Commercial insurance for the trades · Houston & the Gulf Coast · TX Lic. #2841776 Need a COI today? (713) 555-0184
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GL · Workers' Comp · Bonds · Commercial Auto

Insurance built for the trades.

Your GC wants a certificate by 3 p.m. Your carrier wants a week. We're the agency that gets contractors covered, bonded, and back on the job — fast.

1,400+ CONTRACTORS INSURED SAME-DAY CERTIFICATES A-RATED CARRIERS ONLY
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Payroll & receipts covered
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Years on Gulf Coast jobs
The 90-second check

Build your coverage

Pick your trade. We'll show you the coverage stack GCs and the State of Texas actually expect you to carry.

Your Coverage Stack

Select your trade —
  • Choose a trade on the left to see the recommended stack, typical limits, and a real-world premium range.
What we write

Every policy a job site demands

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General Liability

$1M/$2M limits GCs require. Completed operations included — not excluded in the fine print.

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Workers' Compensation

Texas non-subscriber options explained straight. Payroll-accurate premiums, audit support included.

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Bonds

Bid, performance, and payment bonds — plus license bonds issued same day for most trades.

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Commercial Auto

Trucks, trailers, and tools in transit. Any-auto liability that follows your crew between sites.

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Builder's Risk

Ground-up and remodel projects covered from permit to punch list, including materials on site.

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Umbrella & Excess

$5M+ towers for contractors bidding municipal, energy, and commercial work with steep requirements.

Welder joining structural steelStructural · Insured
Contractor fleet trucks at morning yardFleet · Covered
Electrician dressing a commercial panelElectrical · Bonded
Why contractors switch

We work at job-site speed

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Same-day certificates

COIs emailed in hours, not days. Your PM gets added as additional insured before the pre-con meeting ends.

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Audit defense, included

We sit with you through every premium audit and fight misclassified payroll. Last year we clawed back $410K for clients.

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Claims that keep you working

Direct adjuster relationships and a broker on your side within one hour of any job-site incident.

TradeGuard broker walking a job site with a general contractor On-site reviews · Free
Word on the site

Contractors don't sugarcoat

★★★★★

"Lost a $2M bid because my old agent took nine days on a bond. TradeGuard turned the next one around in six hours. Haven't lost a bid since."

Marcus T. · Concrete & Foundations · Pasadena, TX
★★★★★

"Their audit guy found $28K in misclassified payroll my carrier owed me back. The policy basically pays for itself now."

Rick D. · Electrical Contractor · Katy, TX
Dan Kowalski, lead commercial broker at TradeGuard
Your broker

Dan Kowalski knows your job site

Dan spent eleven years estimating commercial mechanical work before he ever sold a policy. He reads your subcontract the way you do — for the traps. Today he leads a five-broker team writing trades exclusively: no restaurants, no retail, no distractions.

Every TradeGuard account gets Dan's cell number. Call it at 6 a.m. from a job site and he answers.

CRIS CertifiedCIC DesignationTX Licensed #2841776Ex-Mechanical Estimator
Fast quote

Priced by Friday. Usually sooner.

Three fields and your trade. A broker — not a bot — calls you back within one business hour with what we need to bind.

(713) 555-0184

Mon–Sat · 6:00 AM – 6:00 PM · Se habla español

No spam. No 14-call follow-up sequence. One broker, one call.

On it. ✓

Your request hit Dan's board. Expect a call within one business hour (Mon–Sat, 6–6).

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