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The policy at the center is general liability. It responds when your work injures someone or damages property that is not yours, such as a scratched hardwood floor, a leaking fitting that ruins a downstairs ceiling, or a client who trips over your tool bag, and it pays the legal defense as well as the claim, up to the limit you choose.

Around it: business equipment protection for tools that leave the house with you, and professional liability if you also give paid advice or draw up plans. Neither covers your own injuries or a helper's; that is health insurance and workers' comp respectively.

• On-demand (by the hour or day) fits the side-business handyman with one or two jobs a month, or a first paid job that needs a certificate.
• Monthly fits the seasonal worker and the handyman who is building a client list: coverage you can pause.
• Annual fits full-time work with property-management contracts, where the certificate must stay valid all year.

Rule of thumb: more than two on-demand purchases in a month, and the monthly plan is worth pricing.

Specialize in one trade? Contractor insurance is rated per trade, and the certificate will name it.

1. List what you actually do. Pick handyman plus any specific activities you do often (furniture assembly, TV mounting, painting) so the policy matches the work.
2. Ask the client what limits they want. Property managers commonly ask for $1M per occurrence; the certificate will show it.
3. Choose the term: on-demand, monthly, or annual.
4. Add tools coverage if your kit would be expensive to replace.
5. Bind and send the certificate before your start date. It is issued immediately.