Insurance Insights

Over the past several years, even since the end of the recession, many small business owners across the country have expressed ongoing frustration at the fact that they often can’t qualify for loans from banks, both national and local.

When it comes to financial flexibility most small business owners likely know that that having checking and savings, and other types of accounts, in their company’s names is often a huge help.

If your company has gone through some changes or advancements since first obtaining business insurance, it might be time to review your insurance policies and decide if you should get a new policy. Business insurance is essential for proper protection of your business, but your first policies are not always the policies you have every year. Things like earning more or less money, purchasing equipment, or getting more property, change the types of insurance policies you need.

The jobs market has slowly but steadily been improving over the last few years, and small business has often been at the forefront of those steps forward.

One of the biggest ongoing cost issues for many small businesses nationwide is the fact that bills for electricity and other utilities can often grow quite expensive.

According to the Stroz-Friedberg report,Information Security Risk in American Business, the biggest cybersecurity threat businesses today face is not necessarily from attacks coming from the outside. It’s coming from the inside, and not all the risks are related to malicious intent.

Small businesses are always looking for new ways to be innovative and help themselves grow, and one way in which many have recently found this to be effective is by adopting mobile devices.

The economic recovery of the last several years has many small business owners feeling more positive overall, and that trend was certainly evident in a new poll.

If you are thinking about firing one of your employees, there are a few things you should know first. There are some legal and financial implications of firing employees, not to mention certain employee protections inherent in their employment. Wrongful employee termination can have detrimental consequences to your business.  Consider these factors before you go through the firing process.

Over the past several years, the economy has been bad enough that it’s been easier for businesses of all sizes to retain their talent; the uncertain job market forced many workers who otherwise might have tried their luck to stay put for security’s sake.