One way of keeping the clients in your cleaning business is to assure them of the safety of their property while you or your employees clean their house or building. It is not an uncommon occurrence in the cleaning business for clients to complain that something is missing in their house after it was cleaned. While you and your cleaning crew may not be behind such loss, it will still be a bad reputation for your business. Clients, therefore, had learned to ask cleaning companies if they have insurance bond before they contract the company's services. A bond is an assurance to the client that should something be lost in the course of the cleaning of their house, they will be able to recoup the loss through the insurance company.

On the other hand, an insurance bond is a protection to the owner of the cleaning business because the insurance company will take care of the loss restitution of the loss should it occur. So while insurance or bond is not a requirement to put up a cleaning business, it is one of the necessities of the trade.

One type of bond that a cleaning company should get coverage for is a Fidelity Bond which aims to protect the people you work for from theft by you or any of your employees. Payment will be made by the insurance company after a court trial and conviction of the person who is involved in the theft. Clients will have peace of mind if you let them know that your cleaning business has fidelity bond coverage. For sure, they will choose your cleaning company over another company that is not covered by a Fidelity bond.

You can choose the extent of the coverage of the fidelity bond. You can have yourself covered solely or you can include some or all of your employees. You can have also coverage for only one particular job or a series of job, or for all the jobs that your cleaning business will handle. The premium of the bond will be based on the amount of coverage involved, the number of people covered, and the number of jobs covered. You don't have to get a very expensive bond for your business because in most cases, allegations of thefts do not go to trial anymore. Your bond will just be a waste of money but in reality it is not for it makes the clients feel good when entrusting their properties for your company to clean.

Another type of bond that can help your business sell is the Surety or performance bond. This bond will guarantee that your client will get the kind and quality of service that they paid for. If they are not satisfied with the job done on their property, they can go to the insurance company and collect the amount of money they paid for the cleaning services your company had done on their property. Another option is for the insurance company to get another cleaning company to complete the cleaning of the property in question.

Whenever you bid for a job or offer your cleaning services, your bond coverage will be a big come on for clients to your cleaning business.

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