70 NEWS JAPAN - Driving to clients' homes always made Brandi Greygor nervous. As the owner of Sassy Mama Boutique, Greygor often drove as much as $10,000 in women-and-kids' clothing and accessories to home parties and exhibition halls. She would set up merchandise, which then sat overnight unattended before an event took place.
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Greygor wasn't so worried about a dismal sale. She had no business insurance, and if a child were injured using one of her toys or a shopper was hurt, she could be sued for health-care costs. Also, if anything went wrong – if, say, merchandise were damaged, lost or stolen -- Sassy Mama would face a big loss.
"That $10,000 of wholesale merchandise is $20,000 to $30,000 of income, if I were to lose that," says Greygor, who is based in Union, Ky. Her 1-year-old home-based business was uninsured for more than nine months until April, when her worries about her risks led her to purchase insurance coverage.
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Sassy Mama's story is a common one. Sixty percent of home-based businesses lack adequate business insurance, according to the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America, based in Alexandria, Va.
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