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Casual Articles - Guide To Insurance For UK Freelance Professionals
Three Pronged Google’s Jaggar Update was the scariest of all Google Updates so far, it’s the longest period update and affected almost all websites specially those on competitive keyword or phrase. Majority of SEOs and Website Owners dislike this update, since they had to change their strategies.I personally like google not only because of its volume and popularity but for its continual efforts to improve and maintain search engine quality of results. In search, google always comes with new and innovative ideas. Here is a latest updates that google does recently, it’s another step toward better results.Here is a list of elements in Jaggar Update: 1. Reciprocal Link Exchange (RLE) Abuse2. CSS SPAM3. Blog SPAM4. Redirect Domains or Pages5. Pirate Sites
IR35 & Legal Expenses Insurance
IR35 Insurance pays costs to cover professional fees relating to tax investigations covering;
*Income tax self assessment full enquiries
*Corporation tax self assessment full and aspect enquiries
*Employer compliance disputes in respect of PAYE, P11D and NIC
*VAT & IR35 disputes, S660A enquiries.
Income Protection Insurance
Income protection insurance schemes can be used to cover employees in the event of long-term sickness, paying their salaries during the period of incapacity. Executive income protection provides cover for both salary and dividends.
Permanent Health Insurance
As a freelancer, you do not the safety net of a permanent employer to pay for sick leave. It is worth investigatin
There are many coating businesses in the market today, but have you ever asked yourself how one gets into this line of work? How they are formed or what prompts someone or some entrepreneur to go out and start a business to fill this niche? Well this is an interesting case study that shows how we became interested in this industry from a sub market of the coating business; Spray in Bed Liners. Our company is in the auto detailing business, www.detailguys.com and we often service auto dealerships. Our customers need service for spray in bed liners for the pick-up trucks they sell. So we looked around at all the possible Biz Op companies doing this and the franchises too.We tried to co-brand with Rhino Linings in San Diego, but in the middle of training they sent our first franchisee home. It tu
Professional indemnity insurance protects you against your legal liability for losses suffered by your customers as a result of your negligent advice. Professional Indemnity is legally required in certain professions, such as law, accountancy & financial services. It is common in other areas such as management and computer consultancy, publishing, engineering and design. If you give any advice which could make you liable, or if you are working in a collaborative arrangement, you should have a suitable professional indemnity policy.
Your professional indemnity policy should include retroactive cover, so that you are insured for any claims arising in the next 12 months, but also for your work or decisions back to the date you commenced trading. When you complete your proposal form, you will need to disclose any likelihood of a future claim, as the underwriters will want to protect themselves from taking on any current or known claim exposure.
Professional Indemnity Insurance works on a 'claim made' basis, and so when you cease trading, retire or take a permanent job, it is wise to purchase run off cover for at least 12 months after that in case a claim is made against you, after your policy has expired for work done previously.
Employers Liability Insurance
The Employers Liability Act 1969 requires all employers, unless they are exempt, to have at least 5 million GBP of employers liability insurance with an approved insurer to protect them against claims from employees for accidents or sickness caused through work. In practice most insurers offer at least 10 mill GBP cover.
The law was amended with effect from 28 February 2005 to exempt very small companies that employ only their owner. As a freelance consultant or contractor operating outside IR35, however, you are likely to have a substitution clause in your contracts. Without employers liability insurance, you cannot fulfill this clause without breaking the law, so in practice you ought to have cover.
There are no hard and fast rules about who counts as your employee for the purposes of employers liability insurance. People who you many think of as self-employed may be considered as your employees for the purposes of employers liability insurance; what matters is the real relationship with the people who work for you and the degree of control you have over the work they do for you. Even part-time and casual staff may count as your employees.
Public Liability Insurance
Public liability insurance covers you against accidents to members of the public or damage to property that occurs as a result of your business activities. It also covers any related legal costs.
