How to Be Bonded for Pet Sitting in California
When you read about pet sitting services, you will see that professional services are insured and bonded. Being insured means that there is insurance that will cover damages to property or to animals, but bonding is something different. A bonded service has a kind of insurance that will protect the business owner against dishonest acts and thefts committed by employees. If an employee steals something from a client and it is proved, the bonding company pays the victim and then seeks compensation from the employee who committed the act. Getting bonded is very similar to getting insured.
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Things You'll Need
- Business license
- Pet sitting insurance
- Membership in professional organization
Instructions
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Join a professional pet sitting organization. The National Association of Professional Pet Sitters and Pet Sitters International are groups that professional pet sitters and professional pet sitting companies join as a statement that the company or professional meets the ethical requirements that those organizations require. However, members also look like better risks to bonding providers, and members of these professional organizations can use organization contacts to find a pet sitting bonding service.
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Find a pet sitting bonding service. If you already have pet sitting insurance (which you should have for your professional interests), then contact your insurance provider and ask if the company also offers bonding services for professional pet sitters. If your insurance provider does not offer bonding services, ask which companies in your area do and contact them.
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Review the bonding plans and choose the one that best suits you and your business. Like insurance, a bonding plan will have deductible, regular required payments and all of the rules governing what types of actions are covered and which are not.
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Submit your business and personal information and purchase the bonding plan. Your personal history, particularly criminal history, can indicate how big of a risk you are to a bonding agency; so, bonding agencies always run background checks on potential clients. Once you have passed the background check and you have the rates of the plan you will be paying for, you will sign the contract and pay all start-up fees necessary to begin your coverage.
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