Latest Small Business Headlines
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Mississippi to Create Small Business Health Insurance Exchange
Sep 9 2013 // Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney plans to move ahead with a health insurance exchange for small businesses after federal officials approved regulations to allow the move. The Department of Health and Human...
Knowing Their Business
Sep 9 2013 // Understanding the exposures of commercial clientele is not only important in reducing an agency’s errors and omissions risk; it’s important to the agency’s and carrier’s bottom line, too. Small...
Agents Who Understand Customers’ Businesses Boost Commercial Insurers: J.D. Power
Sep 3 2013 // Small commercial lines insurance customers most value having an insurance agent or broker who completely understands their individual business and helps them assess and manage their risk. The highest-ranked small business...
Businesses Seek Cure for Health Care Cost Surge
Aug 16 2013 // A year ago, Teresa Hartnett was on the verge of expanding her small business. The company had hit $1 million in sales, and requests from clients were flowing in. She planned to transition from nearly 30 freelancers to a...
Family Insurance in Jeopardy at Small Companies
Aug 9 2013 // One casualty of the new health care law may be paid coverage for families of people who work for small businesses. Insurance companies have already warned small business customers that premiums could rise 20 percent or...
Travelers’ Small Business Risk Education Program Launched in Chicago
Jul 18 2013 // The Travelers Companies Inc. announced the launch of the Small Business Risk Education (SBRE) program in Chicago to help women and minority small business owners learn about risk management, develop safety risk management...
Bill Ensures Paid Family Leave For California Workers
May 21 2013 // California businesses would be prohibited from firing or retaliating against employees who take advantage of the state’s paid family leave program under a job-protection bill moving through the Legislature. The...
Utah to Be First to Use Dual-Model Health Exchange
May 13 2013 // The federal government has approved Utah to become the first state to have a dual-model health insurance exchange in which the state and the federal government divide responsibilities. The plan allows Utah to continue to...
Hartford Steam Boiler Launches Cyber Attack Protection for Small Businesses
Apr 29 2013 // The Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co. (HSB), part of Munich Re, has launched HSB CyberOne, a new cyber risk insurance coverage for small businesses. The new product expands HSB’s suite of products...
FirstComp Launches BOP Policy in Nebraska, Tennessee, More States to Come
Apr 26 2013 // FirstComp, a division of Markel Service, Inc., has launched a new small business owner policy, FirstComp EssentialBOP, for FirstComp-appointed independent agents writing business in Nebraska and Tennessee. Availability in...
Iowa Senate Panel OKs Small Business Health Coverage Tax Incentive
Apr 5 2013 // An Iowa Senate panel approved a bill that would give a new income tax break to small businesses if they cover part of their employees’ health insurance. The measure passed a Senate Ways and Means subcommittee with...
Arkansas House Panel OKs Small Business Financing Bill
Mar 22 2013 // An Arkansas House committee has advanced a proposal to establish a new economic development program in the state aimed at driving private investment to small businesses. The House Economic Development Committee unanimously...
Arkansas House Panel Considers Small Business Tax Credit Bill
Mar 21 2013 // Arkansas lawmakers are considering a proposal to create a new tax credit to spur private investment of small businesses. A bipartisan proposal that would allow the Arkansas Economic Commission to issue tax credits in order...
Small Biz Owners Were Hit Hard By Sandy Outages, The Hartford Finds
Mar 21 2013 // Among small business owners in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut who were impacted by Superstorm Sandy, some 71 percent of them experienced power outage after Sandy, which led to temporary disruptions in business...
ACE Launches Portal for Placing U.S. Small Business International Policies
Mar 21 2013 // ACE Commercial Risk Services, the U.S.-based small business insurance division of the ACE Group, has introduced a portal for U.S. brokers working with small- to-mid-sized U.S.-based companies doing business overseas. The...
Snapshot: Who Are America’s Small Business Entrepreneurs?
Mar 11 2013 // About one-third of America’s entrepreneurs are women, many are between the ages of 30 and 49, and 60 percent spent more than six months working on their business idea before forming their entity. More than four out...
Small Businesses Hit With Data Breach Often Fail to Notify Customers: Survey
Mar 6 2013 // While more than half the U.S. small businesses experienced at least one data breach, just one-third of those firms notified individuals that their personal information had been compromised, a new survey...
Snapshot: Who Are America’s Small Business Entrepreneurs?
Feb 28 2013 // About one third of America’s entrepreneurs are women, many are between the ages of 30 and 49, and 60 percent spent more than six months working on their business idea before forming their entity. More than four out...
Workers’ Comp Tops Oklahoma Small-Business Agenda
Feb 25 2013 // Lt. Gov. Todd Lamb and Oklahoma business leaders rolled out their legislative agenda for small businesses and manufacturers on Feb. 12, citing workforce development and sweeping changes to the state’s workers’...
Workers’ Comp Tops Oklahoma Small-Business Agenda
Feb 15 2013 // Lt. Gov. Todd Lamb and Oklahoma business leaders rolled out their legislative agenda for small businesses and manufacturers on Feb. 12, citing workforce development and sweeping changes to the state’s workers’...
