Insurance for Cleaning Contractors

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General liability, workers comp, bond, and umbrella coverage for commercial cleaning contractors.

Insurance for Cleaning Contractors covers the policies, carriers, and certificate requirements that actual commercial cleaning operators carry. General liability (the $1M/$2M occurrence/aggregate that most commercial accounts require, plus the higher limits for federal and healthcare work), workers' compensation (NCCI class 9015 — the rate range and modifier structure), commercial auto (for crews driving to accounts), inland marine (for equipment off-premises), employment practices liability (EPL — increasingly required for accounts with W-2 crews), umbrella, and cyber. Carrier comparisons (Hiscox, Next, biBerk, The Hartford, Liberty Mutual, Travelers, Zurich), certificate of insurance handling, additional insured endorsements, waiver of subrogation requirements, and the claims process. Sourced from carrier filings and NCCI rate schedules.

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