Latest Small Business Headlines
All the headlines from our Small Business Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Trump Labor Chief Readies Rule to Allow Small Business Health Plans
Jun 19 2018 // The Trump administration wants to make it easier for small businesses to join together to offer cheaper health insurance plans that would lack some of the protections required under Obamacare. The U.S. Labor Department on...
How to Succeed in Today’s Small Business Insurance Market
May 30 2018 // The small business market is big. The U.S. small commercial market represents about one-third of the total commercial lines market and generates between $99 billion and $103 billion in direct written premium, according to...
Businesses, Big and Small, Come to Terms with New Data Privacy Law
May 23 2018 // Lisa Meyer’s London hair salon is a cozy place where her mother serves homemade macaroons, children climb on chairs and customers chat above the whirr of hairdryers. Most of the time Meyer is focused on hairstyles,...
Cybersecurity Professional Deploys Insurtech to Simplify Small Business Cyber Market
May 23 2018 // A small business owner and cybersecurity professional frustrated by the complicated cyber coverage buying process decided to take matters into his own hands – he became a cyber insurance broker. “I wanted to solve...
Small Businesses Hampered by Uninsured Losses After 2017 Hurricanes: Fed Reserve
May 7 2018 // Small businesses in the United States struggled with uninsured damages and lost revenue following a record-breaking year of hurricanes and wildfires in 2017, according to a Federal Reserve survey published in April. The...
Small Businesses Hampered by Uninsured Damage After 2017 Hurricanes: Fed Reserve
Apr 17 2018 // Small businesses in the United States struggled with uninsured damages and lost revenue following a record-breaking year of hurricanes and wildfires, according to a Federal Reserve survey published on Tuesday. The report...
The New Small Commercial: Why Carriers Need to Better Serve ‘Small Specialty’
Apr 16 2018 // The evolution of the small businesses is creating a service challenge for independent agents and an opportunity for carriers to provide efficient and effective solutions for their agent partners by expanding their service...
CyberPolicy Expands Cybersecurity Offerings for Small Businesses
Apr 6 2018 // CyberPolicy, a wholly-owned subsidiary of CoverHound Inc. that offers an online cyber insurance and security product for small businesses, has unveiled a new set of complimentary offerings to help small businesses protect...
How Cyber FICO Ratings Could Benefit Insurance Underwriting
Mar 7 2018 // Nearly 30 years ago the Fair Isaac Corp. (FICO) first introduced its metric for measuring creditworthiness. Since then, the FICO Score has become a default metric used by countless market participants to facilitate...
5 Strategies for Success in Small Business Market
Mar 5 2018 // The small business market is big. The U.S. small commercial market represents about one-third of the total commercial lines market and generates between $99 billion and $103 billion in direct written premium, according to...
The Hartford to Acquire Foremost’s Commercial Lines Business
Feb 19 2018 // The Hartford has agreed to acquire Foremost Insurance branded small commercial lines business from Farmers. The Hartford is acquiring the renewal rights on $200 million in small commercial lines premium sold through about...
The Hartford Adds Employee Benefits, E&S Options to Small Business Online Quote System
Feb 5 2018 // The Hartford has enhanced ICON, its online quoting system for agents and brokers, to include access to quote employee benefits as well as excess and surplus (E&S) coverage for their small business customers. Employee...
Trump Rule Permits Health Plans by Self-Employed, Small Businesses That Skirt Obamacare
Jan 5 2018 // The Trump administration on Thursday proposed a rule to allow Americans who are self-employed or work for small businesses to buy health insurance that does not comply with all Obamacare requirements in an effort to unwind...
What They Are Saying About Effects of Trump Tax Cuts on Insurance Industry
Dec 22 2017 // Congress has passed and President Donald Trump has signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (HR1) into law. It is the biggest tax change in 30 years. Under the legislation, insurers, agencies and other businesses organized as C...
Arrowhead Expands Its New Small Business Underwriting Staff
Dec 14 2017 // San Diego, CA, December 14, 2017 – Arrowhead General Insurance Agency, Inc. (Arrowhead) has announced the addition of Alan Nelson as West region leader of Arrowhead Core Commercial. Al comes to Arrowhead with over 30...
Small Businesses Want More Self-Service Workers’ Comp Tools: Survey
Dec 4 2017 // Nearly a quarter (23 percent) of America’s small business owners believe workers’ compensation carriers could improve their customer service if they offered more online or self-service tools. Better...
Some Businesses in Dickinson, Texas, Still Recovering from Harvey
Nov 22 2017 // Some Dickinson business owners are getting back on their feet — or trying — after flooding from Hurricane Harvey swamped more than 80 shops, restaurants and offices. The Galveston County Daily News reports Keith...
Small Businesses Want More Self-Service Workers’ Comp Tools: Survey
Nov 22 2017 // Nearly a quarter (23 percent) of America’s small business owners believe workers’ compensation carriers could improve their customer service if they offered more online or self-service tools. Better...
What’s the Lowdown?
Nov 15 2017 // WHAT’S THE LOWDOWN? Defined, I’m referring to the noun – “the true facts or relevant information about something” – not to be confused with the adjective, often included in sentences...
Allianz to Offer Small Business Cyber Risk Management Services Through Zeguro
Nov 8 2017 // Allianz Group’s specialist corporate insurer Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) has partnered with Silicon Valley-based software company Zeguro, to address cyber security and risk management for small to...
