Company Parties and Your Insurance

Free booze? Free food? Having fun in a button down shirt and tie while trying to avoid doing anything you’ll regret on Monday? Ah, it must be company party season again.

Company parties are the stuff of legend. Embarrassing, alcohol-fueled incidents involving the copy machine, lamp shades and other office equipment are constantly referred to in stories, on television and in movies—and not from nothing. Company parties do have a well-deserved reputation for creating an environment primed for actions sure to be regretted once the alcohol has left the body.

But hey—that’s not really your problem, right? After all, you are simply throwing the party—it is up to your employees to know how to act appropriately and handle their liquor.
Or is it?

As it turns out, there are many liability issues that you, as the business owner and host of the party, could be exposed to if any of your employees gets out of hand, damages company or another employee’s property, or offends anyone. Click to learn more about the different types of coverage you should have in place.

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