Insurance Insights

There’s a moment of stark fear every business owner faces upon learning that the business is being sued. No matter how serious or frivolous you believe the lawsuit to be, it’s important to take the proper legal steps in response to being served with the lawsuit. These are the first steps you should take in this situation. It’s very important to take the lawsuit seriously and prepare as though the case is bound for court from the very beginning. Dismissing it out of hand can lead to disastrous results for your business – especially considering that there are always deadlines for responses. This is a problem that must be dealt with immediately.

In recent months, a number of polls have shown that small business owners have had a little difficulty in obtaining financing as they planned to expand the size of their companies in some way. However, this may be a result of their not checking with smaller banks in their areas, which say they’re extending considerably more credit to independent enterprises these days.

Radiology laboratories are typically staffed by radiology technicians and technologists. They are in charge of many types of lab services including x-rays, MRIs, digital imaging technology, ultrasounds and similar services. The laboratory will view and analyze the results of these services and send them back to the physician. There are risks to the radiology laboratory employee due to the various safety risks of the lab, along with patients who might visit the lab and get injured. Professional liabilities are some of the most significant risks for radiology laboratories. Protect all of your risk exposures by getting radiology laboratory insurance.

Millions of small businesses nationwide may need to consider tech insurance as a means of safeguarding themselves against potential issues that may come as a result of suffering data breaches, which are growing more common, and more problematic after the fact.

The economy’s continual improvements have been noted in a number of sectors in recent months, but when it comes to hiring, it remains that small businesses are leading the way nationwide. Now, though, franchises appear to be joining them.

While the perception may be that business travel is for people at big companies who work with a sizable number of customers and clients from all over the country, in reality, the opposite is true. In fact, small businesses tend to spend far more on travel and expenses than their larger counterparts.

Small businesses are a major part of the economy, yet many fail to make it past their fifth year of existence.

Vacuum cleaner stores not only carry vacuum cleaners for sale, but also sell parts and accessories, and repair broken vacuums. As the owner of a vacuum cleaner store, you might sell only new, used or a combination of both. Your risks are that of shoplifting, theft, product liability, and more. Protect these and other risks with vacuum cleaner store business insurance.

A number of reports in recent months have shown that small businesses are now expanding their hiring efforts at phenomenal rates, but some experts have noted that the ways in which these companies are going about the process may indicate a significant shift in the ways expansion efforts – which may necessitate new small business insurance policies – are taking place.

Many small business owners are now starting to think more heavily about the benefits and drawbacks greater participation in social media realms can have for their companies. While these efforts can certainly take a lot of time from employees that owners might feel could be better devoted elsewhere, they can also be extremely valuable in attracting new customers and engaging current ones, so those looking to expand will have to think hard about just how “worth it” these platforms can be.