Insurance Products
We take pride in our consultative approach; at Sharlog and Skiba Agency, Inc. we take the time to understand your changing insurance needs, and will put a personal insurance or business insurance program in place that will deliver economy, superior protection, and risk management assistance.
Personal Insurance Products (Auto and Home Insurance)
- Personal PackageOne policy, one bill equals convenience and enhanced protection. We can combine your auto, home and other coverage in one comprehensive policy. We can start now with just your auto or home and 'package' the other coverage when your current policy expires.
- Homeowner Insurance
One little policy does a lot. A homeowner policy reimburses you for damage to your home from a variety of causes. If your home is totally destroyed or you cannot use it for a period of time, your homeowner policy will also cover that. The insurance extends to your home's contents and liability for damage to property of others or injury caused to someone by you or a family member. Your policy can be personalized to include greater levels of protection for important property, home office situations, liability for boat ownership and additions and alterations to your residence.
- Personal Auto InsuranceYou need to protect yourself should your vehicle be damaged or stolen. Just as important, you need insurance for liability - property damage or injury to others caused by you and other household members as a result of operating a motor vehicle. Other policy features include medical payment reimbursement and reimbursement for injury caused to you by an uninsured or inadequately insured driver. There are many special situations where you may need to customize your policy; examples include installation of custom audio equipment, business use of your auto and teenage and guest drivers, to name a few.
- Antique, Classic and Customized Automobile InsuranceSpecial autos come in all shapes, sizes and model years. We share your dedication to caring for and protecting your special vehicle. Let us help you care for your classic car by providing the policy that is right for it and you.
- ATV Insurance
Insurance is not required for your ATV but there are several situations where liability protection you have under other policies may not apply. Some states require insurance for ATVs operated on state-owned land and your homeowner policy may not protect you if you ride off your property. ATV Insurance can fill in these gaps and will reimburse you if your ATV is stolen or badly damaged. ATV Insurance includes Liability, Medical Payments, Comprehensive and Collision coverage, much like an Auto Insurance Policy.
- Boat InsuranceOne policy includes protection against loss to your boat, motors, trailers and equipment and liability for property damage or physical injury to others caused by you or other boat operators.
- Condo Insurance
One little policy does a lot. A condominium insurance policy reimburses you for damage to your condo, from the walls in, and from a variety of causes. If your condo is totally destroyed or you cannot use it for a period of time, your condo owners policy will also cover that. The insurance extends to your condo's contents and liability for damage to property of others or injury caused to someone by you or a family member. Your policy can be personalized to include greater levels of protection for important property, home office situations, liability for boat ownership and additions and alterations to your residence.
- Dwelling Fire InsuranceDwelling Fire Insurance is designed to insure residences you own or have a financial interest in but do not live in. Common situations calling for this type of insurance coverage include rental homes, homes that are vacant because they are temporarily uninhabitable or are not currently occupied because of a transition caused by a sale or relocation. In these situations insurance protection is needed for the building but typically not for any contents. Liability insurance for the property can sometimes be added or may be handled through alternative approaches.
- Earthquake Insurance
Property insurance policies - for both home and business - are designed to cover a lot of perils, like fire and theft. But property insurance policies are not designed to cover potentially catastrophic events like earthquake and this coverage is specifically excluded from standard policies. Even though people in the U.S. live near fault lines, damaging seismic activity is infrequent and hard to predict. We may experience a devastating earthquake in the U.S. in our lifetimes, or we may escape earthquakes here for generations to come.
Earthquake insurance can be endorsed, or added, to a home insurance or business property insurance policy. Earthquake insurance rates vary with the type of building construction. Wooden structures, because they will flex in a mild earthquake, have lower insurance rates than brick structures.
Earthquake insurance policies usually have higher deductibles - typically 10% to 25% of the building insurance amount - and often separate deductibles will apply for the building structure, building contents, and detached structures, like bulkheads, sheds and garages.
Earthquake insurance rates will vary by location, building structure, and of course, coverage amount and deductible selection. For most of us, rates start in at a few hundred dollars a year, and when you consider that, of the six strongest earthquakes ever recorded, three have struck since 2004, a few hundred dollars a year seems like a small price to pay for peace of mind.
- Home Business
More and more people are working from home or starting home-based businesses. A standard homeowner policy affords limited protection for property and liability risks arising from home business pursuits. We have a range of options and can pick the one that's right for your business no matter how small, new or established.
- Identity TheftAbduction of your personal information can result in financial loss ranging from a thief draining your bank accounts to new debt from fraudulently opened credit accounts. Protect yourself before you become a victim by taking necessary precautions and insuring potential loss.
- Landlord Package InsuranceLandlord's face special risks that require special insurance protection. A few examples of losses or exposures that are covered in a Landlord Package Policy include: Loss of rent resulting from an insured loss; Buildings with one or several units; Varied residential or commercial occupancies; Legal liability resulting from the activities of tenants; and Uninsured or under-insured repairmen. Even though Landlord Package Insurance is primarily designed to protect you from loss to rental property it can, and should provide adequate insurance limits to protect your other assets from legal liability arising from rental activities. Even though renting residences to others is a business activity, many insurance companies will treat the renal of 4 or fewer units as a personal insurance matter.
