Business insurance
policies

Insurance for Your Business

Protection for your practice

Owning your own practice comes with a lot of responsibility beyond caring for your patients. You need to protect your employees, patients, building, equipment and practice’s financial well-being.

Luckily the AAO understands the responsibilities and risks you face in ways that other insurance providers do not. With more than a century of experience supporting the success of orthodontists like you, the AAO has helped design the policies you need to protect your practice available through Lockton Affinity:

Business Owner’s Policy

Employment Practices Liability Insurance

Cyber Liability Insurance

Workers’ Compensation

Business
Owner’s
Policy

With a Business Owner’s Policy (BOP), Property coverage and General Liability Insurance are combined into one convenient package, saving you money.

Together, this policy protects against costs associated with physical damage to your building and its contents, theft of cash, patient records and other valuables, and claims involving bodily injury and personal and advertising injury.

COVERAGE BENEFITS

Property coverage

Protection for damage to the property your business owns, rents or leases, as well as loss of accounts receivable and valuable records.

General Liability coverage

Protection for losses due to any one occurrence up to $2M, plus general aggregate protection up to $4M.

Custom coverage

Design a policy that fits your practice’s specific needs by adding optional coverage like higher property deductibles and more.

Employment
Practices
Liability
Insurance

Whether your practice employs 5 or 25 people, Employment Practices Liability insurance is a must. Designed for AAO members, this policy protects against costs associated with claims of:

• Workplace harassment
• Discrimination
• Retaliation
• Breach of an employment agreement
• Wrongful termination
• Violation of the Family and Medical Leave Act
• Invasion of privacy
• Failure to enforce adequate employment policies and procedures

COVERAGE BENEFITS

Expanded definition of discrimination

Protection for any claim based on the violation of employment discrimination law or disparate treatment.

Protection from monetary jury awards

Coverage against the cost of damages resulting from violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act or the Equal Pay Act.

Flexible limits

Choose policy limits options from $500K to $5M.

For help selecting the right limits to meet the needs of your practice, contact Lockton Affinity.

Cyber Liability
Insurance

Cryptojacking. Malware. Ransomware. Phishing. The health records, payment methods and contact information you collect from patients are valuable on the dark web. Cyber criminals want it and will use a variety of tactics to get it.

These cyberattacks can lead to severe consequences, including patient record theft, HIPAA violations and significant disruptions to your practice. These incidents can damage your reputation, jeopardize your patients’ trust and result in costly fines.

The AAO-Endorsed Insurance Program is here to support member orthodontists through cyber-related incidents. Our Cyber Liability policy is designed for orthodontists and offers coverage to protect you and your practice against top cyber threats. If an incident occurs, you receive timely, hands-on support from industry experts who will handle the response from start to finish.

COVERAGE BENEFITS

Broad coverage

Coverage for legal, forensic and public relations/crisis management, business interruption loss, data and network liability and more. Explore specific limits and pricing here.

Trusted name

Coverage from one of the largest and most respected cyber insurance carriers in the industry, Beazley.

Response support

Access Beazley’s dedicated network of cyber response professionals whose primary job is to resolve cyber incidents swiftly and effectively.

Workers’
Compensation
Insurance

You make every effort to provide a safe environment for your staff and patients, but accidents can still happen. To protect your business from the costs associated with employee injuries, you need Workers’ Compensation coverage.

Workers’ Compensation is legally required for doing business in most states. Without the proper workers’ compensation insurance, your practice could face legal consequences for noncompliance. Lack of coverage also places your business and personal assets at risk in the event of work-related injury or illness.

COVERAGE BENEFITS

Comprehensive coverage

Designed with the risks of orthodontic practices in mind, this policy includes coverage for medical expenses from work-related injuries and illnesses and replacement of wages from lost work time.

Customer service support

We will work with you to ensure you have the right Workers’ Compensation coverage in place to meet your state’s requirements and business’s needs.

Risk management
resources

With your policy, we will provide risk management resources to help reduce the risk of an employee injury and Workers’ Compensation claim.

Contact us

If you have any questions about obtaining or servicing your insurance, please complete this form or call us at (844) 893-9888.

Phones are answered Monday through Friday, 7 AM to 5:30 PM (CST).