Structure Your Lease and Insurance Policies to Protect Your Business From a Restaurant Fire

Every business has risks, but the business of running a restaurant can be even riskier. Restaurants – with their open flames, cooking oils and equipment, electrical connections, and cleaning chemicals – can be a recipe for a fire disaster. An estimated 5,600 restaurants in the United States report fires each year with more than $116 million in property damage.

A fire can lead to devastating effects, not only for the restaurant owner or the landlord, but...