signing up for errors and omissions insurance in New York an obvious choice.
Errors and Omissions Insurance in New York
Just as the name would suggest, errors and omissions insurance covers errors and omissions made by real estate professionals working on behalf of a real estate brokerage. Specifically, E&O typically covers situations like not disclosing relevant information about the property, or not showing a property to a prospective buyer to even bodily injury or damage that could happen during a showing. In general terms, broadform E&O policies protect both the brokerages and individual real estate agents if they’re sued by a client because of a mistake they’ve made related to transactions in real estate.
Errors and omissions insurance for real estate often covers defense costs, legal costs, and court costs related to a claim.
Cyber Liability Insurance for Real Estate in New York
Cyber Liability Insurance for real estate is a relatively new type of insurance policy in New York that is designed to protect businesses from both 1st and 3rd party risks associated with cyber attacks and fraud. Real Estate professionals are a prime target for these types of attacks, because real estate deals involve complicated, multi-party, high value transactions and sensitive personal data.
First party Cyber Liability policies cover the real estate agent directly and include things like Cyber Extortion, Electronic Transfer Fraud, Deceptive Funds Transfer, and Telephone Tolls, to name a few. Direct coverage is important, but from what we have seen are rarely the reason why real estate professionals decide to purchase cyber liability policies. It’s the 3rd party protection that is usually the consideration, because that coverage would protect the vendor/partner or clients and in real estate deals, this is where the majority of the money is.
General Liability Insurance for Real Estate in New York
General Liability Insurance or business liability insurance is a common type of coverage in any industry that protects businesses from claims resulting from normal business operations not specifically related to the real estate industry.
Specifically, General Liability Insurance in New York will cover personal and advertising injury, damage to properties that are rented to your business, as well as, bodily injury or medical claims, and other common business liability exposure.
Finding the Right Partner
Navigating the regulations and designing a comprehensive policy for real estate professionals requires finding a partner with the right knowledge and experience. At PBI Group, we have written over 50,000 real estate E&O policies for thousands of real estate companies throughout the 50 states. For Cyber Liability insurance, a comprehensive plan specifically for real estate professionals doesn’t yet exist and the risks are changing and evolving constantly. PBI Group is committed to researching and working with carriers to create the best plan.
PBI Group is founded on the principles of trust, partnership, fanatical service and, most of all, industry leading E&O coverages. We do what we do because we believe there is a better way to buy professional liability insurance than online portals with cheap premiums and minimalist coverage. When your policy comes up for review, don’t just accept your renewal quote without finding out the benefits that come along with best.
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Working with Paul and Rachel at PBI Group for my E&O insurance has been a pleasure! They are so responsive, helpful and kind. They really know all things E&O insurance for New York and we feel like we are in great hands – they don’t skip a beat! Thank you!
Paul Bondy at PBI Group always does what he says and works very hard to get the job done for my real estate E&O insurance. He is a rare individual who will always follow up to answer my questions as well as on what he promises. Highly recommend PBI Group for your E&O insurance for your real estate agency.
Two years ago, we were looking to make some changes to our real estate E&O policy and we were contacted by PBI Group. Right from the start Paul was very easy to talk to, always took the time to explain everything we needed to know, and made sure that all questions were answered. The process was very smooth and the communication with Paul has always been great. He’s always quick to respond to any call or email and we are very happy with the service that Paul and PBI Group has provided. I would highly recommend PBI Group.
EXCEPTIONAL! The knowledge, expertise, and professionalism shown were tops. Both Paul Bondy and Eric Mauriello spend ample time educating me on the E&O and Cyber policy benefits, and coverage limits and ensured I understood what was being covered. They both were terrific
PBI Group was more interested in educating me on the E&O insurance coverage for my real estate agency than just selling me a policy. They are very knowledgeable and I consider them a trusted partner of my New York real estate brokerage.
Paul Bondy and PBI Group do everything right with my New York real estate E&O insurance. They are easy to reach, respond to questions quickly, are professional, knowledgeable, and dependable. They also keep us informed about any developments (like Cyber Liability) that we need to know about.
We selected Chris Dittes and PBI Group for our real estate E&O insurance because he is so easy to work with and puts up with all my questions, answers his phone or calls back right away. PBI Group has been our choice for years based on their fees and their service. Thankfully we have no experience in claims but I’m sure they will be handled with the same courtesy as we have come to know.
PBI Group is easy to work with getting me a good price on my E&O insurance for my New York real estate agency. They always there to answer any questions about real estate E&O insurance.
