140. Insurance Insights: Protecting Your Flooring Business and Crew

Insurance isn’t the most exciting topic—until you need it. Are you sure your flooring business and crew are fully protected? This week on The Huddle, we’re bringing in Sam & Jake from Federated Insurance to break down the essentials of risk management, liability protection, and must-have coverage for flooring professionals.

💡 What You’ll Learn in This Episode:
✔️ The biggest insurance mistakes flooring pros make (and how to avoid them).
✔️ What coverage you actually need—and what’s just extra fluff.
✔️ How to protect your installers, employees, and assets from unexpected risks.
✔️ Real-world case studies of businesses that got it right (and wrong).

🚀 Why This Episode Matters:
At The Huddle, we’re all about driving Forward Progress in the flooring industry—giving installers, business owners, and industry professionals the tools, knowledge, and strategies to grow, protect, and elevate their businesses. Don’t let a preventable risk derail your hard work!

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Paul Stuart is the owner of Stuart and Associates Commercial Flooring, and Founder of Go Carrera, a digital platform aimed at improving the lives of the Professional Flooring Installer. Daniel and Jose Gonzalez own Preferred Flooring out of Grand Rapids, Michigan.