Business Interruption Coverage: What It Actually Pays For After a Storm
5 min read · Louisiana, Insurance The short answer Business interruption coverage is designed to replace income you lose while your business is shut down or slowed by a covered event, like storm damage to your shop or an extended power outage that stops you from working. It is not automatic, it is usually an add-on or a specific policy provision, and it typically requires solid financial records to prove what you actually would have earned. Contractors who carry it and can document their normal income recover faster than contractors trying to reconstruct records after the fact. Key takeaways Business interruption coverage is not standard on every policy. Confirm you actually have it. It replaces lost income and some ongoing expenses during a covered shutdown, not property damage itself. Clean, current books are what let you prove your normal income to the insurer. The claim moves faster when your records were already in order before the storm. What business interruption cove...