Even if you work from home, you may need public liability cover. If clients visit you there, the policy will cover you if they injure themselves while they are on your premises - it could be something as silly as tripping over a computer cable. If you regularly work off-site, your policy should cover this too.
Product Liability Insurance
Product liability insurance covers you against injury or damage caused by faulty goods. This can be important if you manufacture, repair, install or even retail goods; a small defect could open you up to massive claims. Your policy should guard you against safety claims, manufacturing quality, spoilage and indemnity costs.
Property & Contents Insurance
You will need to insure your business property, including premises, fixtures and fittings, stock, computers and equipment. If you work from home, you need to check that equipment used for business purposes is still covered by your home contents insurance, or purchase specific business insurance. In response to a growing trend in home working, an increasing number of insurers no offer buildings and contents policies that specifically include cover for business stock and equipment.
IR35 & Legal Expenses Insurance
IR35 Insurance pays costs to cover professional fees relating to tax investigations covering;
*Income tax self assessment full enquiries
*Corporation tax self assessment full and aspect enquiries
*Employer compliance disputes in respect of PAYE, P11D and NIC
*VAT & IR35 disputes, S660A enquiries.
Income Protection Insurance
Income protection insurance schemes can be used to cover employees in the event of long-term sickness, paying their salaries during the period of incapacity. Executive income protection provides cover for both salary and dividends.
Permanent Health Insurance
As a freelancer, you do not the safety net of a permanent employer to pay for sick leave. It is worth investigatin
Deep within the Google search engine, not commonly used by the average searcher, there is tool that has taken the internet domain/click-farmers to orgasmic heights of revelry. What is this fantabulous tool of the googlified (can I copyright that term?) generation? It is, of course, the Google Trend Analysis.Google trend analysis offers a fascinating insight to the popular culture as it is right now. I don’t mean “now” as in this week nor the age in which we live. I mean “now” as in the existential zeitgeist of this very cultural second. Google displays for us a list of the top 100 search terms/subjects that we curious apes are pounding into our keyboards on any given day. If a term is being searched enough a handy little graph will pop up and show exactly when that term began to spike in
Professional Indemnity Insurance works on a 'claim made' basis, and so when you cease trading, retire or take a permanent job, it is wise to purchase run off cover for at least 12 months after that in case a claim is made against you, after your policy has expired for work done previously.
Employers Liability Insurance
The Employers Liability Act 1969 requires all employers, unless they are exempt, to have at least 5 million GBP of employers liability insurance with an approved insurer to protect them against claims from employees for accidents or sickness caused through work. In practice most insurers offer at least 10 mill GBP cover.
The law was amended with effect from 28 February 2005 to exempt very small companies that employ only their owner. As a freelance consultant or contractor operating outside IR35, however, you are likely to have a substitution clause in your contracts. Without employers liability insurance, you cannot fulfill this clause without breaking the law, so in practice you ought to have cover.
There are no hard and fast rules about who counts as your employee for the purposes of employers liability insurance. People who you many think of as self-employed may be considered as your employees for the purposes of employers liability insurance; what matters is the real relationship with the people who work for you and the degree of control you have over the work they do for you. Even part-time and casual staff may count as your employees.
Public Liability Insurance
Public liability insurance covers you against accidents to members of the public or damage to property that occurs as a result of your business activities. It also covers any related legal costs.
Even if you work from home, you may need public liability cover. If clients visit you there, the policy will cover you if they injure themselves while they are on your premises - it could be something as silly as tripping over a computer cable. If you regularly work off-site, your policy should cover this too.
Product Liability Insurance
Product liability insurance covers you against injury or damage caused by faulty goods. This can be important if you manufacture, repair, install or even retail goods; a small defect could open you up to massive claims. Your policy should guard you against safety claims, manufacturing quality, spoilage and indemnity costs.
