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Browse guides, checklists and plain-English explainers that help small-business owners prepare for insurance conversations and weigh their coverage options.

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Start your business with the right questions

Opening a business brings several insurance decisions at once. Our new-business guide follows the milestones: signing a lease, taking a first client job, hiring and buying a work vehicle.

Read the new-business guide

Explore coverage

Learn what each type of insurance is for, then bring your questions into a conversation about your business.

Find guidance for your business

From restaurants and salons to consultants and trades, our industry guides connect the work you do with relevant insurance questions.

For every coverage line in one place, start with our business insurance overview.

For local business resources, browse Areas We Serve. Each city page brings together local information and links to coverage guidance.

Have a question about your situation?

Talk with Mithril1 about your business and the insurance you are considering.

Online sellers and product brands

These guides sit with our Amazon seller pages, but they apply to any business that sells a product online or to retailers:

Checklists made for real conversations

Every guide and checklist here was written to make your next insurance conversation shorter and clearer. Bring the answers you gather, and we can move straight to the options that fit your business instead of starting from a blank page.

Start with the general quote checklist, review your coverage each year with the annual review checklist, or meet Mithril1 to see how we approach commercial insurance. Industry checklists, from contractors and restaurants to childcare and landscaping, go one step further.

Which guide to read first

Start with the moment you are facing. Signing a lease points to the new-business guide and the quote checklist. A client asking for proof of insurance points to the certificate guide. Hiring a first employee points to the workers’ compensation page, and a new work vehicle points to commercial auto.

Renewal season is the time for the annual review checklist. Each guide is short enough to read in one sitting and ends with links to the coverage pages behind it.

Using the guides alongside an online quote

Eligible businesses can start an online quote through NEXT, while others prefer to talk through their options first. Either way, the checklists here gather the same details: services, premises, people, vehicles and contracts.

Bring your answers to whichever route you choose, and personal help through the inquiry form is available when a question comes up.

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Common questions

Which checklist should I start with?

The general quote checklist suits almost any business. Then add the one for your trade from the Checklists for your industry list above.

What should I read when a client asks for a certificate of insurance?

Start with the certificate of insurance guide, which explains what the document shows and how to request one.

Can I use these checklists with an online quote?

Yes. The answers you gather fit an online quote or a conversation with Mithril1 equally well.