It's a jungle out there!

Talking to insurance brokers can be like coming to this planet from a different place and time. Their language is strange and unintelligible. Why is this so? First, most insurance companies don ' t unde r s t and landscape contractors and aren't interested in learning about the green industry. The insurance industry, for the most part, views a landscape contractor as something smaller than a small business, operating out of a garage, with a pick-up truck or two, and merely mowing lawns and planting bushes. They also think the pickup truck is loaded with illegal aliens ready to tumble out the back gate at the first corner. Obviously, this small and morally unstable group of contractors isn't worthy of the insurance industry's understanding because they don't develop sufficient premiums to justify any attention. It remains rather pathetic that this perverse and grossly inaccurate perception is the norm within the insurance industry, with only a few exceptions. Well, folks, there's a glimmer of hope. Those handfu l of insurance companies that do have a more accurate understanding of landscape contracting will be the ones you want to build relationships with over time. As with the recent stock market crash, the insurance industry will become difficult again. Then, you'll want do business with those companies that understand you.