Property & Contents Insurance
You will need to insure your business property, including premises, fixtures and fittings, stock, computers and equipment. If you work from home, you need to check that equipment used for business purposes is still covered by your home contents insurance, or purchase specific business insurance. In response to a growing trend in home working, an increasing number of insurers no offer buildings and contents policies that specifically include cover for business stock and equipment.
IR35 & Legal Expenses Insurance
IR35 Insurance pays costs to cover professional fees relating to tax investigations covering;
*Income tax self assessment full enquiries
*Corporation tax self assessment full and aspect enquiries
*Employer compliance disputes in respect of PAYE, P11D and NIC
*VAT & IR35 disputes, S660A enquiries.
Income Protection Insurance
Income protection insurance schemes can be used to cover employees in the event of long-term sickness, paying their salaries during the period of incapacity. Executive income protection provides cover for both salary and dividends.
Permanent Health Insurance
As a freelancer, you do not the safety net of a permanent employer to pay for sick leave. It is worth investigatin
Saving money is something we always love to do. At the same time, a surprising number of people don't spend a couple extra minutes to save money. Sure, if an item is on sale, they're happy to buy it and save the money. The sale may be the only reason why they bought the item at all.But this line of purchasing is just buying sale items by convenience. The person is ready to buy something, and it the particular item happens to be on sale, so they buy it. What you should move towards is knowing how to make your own sales quickly, effectively and easily. I'm talking about mastering the art of quick bargain shopping.Fact: By spending under a minute of search-time online, you can save money on ANYTHING. I really mean it - a big part of my book, Scraping By, is on quick and easy
There are no hard and fast rules about who counts as your employee for the purposes of employers liability insurance. People who you many think of as self-employed may be considered as your employees for the purposes of employers liability insurance; what matters is the real relationship with the people who work for you and the degree of control you have over the work they do for you. Even part-time and casual staff may count as your employees.
Public Liability Insurance
Public liability insurance covers you against accidents to members of the public or damage to property that occurs as a result of your business activities. It also covers any related legal costs.
Even if you work from home, you may need public liability cover. If clients visit you there, the policy will cover you if they injure themselves while they are on your premises - it could be something as silly as tripping over a computer cable. If you regularly work off-site, your policy should cover this too.
Product Liability Insurance
Product liability insurance covers you against injury or damage caused by faulty goods. This can be important if you manufacture, repair, install or even retail goods; a small defect could open you up to massive claims. Your policy should guard you against safety claims, manufacturing quality, spoilage and indemnity costs.
Property & Contents Insurance
You will need to insure your business property, including premises, fixtures and fittings, stock, computers and equipment. If you work from home, you need to check that equipment used for business purposes is still covered by your home contents insurance, or purchase specific business insurance. In response to a growing trend in home working, an increasing number of insurers no offer buildings and contents policies that specifically include cover for business stock and equipment.
IR35 & Legal Expenses Insurance
IR35 Insurance pays costs to cover professional fees relating to tax investigations covering;
*Income tax self assessment full enquiries
*Corporation tax self assessment full and aspect enquiries
*Employer compliance disputes in respect of PAYE, P11D and NIC
*VAT & IR35 disputes, S660A enquiries.
Income Protection Insurance
Income protection insurance schemes can be used to cover employees in the event of long-term sickness, paying their salaries during the period of incapacity. Executive income protection provides cover for both salary and dividends.
Permanent Health Insurance
As a freelancer, you do not the safety net of a permanent employer to pay for sick leave. It is worth investigatin
The competition for audit manager jobs is keener than it was a few months back. If you want a leg up on the other candidates when you’re on a job hunt, your best bet is to fine tune your experience and skills so that you offer the skills that hiring managers want. According to a recent survey of ads placed with a hiring agency for audit manager jobs, these are the most common skills mentioned in those job ads.CISA (Certified Information Systems Auditor) Over 45% of those advertising vacant audit manager jobs were specifically seeking candidates with CISA certification from ISACA. The certification guarantees that the candidate has specific qualifications. Possessing a CISA will get you about ?1,500 more in salary pa.Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Compliance Knowledgel cover you if they injure themselves while they are on your premises - it could be something as silly as tripping over a computer cable. If you regularly work off-site, your policy should cover this too.
