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Texas leads the entire nation in construction equipment theft, accounting for roughly one in four of every reported incident in the whole country. If you run a contracting or trade business anywhere across North Texas, your tools and equipment are your livelihood, and one broken trailer lock after a long holiday weekend can turn into a business-ending week. In this episode of Insurance Talk Texas, we break down contractors tools and equipment insurance, a form of inland marine coverage built to protect the gear that moves with you from jobsite to jobsite.
Here is the hard truth too many contractors learn the expensive way: your general liability policy does not cover your stolen tools, and neither does your commercial property policy. General liability responds to bodily injury or property damage you cause to someone else. Commercial property protects items sitting at your fixed business address. But your tools do not live at your shop. They live in your truck, on the jobsite, and in transit up the tollway. Inland marine insurance is the coverage designed to follow your property wherever it goes.
In this episode, we cover:
Why Texas and the Dallas Fort Worth Metroplex are among the most theft-exposed construction markets in the country, with more than seventy thousand new homes authorized in a single year across the metro.
How scheduled coverage and blanket coverage actually work, why high-value machines like excavators and skid steers should be listed individually by serial number, and why your smaller hand and power tools sit under a blanket limit.
The blanket limit trap that leaves contractors underinsured when a fully loaded truck gets cleaned out, plus the hidden per-item sublimit that can cap any single tool.
Replacement cost versus actual cash value, and why an actual cash value settlement on older equipment can leave you with a real gap out of your own pocket.
The rented and borrowed equipment blind spot that catches even seasoned contractors, and why you need a specific sub-limit so a rental contract does not leave you personally on the hook.
The recovery reality: heavy equipment is recovered less than one in four times, and small tools less than seven percent of the time, meaning most stolen tools are simply gone forever.
Why long holiday weekends like Memorial Day, Labor Day, and Thanksgiving are the prime theft window, and the simple documentation and coverage steps that protect you before a loss ever happens.
Whether you are a general contractor, framer, electrician, plumber, HVAC technician, roofer, or any other trade professional working across Frisco, McKinney, Plano, Prosper, Allen, Celina, and the greater Collin and Denton County area, this episode gives you a clear, practical game plan for protecting the equipment your business runs on.
The team at Schell Insurance is an independent agency that understands the North Texas construction market inside and out. They can look at your specific trade, your equipment list, and your jobsites, then build the coverage around how you actually work, so you are protected the right way instead of finding out about a gap at claim time.
Do not wait for that Tuesday-after-a-long-weekend phone call. Get your tools and equipment coverage reviewed now.
Call Schell Insurance at (972) 423-4546 or visit https://schellinsurance.com to get started with a local team that knows North Texas.
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Disclaimer: This content is for educational and informational purposes only and does not constitute insurance, legal, or financial advice. Coverage availability, terms, conditions, and exclusions vary by policy and individual circumstances. Please consult a licensed insurance professional at Schell Insurance for guidance specific to your situation.
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