Insurance Insights

Many small businesses may now choose to try to grow their businesses by advertising in a number of ways, and for many that might include some commercials that run on television. However, this might not be the wisest investment these days, as online video advertising is becoming extremely effective as well, and might carry a cost that’s far less significant.

Protecting your small business is essential and should include a number of different ways to do so. Aside from adequate business insurance, surveillance equipment and screening employees carefully, you should also have a business alarm. This alarm code is kept only to you and other trusted individuals, and prevents people from entering your business after hours. However, there are so many different companies and brands of business alarms, it is often difficult to choose the right one. Here are some helpful tips and things to consider when purchasing a business alarm. 

Dental laboratories are responsible for producing and creating custom dental appliances like artificial teeth, crowns, retainers, braces, dentures and bridges, as well as customized appliances for the patient. There are risks to the patient, business owner  and employees when running a dental laboratory. Such risks include incorrect sizing of a device that causes pain to the patient or radiation from the machines and injury for those working for these dental labs and more. Other risks include litigation and lawsuits, and damage to the business property. If you own or operate a dental lab, be sure to get dental laboratory insurance for protection.

As small businesses begin to utilize new technologies, such as cloud computing, the risk of cyberattacks and data breaches is increasing.

Small business insurance may often be an important, but effective, consideration for many owners who could be at significant risk of losing everything to a natural disaster. Despite recent major storms, though, most say they’re not going to reassess their plans for increasing safety measures for themselves and their workers.

There are plenty of hazards business owners and trades workers face on construction sites. Each field of construction offers a few unique hazards and risks to consider. However, there are a few construction site hazards that are fairly universal. Many of them are preventable with proper awareness, training, and safety protocols (and equipment).

While many small businesses are now feeling better about the state of the economy in general and therefore might be looking into ways they can expand their reaches, but are having difficulty obtaining the necessary financing from lenders.

While some recent polls showed small business owners tend to have mixed feelings about the futures of their bottom lines, and the economy in general, it seems that they were still far more eager to take on new workers in May than larger companies with more resources.

Owners of independent companies have to keep up with a large number of things in the course of running their enterprises successfully, keeping track of everything from their small business insurance needs to the latest trends in their industry. And now, when it comes to keeping track of those various considerations, it seems there’s a larger number than ever.

You’ve probably seen countless cars driving around town, parked at the local grocery store, and even at kids’ little sports games and practices that have signs promoting one business or another. Some cars themselves are actually giant advertisements in living color for various business entities and organizations.