Penny Gusner is a senior insurance writer and analyst at Forbes Advisor. For more than 20 years, she has been helping consumers learn how insurance laws, data, trends, and coverages affect them. Penny ...

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An insurance policy that service-related businesses need is professional liability insurance. Learn about what it covers and protects against.