Insurance Insights

The Internet has made the world a much smaller place. This holds true for small businesses, perhaps more than any other entities on earth. Facebook, Twitter, and online review sites have made it easier for people to air their grievances with small businesses in an instant.

The past several months have been a mixed bag for many small businesses even as the overall economy continues its slow and steady recovery from the tough conditions of just a few years ago.

The Small Business Administration (SBA) frequently offers helpful tips, advice and resources for small businesses in a variety of topics, ranging from taking care of your fleet to knowing how to protect your workers from illness or injury, to offering a free small business cybersecurity online course.

Over the past few years, many polls have indicated that small business owners across the country are slowly but steadily starting to feel better about their future chances for success thanks to the improving economy.

These days, many small business owners across the country may think that their companies keep them too busy to pursue many outside interests, but experts often urge entrepreneurs to branch out a little bit so that they’re not so singularly focused.

Starting a new small business is an endeavor filled with risks. Understanding the risks you’ll face as the owner of a shiny new small business helps you anticipate them, prepare for them, and hopefully to overcome them. Take the time now, to understand some of the biggest risks and potential pitfalls you face to help you avoid them when beginning your small business.

The economic recovery of the last few years has been filtering through to small businesses slowly but surely, and the added benefit is often translating to more hiring for such companies.

A car is stolen approximately every 25 seconds in the U.S, according to the City of Tampa. The San Jose government reports that it is more frequent, with a vehicle being stolen somewhere in the U.S. every 21 seconds. Either way, it happens a lot. Luckily, there are a number of ways to decrease the risk of theft and protect your vehicle, ranging from installing alarm systems, to simply having common sense and not making it easier for the thieves.

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’s mandate that small businesses (at least, those with 50-plus full-time employees) have to start providing workers with health insurance options goes into effect at the start of next year.

Over the past few years, many small businesses have likely found to their dismay that their access to credit from traditional lenders had all but dried up.