- Motorcycle Insurance
Motorcycles have a higher rate of fatal accidents than automobiles. United States Department of Transportation data for 2005 from the Fatality Analysis Reporting System show that for passenger cars, 18.62 fatal crashes occur per 100,000 registered vehicles. For motorcycles this figure is higher at 75.19 per 100,000 registered vehicles, four times higher than for cars. Source.
Motorcycle insurance covers most types of motorcycles including, cruisers, street sport, touring, high-performance bikes and scooters.
- Personal UmbrellaSometimes the coverage limits in our automobile and homeowner policies are not enough. Litigation today results in more and more jury awards for hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars. An umbrella provides extra protection of $1 million or more.
- Recreational Vehicle Insurance
RV Insurance for Trailers, Winnebagos and Campers
We insure all kinds of recreational vehicles for campers and outdoor travel enthusiasts. We have the right insurance for you, no matter whether your RV be a motor home, fifth wheel trailer or just a small camper van. We can get you a comparative quote for important insurance coverage like:
- liability insurance
- physical damage coverage
- comprehensive coverage
- emergency expense
Not every insurance agency offers RV insurance or specializes enough to understand that your 'home on wheels' isn't just an oversized car with sleeping bags. Recreational vehicles aren't automobiles, and because of that, special coverage may be needed that you just can't get in a car insurance policy such as:
- coverage for permanent attachments to your RV
- insurance coverage for personal items
- hitch coverage
Let us prepare a quote for your RV'ing needs and help you explore your options. We make it easy, so you can spend more time traveling!
- Renters Insurance
One little policy does a lot. A renters policy covers all most all of your personal property in your apartment, and in some cases, out of your rental unit. The insurance extends to your home's contents and liability for damage to property of others or injury caused to someone by you or a family member. Your policy can be personalized to include greater levels of protection for important property, home office situations, liability for boat ownership.
- Scheduled Personal Property
Many of us have possessions that are not adequately protected by a standard homeowner policy. Examples include jewelry, antiques, oriental carpets, art work, sports equipment, collectibles and firearms. Scheduling important possessions gives you adequate levels of protection, coverage against broader causes of loss and no deductible.
- Wedding InsuranceWedding costs today quickly climb into the tens of thousands of dollars. Unforeseen events resulting in the postponement or cancellation of a wedding, and last minute replacement of service providers can leave you with $10,000 or $20,000 in expenses and no wedding memories to show for it. Wedding Insurance gives you the peace of mind of knowing that, if wedding plans go awry, your wedding investment can stay protected.
Commercial Insurance (Business Insurance)
- Business Auto InsuranceMaybe your business owns vehicles or maybe you rent or lease them. Maybe you or your employees use personal vehicles to conduct business. If so, you need Business Auto Insurance. A Business Auto Insurance Policy protects your business against injury to others and damage to property as a result of business use of vehicles.
- Business Owners PolicyThink of it as homeowner insurance for your business. This type of policy is appropriate for many small and medium sized businesses. It conveniently includes many types of coverage like liability, building, business property and loss of income.
- Commercial General LiabilityYour business faces exposure to loss from legal liability from a number of sources. The CGL provides broad protection from risks arising from your premises and operations, independent contractors and product liability, to name a few.
- Commercial Package PolicyA Commercial Package is a type of business package policy that bundles coverage together for several things including liability, property, boiler and machinery, crime and other optional coverage. The options available create flexibility that allow a Package to be customized for most kinds of business.
- Commercial Property InsuranceThis type of policy provides protection from loss, due to a variety of perils, to all kinds of business property including: building structures, furniture, inventory, equipment, and supplies, money and securities and business records. If you have a larger or more complex business you may need the flexibility of insuring your business property through a Commercial Property Policy.
- Commercial Umbrella Insurance Commercial Umbrella Insurance is sometimes used interchangeably with Excess Liability Insurance. The two are really different; an umbrella insurance policy will 'reach down' to provide coverage in gaps between other business insurance policies while a true excess insurance policy is intended to provide extra limits of insurance on top of coverage provided by other business insurance policies that are in place.
- Contractors Bonds (Contractors Surety Bonds)There are several types of Surety Bonds for contractors: Bid Bonds, Performance Bonds, Payment Bonds, License Bonds and Supply Bonds are a few. In general, surety bonds assure a project owner that they can rely on contractor performance, ability to make payments to certain other parties (sub-contractors, e.g.), good faith bid submissions and so on. The issuer of sureties, usually an insurance company subsidiary, investigates the abilities of a contractor and, in the event of a valid claim, will make reimbursement for non-performance according to the terms of the surety.
Information Needed for General Agreement of Indemnity:
- Federal ID Number of each corporation
- Full Name and Social Security Number of each stockholder and their spouses
- Home Address of each stockholder and their spouses
- Legal Name and Address of Corporation.
