Real Estate Insurance in Ohio
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 Columbus, Cleveland, Cincinnati, or anywhere in between, if you work in Ohio 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 Ohio may be different.
Types of Real Estate Insurance in Ohio
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 Ohio, 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 Ohio an obvious choice.
Errors and Omissions Insurance in Ohio
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 Ohio
Cyber Liability Insurance for real estate is a relatively new type of insurance policy in Ohio 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 Ohio
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 Ohio 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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Paul and PBI Group has always taken excellent care of us and our real estate E&O insurance needs. As a specialist in E&O and Cyber coverage for real estate agencies, I am always confident that I am getting the best advice from an industry expert. He always has the time to explain and give guidance, and I would highly recommend him.
I always get responses to my real estate E&O insurance questions or concerns, very timely. This is appreciated in a busy work week.
Paul Bondy at PBI Group was very professional and knowledgeable of our real estate errors and omissions insurance needs and requirements. Very easy to work with.
Our company has used The PBI Group and Paul Bondy for the last several years. We highly recommend them to any real estate brokerage looking for great service, a good E&O insurance policy, and availability throughout the year to answer any questions or concerns we may have.
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Great Service!! One of the best for pricing and professionalism for real estate E&O insurance. I have been with PBI Group for many years insuring my real estate agency in Ohio and have no complaints.
Responsive, knowledgeable, patient, detailed, explained everything about their real estate E&O policy, unlike others.
TitleCo Title has been a client of PBI Group since its inception. PBI’s excellent customer service, attention to detail, competitive pricing, and accessibility is crucial to our fast past title insurance industry. I would highly recommend Paul Bondy and PBI Group for any title insurance company seeking E&O and Cyber Insurance.
Quick to respond and assist with E&O and Cyber insurance policies renewal.
Paul Bondy is always there for us and our Ohio company! Being a client of PBI Group puts my mind at ease. Paul has always made himself available to answers all of our questions pertaining to errors and omissions insurance for real estate. He’s a wealth of knowledge, and I highly recommend him! 2023 Update: I’m very thankful that our company with the PBI Group. Paul always has us covered, and is available to help us as needed. 2024 Update: Paul and Rachael are very helpful and always take the time to explain our policies.