Product Liability Insurance
Product liability insurance covers you against injury or damage caused by faulty goods. This can be important if you manufacture, repair, install or even retail goods; a small defect could open you up to massive claims. Your policy should guard you against safety claims, manufacturing quality, spoilage and indemnity costs.
Property & Contents Insurance
You will need to insure your business property, including premises, fixtures and fittings, stock, computers and equipment. If you work from home, you need to check that equipment used for business purposes is still covered by your home contents insurance, or purchase specific business insurance. In response to a growing trend in home working, an increasing number of insurers no offer buildings and contents policies that specifically include cover for business stock and equipment.
IR35 & Legal Expenses Insurance
IR35 Insurance pays costs to cover professional fees relating to tax investigations covering;
*Income tax self assessment full enquiries
*Corporation tax self assessment full and aspect enquiries
*Employer compliance disputes in respect of PAYE, P11D and NIC
*VAT & IR35 disputes, S660A enquiries.
Income Protection Insurance
Income protection insurance schemes can be used to cover employees in the event of long-term sickness, paying their salaries during the period of incapacity. Executive income protection provides cover for both salary and dividends.
Permanent Health Insurance
As a freelancer, you do not the safety net of a permanent employer to pay for sick leave. It is worth investigatin
The DDA (Disability Discrimination Act) states that service providers must not discriminate against disabled people. A website is regarded as a service and therefore falls under this law, and as such must be made accessible to everyone.Some organisations are making accessibility improvements to their websites, but many are seemingly not making the accessibility adjustments. Disabled people don't access their website, they say, so why should they care?There are, however, two very good reasons as to why businesses should start taking these issues seriously:1. An accessible website will make you more money 2. An accessible website will save you moneyThere are seven explanations for this:1. Your website will be easier to manageAn accessible website separates
IR35 & Legal Expenses Insurance
IR35 Insurance pays costs to cover professional fees relating to tax investigations covering;
*Income tax self assessment full enquiries
*Corporation tax self assessment full and aspect enquiries
*Employer compliance disputes in respect of PAYE, P11D and NIC
*VAT & IR35 disputes, S660A enquiries.
Income Protection Insurance
Income protection insurance schemes can be used to cover employees in the event of long-term sickness, paying their salaries during the period of incapacity. Executive income protection provides cover for both salary and dividends.
Permanent Health Insurance
As a freelancer, you do not the safety net of a permanent employer to pay for sick leave. It is worth investigating permanent health insurance to cover your personal outgoings should you ever be unable to work for long periods, Private medical insurance can make a lot of sense. Quicker treatment times through private care can help you avoid lengthy lay-offs. Some policies pay a lump sum in the event of a critical illness. It is advisable to apply for medical insurance before you experience symptoms of a serious nature.
Other types of freelance insurance
* Business interruption (or consequential loss) insurance compensates you for extra costs incurred and trading profits lost if your business suffers disruption after, say, a fire.
* Tax loss insurance reimburses the tax, penalty and interest losses arising from an HMRC ruling against you which results in additional tax to be paid, especially in relation to IR35.
* Legal expenses insurance covers legal costs such as solicitors fees and court costs. Many policies offer legal guidance via a telephone helpline.
* Key man insurance can make your business less vulnerable to the illness or death of key employees.
Insurance Tips
* It can be more cost-effective to buy employers liability, public liability and business equipment insurance as a single package.
* Professional indemnity insurance premiums will depend on the type of business, your turnover and the number of employees. Don't underestimate the level of professional indemnity protection you need.
* Read the small print in any policy documents. Question any clauses that you don't understand.
* Be scrupulously honest with your insurance company about information relating to your business and any previous claims.
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