- For Bid Bond Purposes - State(s) of Incorporation
- Directors and Officers Liability InsuranceD & O Insurance, as it is commonly called, is essential to attracting, retaining top business management talent. Lawsuits against a business and its management for negligent or wrongful acts can be brought by any number of constituents like shareholders, customers or regulatory bodies. D & O Insurance will fill in gaps in primary business liability insurance and will protect the personal assets of the directors and officers.
- Employment Practices Liability Insurance (EPLI)This kind of insurance provides insurance against liability for, as the name implies, employment practices. Protection, which will vary from policy to policy, covers a broad range of claims or lawsuits that might be brought by current or former employees or employment candidates. Just a few examples include sexual harassment, wrongful termination or discipline, wrongful failure to promote or hire, emotional distress, discrimination and invasion of privacy. Recent growth in employment practice litigation makes review of employment practices and insurance protection a necessity for most businesses today.
- Inland Marine InsuranceInsurance for a variety of property in land transit as well as instrumentalities of transportation such as bridges or tunnels would seem to fit the name, Inland Marine Insurance, and this kind of property is in fact insured by this class of insurance. But the policies in this category also provide coverage for property under construction, construction equipment, scheduled property like jewelry, furs, tools and more that move about or fluctuate in value as well as instrumentalities of communication like broadcast towers.
- Ocean Marine InsuranceA wide variety of 'ocean' risks can be protected by this policy form. Both inland and ocean going vessels and their cargo can be covered under Ocean Marine Insurance. Working boats and ships as well as pleasure craft and even offshore oil rigs fall under this category of protection. Coverage extends to vessels themselves as well as cargo and liability and can be purchased not only by the vessel or cargo owner but often by anyone with an interest in or responsibility for insurable property.
- Professional Liability InsuranceAny professional in any field is expected to possess skills and knowledge resulting from specialized training and experience. When a client or customer believes you have not conducted yourself according the standards of your profession or that you have been negligent in some way you can be sued. Standard business liability policies do not cover these situations. To supplement general liability protection you may need a specialty coverage known as Professional Liability Insurance or sometimes Errors and Omissions Insurance.
- Workers' Compensation InsuranceThis type of insurance pays for medical and rehabilitation expenses for workers injured on the job. Lost wages are also covered. Each state governs the compensation details, including the amounts paid. This is often a mandatory type of insurance.
Individual Health & Financial Products
- Disability Insurance (Individual)A study performed by the American Council of Life Insurers showed that a 35 year old is six times more likely to be disabled than die before they are 65. Disability policies can be tailored to supplement employer benefits, provide benefits to the self-insured, or to fund a business disability buy-sell agreement.
- Health Insurance (Individual)There are more health plans than ever before and increasingly plans are finding ways to balance important financial protection from medical care costs with premium. Budgeting. Let us know what your unique needs are and we will find a program to fit your protection requirements and budget.
- Life and Disability Insurance (Individual)Life insurance is an essential part of any financial program. A variety of policies and limits can be used to pay off a mortgage, cover future education expenses, fund a business buy-sell agreement and more. The type of policy and limits you need will depend on your financial goals.
Just as essential is disability insurance. A study performed by the American Council of Life Insurers showed that a 35 year old is six times more likely to be disabled than die before they are 65. Disability policies can be tailored to supplement employer benefits, provide benefits to the self-insured, or to fund a business disability buy-sell agreement. - Life Insurance (Individual)Life insurance is an essential part of any financial program. A variety of policies and limits can be used to pay off a mortgage, cover future education expenses, fund a business buy-sell agreement and more. The type of policy and limits you need will depend on your financial goals.
- Life, Health and Disability (Individual)Life insurance is an essential part of any financial program. A variety of policies and limits can be used to pay off a mortgage, cover future education expenses, fund a business buy-sell agreement and more. The type of policy and limits you need will depend on your financial goals.
Just as essential is disability insurance. A study performed by the American Council of Life Insurers showed that a 35 year old is six times more likely to be disabled than die before they are 65. Disability policies can be tailored to supplement employer benefits, provide benefits to the self-insured, or to fund a business disability buy-sell agreement.
There are more health plans than ever before and increasingly plans are finding ways to balance important financial protection from medical care costs with premium. Budgeting. Let us know what your unique needs are and we will find a program to fit your protection requirements and budget. - Long Term Care InsuranceAmerica's population is aging and many of us may find our assets at risk as we struggle to pay the costs of daily living assistance during periods of serious illness or disability. These costs are not covered by traditional health policies or Medicare. For some, Long Term Care Insurance may be the best alternative.
- Short Term Medical InsuranceShort Term Medical Insurance removes the risk of potentially catastrophic financial loss due to unexpected illness or injury. Apply online and get protection as soon as the next day.
Group Benefits
- Employee BenefitsComprehensive employee benefit plans for the business community including health insurance, disability insurance, long term care insurance, 401-K, dental insurance, life insurance, fixed annuities, mutual funds, retirement plans, sec. 125.
- Group Health InsuranceHealth insurance is an important benefit for your employees. Having the right plan can give your business a competitive advantage as part of your overall compensation program. In fact, many people who would otherwise be qualified to run their own businesses may work for yours because of access to your benefits program. Let us help you find the best program for you.
