Loss Control and Prevention Services
With the day-to-day demands of running your small business, having a plan for dealing with things like fires, electrical surges, burglary, lawsuits or injuries can make all the difference. We're here to connect you with the right tools to help you identify and prevent some of the most common causes of business losses, which may help save your business time and money.
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Loss Prevention Tools
Protecting Your Business Guide
Learn how to protect your business from common loss causes like injury, water, fire, crime, disaster and more.
Download the business loss control guideEmployee Safety Program Guide
This comprehensive guide can help you develop a loss control and employee safety program for your business.
Download the employee safety programResidential Properties Loss Control Guide
Learn how to control losses for apartments, condominiums, cooperatives, homeowners associations and other multi-family housing.
Download the residential properties guideProperty Checklist
Use this checklist to periodically check your property or place of business for potential hazards that may need attention.
Download the property checklistAccident Investigation Report
If an accident occurs, this Accident Investigation Report can be used to document the details right away.
Download the accident reportMiscellaneous Information
Add local contact information to this Miscellaneous Information form to help you or your employees respond to injuries or incidents.
Download the formSafety Resource Library
State Farm® is working with Safety.BLR to support your efforts in improving workplace safety. BLR’s Training & Compliance website contains hundreds of customizable and downloadable resources and tools to help business owners with safety training and compliance*. As a business owner with a current State Farm policy, you are eligible for free access to these resources.
If you are interested in learning more, please contact our Business Lines Loss Control unit toll-free at (844) 892-8286, or email us.
Preventive Maintenance and Emergency Planning for Your Business
Would your business be prepared to handle the potential risk of a natural disaster - such as a hurricane, tornado, flood, wildfire, or earthquake – or even a man-made disaster, like 9/11/2001?
The Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety® has developed a free, comprehensive business continuity toolkit to help you get started. Open For Business-EZ® is designed to help even the smallest businesses focus on planning for any type of business interruption, so they can quickly re-open and resume operations following a disaster.
Open For Business – Business Continuity Toolkit
Below are some free resources to help you develop a plan for disaster protection and recovery, to better withstand the consequences of a business interruption.
Hurricanes, Before and AfterHurricane Disaster Preparedness
Pre-emergency plan and Recovery
Equipment Operation and Efficiency: Small Business Operations
Business Protection Lessons Learned 25 Years After Hurricane Andrew
Spring Weather Guidance and Preparation
With volatile Spring storms quickly approaching, make sure your business is prepared for the impacts of lightning, high winds, tornados, hail, and floods. Being proactive will help you respond to the severe weather effects on your building, business personal property and vehicles, equipment, and the safety of your employees and customers. Below are some free resources from the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) to help you:
Reduce Lightning Damage to BusinessesReduce the Risk of Tornado Damage in Commercial Structures
How to React During a Hailstorm and Tornado
Reduce Flood Damage to Businesses
Roofing the Right Way
Free Loss Control Services and Resources
In addition to resources available from State Farm, several state agencies offer free loss control and accident prevention services to employers in their state. To help make them easy to find, we've connected state-specific resources here. Only states with agencies offering free resources are listed.
Choose your State
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Connecticut
Deleware
Hawaii
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Minnesota
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
If you are interested in learning more about these free resources, or would like to request free loss control services for your State Farm insured business, please contact our Business Lines Loss Control unit toll-free at (844) 892-8286, or email us.
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* Products and services offered are offered by BLR. State Farm does not warrant the merchantability, fitness, or quality of the products and services offered by BLR.
The information provided herein was obtained through various sources. While we believe it to be reliable and accurate, we do not warrant the accuracy or reliability of the information. These suggestions are not a complete list of every loss control measure. The information is not intended to replace manuals or instructions provided by the manufacturer or the advice of a qualified professional. Nor is it intended to effect coverage under any policy. State Farm makes no guarantees of results from use of this information. We assume no liability in connection with the information nor the suggestions made.
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