Business insurance: What do practices really need?

Veterinary practices have a wide array of insurance options available for business protection. Do you know how to sort through the offerings to identify what’s right for your practice? This course increases practice owners’ and veterinary teams’ knowledge of business insurance coverages needed to fully protect a practice. Join a representative from the AVMA Trust for a discussion about insurance coverages that are pertinent to property, general, and employee-related liability. Come away with a deeper understanding of what’s really needed for your practice.

This webinar was developed in partnership with the AVMA Trust.

Participants can expect to learn about:

• Types of business insurance that are most critical to veterinary practices
• Which insurance riders are important for practices
• Appropriate coverages for veterinary practices, including property, general, and employee-related liability

Dr. Nina Mouledous joined the AVMA Trust as a Trust Veterinarian in 2008. In this role, she assists AVMA members insured through PLIT-sponsored programs, guiding them in issues related to malpractice allegations and practice situations. She reviews professional liability claims, assists in defense by identifying experts and appraisers, and advises the insurance broker and underwriters about new developments in veterinary medicine. She represents the AVMA Trust in visits to colleges of veterinary medicine and at veterinary conventions and speaking engagements. 

Dr. Mouledous earned her DVM from the Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine. She began her career as an associate veterinarian at a small animal, exotic, and equine practice in New Orleans. Four years later she relocated to Chicago and started a mobile veterinary clinic specializing in thoroughbred racehorses. She also developed a trap-neuter-release program at two Chicago area racetracks to help control the feral cat population. She has served as a mentor to pre-veterinary students, contributor to PLIT publications, consulting veterinarian for the Illinois Thoroughbred Breeders and Owners Foundation, and board member of the Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protection Association.