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San Ramon, CA, United States (AHN) – Roughly 3 billion pizza pies are sold in the United States every year from the 61,269 pizza parlors around the country. So it shouldn’t be surprising that an insurance company has designed a policy to protect parlor owners and their drivers.

California-based EPIC Programs wants a “Slice” of the $30 billion pizza industry. The “Safety, Loss Control, Insurance, Coverage, Expertise,” program, available in 40 states, addresses liabilities pizza parlor owners face from their delivery drivers.

The program is underwritten by an unnamed insurer that specials in auto coverage. It includes mandatory driver training, education and other risk measures.

Industry websites state that delivery drivers own insurance policies that do not cover them when they are delivering food for their employers. Pizzerias take out excess coverage on their employees’ behalf as a result.

Pizza business insurance is an important line of coverage in the food service industry. Some of the world’s best known insurers and insurance brokers including Progressive and Fireman’s Fund, offer specialized pizza programs.

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