HAIR FURNITURE & EQUIPMENTBeautiful, modern, stylish. At Comfortel we offer a stunning range of hair salon furniture, hair equipment and hairdressing supplies to suit all tastes and budgets. Washlounges, hair basins, hairdressing stools and trolleys, salon reception furniture, hair processors and accelerators are just a small selection of what we have on offer. BEAUTY FURNITURE & EQUIPMENTOur beauty furniture and equipment range covers all the bases for a busy professional beauty salon or day spa. Presenting an extensive range of beauty equipment, salon furniture, electrical beauty equipment and a wide variety of specialised beauty products, both local and imported. We offer an extensive range of salon accessories. Everything from clips, rollers, neck brushes, combs, capes, bobby pins, cotton towels, disposable towels, tint brushes, tint bowls, back mirrors, training mannequins, mannequin clamps and much more. Insurance Policies for Hair Stylists You are a professional at styling and cutting hair, but you probably don’t have the same expertise when it comes to a liability policy.
Hair Styling Liability Insurance Everybody needs a haircut once in a while, and as a hair stylist, you have the skills to help your clients look their best. But constantly working with sharp tools and people means that accidents can happen at any time, even to the best hair stylists. General and Professional Liability Personal and Advertising Injury Damage to Premises Rented to you Inland Marine/Business Personal Property Not ready to buy? Setup a reminder for the day you want to purchase. No quote process • Instant coverage • A+ rated insurance Carrier BBI is the Coverage you need Going through hair school gave you the expertise you need to cut and style hair. People come to you because they are convinced you are the best person for them. Even with all the training you’ve received, however, it can’t prepare you for everything that could happen. What if a client moved while you were cutting their hair and you accidentally cut them with scissors?
This situation is not beyond the realm of possibility, and you might be surprised to learn that you could be held liable for the medical expenses and other costs of that cut. Which is why you need coverage to help you in your career. Our online Beauty and Bodywork Insurance (BBI) offers comprehensive liability policies for hair professionals and students. This includes hair salon booth rental insurance as well. Whether you need a policy to protect your hair-styling business or to insure your hair supplies and equipment, BBI offers the coverage you need at a price you can afford. ** Please note these are brief definitions of coverages and your policy may be more restrictive in its language. It is essential that you refer to the actual policy for a complete description of coverages and exclusions. This policy is for professionals who work in the Beauty and Bodywork Industry. This policy is for students currently enrolled in a beauty or massage school. 24/7 Access to Policy Documents
Licensed In All 50 States No Deductible on Liability Claims A+ Rated Insurance Carrier One Policy for Multiple Methods 1 Additional Insured $15 | Unlimited Additional Insureds $30 General & professional liability limits General & Professional Liability Aggregatei Products & Completed Operations Aggregatei Personal & Advertising Injuryi Damage to Premises Rented to youi Inland Marine / Business Personal Propertyi Setup a reminder for the day you want to purchase. The Bodywork Insurance Program was launched in the Fall of 2012 by Veracity Insurance Solutions, LLC. Veracity Insurance Solutions, LLC is the program administrator and general agent for Beauty & Bodywork Insurance. Veracity began focusing on specialty general liability, product liability and program business insurance in 2002. Since then, they have been involved in the creation and ongoing administration of over 20 different association-based and Risk Purchasing Group programs.
Located just South of Salt Lake City, Veracity is committed to providing each client the best price and service possible. With over 40,000 small business accounts serviced, Veracity’s team has the experience and expertise necessary to meet your needs. Great American Insurance Group Great American Insurance Company is committed to helping individuals and businesses secure a healthy financial future. Since 1872, their insurance operations have been providing insurance products and services tailored to meet the specific and ever-changing needs of their customers. Their lead insurer, Great American Insurance Company, is rated “A+” (Superior) by A.M. Best. (Rating affirmed February 21, 2014) Being a hairstylist is a popular part of the beauty industry, but it is only one of many different types of practices. BBI was created to allow all workers in the field the opportunity to reduce the risks that are associated with their profession and give them the insurance they need to confidently go about their career.
