About BizInsuranceCompare
Who runs BizInsuranceCompare, how we make money, and why small business owners can trust our ratings.
Travis Bunn
Travis Bunn is the founder and editor-in-chief of BizInsuranceCompare.com.
Travis ran a niche marketing agency operating in a space where TCPA compliance. The federal law governing telemarketing and SMS outreach. Was a constant operational risk. When the agency needed TCPA insurance to protect against the specific class of claims that came with the territory, finding coverage turned into a months-long ordeal. The product existed. It was just buried. There was no single place to compare carriers, see what was actually covered, or understand what a fair premium looked like for the risk profile. Quotes had to be chased one broker at a time, and even then the policy language was nearly impossible to compare apples-to-apples.
Eventually he found a policy that fit. But the experience exposed a broader problem: small business owners across every industry, restaurants, contractors, SaaS founders, agencies, ecommerce brands, were running into the same wall whenever they had a specific or non-standard insurance need. Carrier websites are designed to convert, not educate. Broker relationships depend on who you happen to know. Existing comparison resources are either built for personal insurance (auto, home, life) or are thinly disguised lead-generation funnels that obscure the real tradeoffs between policies and carriers.
BizInsuranceCompare.com exists to fix that. Whatever the coverage need. Common or obscure, broad or hyper-specific , a small business owner should be able to come here, compare real options side-by-side, and find the right policy without having to know an insurance broker first.
Why I built this
Small business insurance is one of the highest-stakes purchase decisions a business owner makes, but it's also one of the least transparent. A restaurant owner shouldn't need to understand the difference between occurrence and claims-made liability policies to protect what they've built. A SaaS founder shouldn't need to read 40 pages of policy language to know whether their cyber coverage actually covers a ransomware event. A contractor shouldn't have to take their broker's word for it that they're getting a fair price.
I built BizInsuranceCompare.com because I believe small business owners deserve the same quality of independent research and comparison that exists for credit cards, mortgages, and consumer software. Applied to a category that matters more than any of them.
What I bring to this
I'm not a licensed insurance broker. That matters, and I want to be upfront about it.
What I do bring: a systematic approach to researching complex, confusing markets. Honed across multiple businesses in regulated industries. A commitment to publishing what I actually find, not what sponsors want me to say. Experience building editorial operations that hold up to scrutiny. And the willingness to spend months reading state insurance filings, NAIC complaint data, carrier financial disclosures, and industry publications to bring small business owners answers they can actually use.
For the insurance-specific expertise, BizInsuranceCompare.com works with licensed commercial insurance professionals who review our content, validate our methodology, and ensure our recommendations are grounded in how the industry actually operates. Their names and credentials appear on our editorial standards page.
My editorial commitments
To readers: I publish what I find, including the parts that are inconvenient for the carriers and brokers who operate in this space. When a carrier has high complaint ratios, I say so. When a popular product isn't a good fit for the businesses it markets to, I say so. When we earn a commission from a recommendation, we disclose it clearly. Before you click.
To the industry: I'll criticize specific products and carriers when the evidence supports it, but I won't manufacture controversy for clicks. Every claim I make is sourced. Every recommendation is grounded in data I can show you. Carriers and brokers who disagree with our analysis are welcome to reach out. Our methodology is public, and we update our assessments when new information warrants it.
To myself: I won't publish anything I wouldn't stand behind if the small business owner making a decision based on it was my brother, my neighbor, or my first employee.
Background
Based in Nashville, TN. Publishes regularly on small business insurance topics. Occasionally speaks at small business and insurance industry events.
Connect
- LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/travisbunn
- Email: travis@bizinsurancecompare.com