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Florida Plumbing Contractor & Plumber Liability Insurance
A single hidden leak can trigger a massive water damage claim. Florida plumbing insurance protects your business and your crew. We compare multiple A-rated carriers for your trade.
What does plumbing liability insurance cover for Florida contractors?
Plumbing liability insurance covers third-party bodily injury and property damage directly caused by your work. In Florida, it pays out if a pipe you installed bursts and floods a client's home, covering both the expensive water damage cleanup and any resulting legal settlements.
What Plumbing Liability Insurance Pays and Excludes
Most plumbing claims are water claims. The policy splits them into what it pays and what it leaves to other coverage.
What the policy pays for
- Water damage to a customer's home or building caused by your work.
- Damage that appears after the job is closed, such as a fitting that lets go weeks later.
- Injuries to customers and visitors at the job site.
- Your legal defense when a customer, a landlord or a neighbor sues.
What it leaves to other coverage
- The cost to redo your own faulty work or replace the parts you installed.
- Your tools and equipment, which belong on an inland marine floater.
- Injuries to your own employees, which workers comp answers.
- Mold and long, slow leaks, which many policies limit or exclude.
Who Needs Plumbing Business Insurance
Four kinds of plumbing work, and four different ways a job can go wrong.
Service and repair plumbers
Every call happens inside someone else's home or store. One loose fitting can flood a kitchen, a condo below or a shop floor.
New construction plumbing contractors
The general contractor sets the limits and expects coverage for years after the job. Our contractor insurance page covers the builder's side.
Drain and sewer specialists
Jetting and camera work can crack old lines under a slab. Some carriers accept sewer work only with its own limit or deductible.
Gas line and water heater installers
Gas work raises the stakes of a mistake. Carriers ask about it on the application, and it can change which ones will quote.
Florida Plumbing Contractor Insurance Requirements
The license rule is the floor. Permits and contracts add the rest.
| What Florida requires | What it means for your business |
|---|---|
| Public liability of $100,000 and property damage of $25,000, sworn to by affidavit at licensure and at every renewal (Rule 61G4-15.003, F.A.C.) | A low floor. Property managers and general contractors usually ask for $1,000,000 per occurrence. |
| Workers comp from the first employee, because plumbing is construction work (§ 440.02(20)(b), Florida Statutes) | Helpers and part-timers count. Up to three corporate officers who each own at least 10% can exempt themselves (§ 440.02(18)(b)2., Florida Statutes). |
| Proof of workers comp or an exemption before a building permit issues (§ 440.103, Florida Statutes) | No proof means no permit, and no start date on the job. |
| Your customers' contracts | They name the limits, who must be added as additional insured and how long completed operations coverage must last. |
These are the minimums and the paperwork, not a quote. Your contracts can ask for more.
What We Need to Quote Your Plumbing Insurance
- Your license number, and whether it is certified or registered.
- Your revenue and payroll, split between service calls and new construction.
- The share of jobs that involve gas lines, sewer work or commercial buildings.
- Your vehicles, and the tools and equipment you carry from job to job.
- Your claims from the last five years, with loss runs if you have them.
Which Miami agency compares plumbing insurance companies?
American US Insurance does, from its office in Kendall. Plumbing insurance companies differ most on water damage, sewer work and how long they cover a finished job, so one carrier's no can be another's yes. Your license, payroll and mix of service and new work shape every plumbing contractor insurance offer, and we walk you through each one. Plumbers in Miami, Hialeah, Doral and Fort Lauderdale end up with limits that fit the contracts they sign.
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