Some of the other methods we insure include: A barber chair in a recreation of J. N. Hooper's Barber Shop (Seattle, WA circa 1880s) at the Museum of History and Industry A barber chair is a chair for customers to a barber or hairdresser. The chairs usually have adjustable height (with a foot-operated jack or a hand-operated lever on the side). It can also rotate, or lean backwards (for hairwashing and shaving). They are normally made from metal and leather and are usually rather heavy. On the low end for cheaper barber chairs, the cost can be around $500, whereas higher-end barber chairs with more advanced features like adjustable headrests and leg rests, reclining capabilities and more sturdy building materials typically cost up to $2500. In 2015, barber chairs being used as decoration in a restaurant in Phoenix. Barber chairs in engravings from the Civil War era share many features with modern chairs, including high seating, upholstery, and a footrest.[1] The first factory-manufactured chairs date to around 1850.
[1] The first one-piece reclining barber chair with an attached footrest was patented in 1878[2] by the Archer Company of Saint Louis.[3] Archer quickly followed it with a chair that raised and lowered mechanically. Eugene Berninghaus of Cincinnati improved on Archer's design with the first reclining and revolving chair, the Paragon.[1] Theodore Koch of Chicago incorporated all of these innovations into his chairs, selling more than 35,000 chairs in the period before 1885. In 1897, Samuel Kline (of the Kline Chair Company)[4][5] patented a chair[6] and filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Theodore Koch in 1905 (but was overturned).[7] In 1904, Kline filed a patent for an "adjustable chair" which was granted in 1907. Barack Obama's bulletproof glass-encased barber chair at Hyde Park Hair Salon in Chicago In 1900, Ernest Koken, a German immigrant, created a hydraulic-operated chair and also patented the "joystick" side lever, which allowed a barber to control all the mechanical functions.
In the late 1950s, US-based barber chair manufactures sold about 10,000 chairs a year to the 100,000 barber shops.[9] Chicago-based Emil J. Paidar Company was a leading manufacturer of barber chairs in the late 1950s (Belmont and American Barber Chair Company from 1948 to 1956 whose chairs were spinoffs of the Koken chair).[] Starting in 1957, Belmont joined Osaka,[] Japan's Takara Belmont Company began importing almost exact duplicates of Paidar chairs—at 20%-30% less cost.[9] In June 1969 Takara purchased the Koken Barber Chair building and production equipment in St. Louis Mo and in 1970 they purchased the Koken name, trademarks and patents this purchase was the main reason that by 1970, Takara had 70% of the US market, beating out Paidar who once held the same amount. One-chair or single-chair barbershops are small, usually independent, barbershops that have only one barber chair available to customers. This is an older tradition in the barbering business that is slowly fading out as the last generation of barbers begins to retire and few younger barbers step up to fill the roles.
One-chair barbershops serve one customer at a time and provide a one-on-one barber experience, whereas multi-chair barbershops serve many clients at once and get clients in and out faster, so they can make more money by serving more clients concurrently. Some salons have also incorporated the single-chair barbershop model into their businesses. ^ a b c d e f Do bald men get half-price haircuts?: in search of Americas' great barbershops, Vince Staten, Simon & Schuster, 2001, p. 95, 176pp, ISBN 978-0-684-86745-8 (retrieved 16 August 2010 from Google Books) ^ 1873 according to patent #D6648, DESIGN FOR BARBERS AND DENTISTS CHAIRS, George W. and Robert W. Archer, issued 13 May 1873 (retrieved 17 August 2010 at Google Patents) ^ a b Where Men Hide, James B. Twitchell, Ken Ross; Columbia University Press, 2008, pp. 110-1, 248pp, ISBN 978-0-231-13735-5 (retrieved 16 August 2010 from Google Books) ^ Advertisement, The Barbers' Journal, Volumes 13, Number 1, Journeymen Barbers' International Union of America, January 1902 (retrieved 2 September 2010 from Google Books)