Insurance Insights

The summer months are coming up and for many families across the country, that usually means at least one vacation getaway.

These days, climate change remains a very controversial topic, with many Americans falling on either side of the issue.

One thing that benefits many young people across the country every year is when they find summer jobs. Not only does this help them earn a little extra money for the coming school year, but it also gives them valuable work experience, potentially with companies from the industries in which they want to spend their careers.

There are many ways in which companies of all sizes should try to position themselves for the proper amount of success going forward, and making sure they’re all planned out well in advance is often a good idea for entrepreneurs to undertake.

These days, a large number of small business owners across the country might have social marketing plans that include Facebook and Twitter, but might consider Instagram to be something used mainly by young people for frivolous reasons.

These days, many Americans are feeling much better about the national economy, and their place in it.

The National Small Business Association (NSBA) recently released the 2013 Year-End Economic Report. The report involved a survey of 1,395 small business owners representing  every state and covers a multitude of industries.

One of the biggest impediments that many small business owners have cited as a reason they have not been able to grow in recent years is that many financial institutions are keeping their credit restrictions tight.

Just a week after a big step forward for the number of mortgage applications filed with lenders nationwide, the number slumped by a similarly large amount last week, indicating that a major improvement for the housing market might be a little harder to come by in this regard.

The winter of 2014 was an educational winter, and costly. Perhaps the most important lesson it taught society was the absolute necessity of being prepared for whatever Mother Nature throws our way. This particular winter hit hard in areas that rarely feel the cold frozen grip of Jack Frost so profoundly.