What does insurance for small business do?

Topic summary

A business owner questions the value of insurance, viewing it as a potential sunk cost. They seek real-world examples from others about:

  • Specific incidents that triggered insurance claims
  • Which policy types actually responded
  • Whether insurance materially saved their business or enabled deals
  • Cases where coverage was required by landlords or clients

The discussion remains open with no responses yet, leaving the original poster’s questions about practical insurance benefits and ROI unanswered.

Summarized with AI on October 24. AI used: claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929.

I was advised to get insurance, but it feels like a sunk cost. If things happen, and it comes to filing a claim, what happened, which policy responded, and did it materially save the business or a deal (e.g., landlord or client requirement)?