Latest Small Business Headlines
All the headlines from our Small Business Topic Page, ordered by recency.
CNA Enhances Real Time Quoting System for Small Business Agents
Jul 28 2011 // Chicago-based CNA announced enhancements to its Real Time Quoting system for agent quoting of Small Business accounts. The company said CNA’s newest Real Time Quoting solution enables Small Business agents and...
As Small Business Shrinks, Small P/C Insurers Lose
Jul 18 2011 // The property/casualty small business sector – those accounts with less than 50 employees – has shrunk substantially since 2007, and there has been a dramatic shift in market share among small, mid-sized and...
States Given Flexibility on Health Insurance Exchanges
Jul 11 2011 // The Obama administration proposed a framework for health insurance exchanges that gives states great flexibility in how and when they set up these open marketplaces designed to boost competition. The U.S. Health and Human...
As Small Business Shrinks, Small P/C Insurers Lose
Jun 20 2011 // The property/casualty small business sector – those accounts with less than 50 employees – has shrunk substantially since 2007, and there has been a dramatic shift in market share among small, mid-sized and...
Hiscox Launches Small Business Coverage in Ariz., Calif., N.Y.
Jun 2 2011 // Hiscox has introduced their business owners policy (BOP) offering in Arizona, California and New York, with coverage in additional states planned for later this year. The business owner’s insurance package (BOP)...
ACE Names Hageman Senior VP for Global Personal, Small Business Claims
May 12 2011 // The ACE Group of insurance and reinsurance companies has appointed Jim Hageman as senior vice president for claims for global personal and small commercial insurance. Hageman will lead the global claims operations for...
BOLT Insurance Agency to Distribute Zurich Small Business Products
May 11 2011 // Business Owners Liability Team (BOLT Insurance Agency) has signed an agreement with Zurich Small Business to distribute its small commercial insurance products to business owners across the country on the BOLT Insurance...
Small Business Owners Concerned Over Taxes, Healthcare Issues
May 4 2011 // Tax-related regulations and concerns over health care burden many small business owners today. Nearly two out of three business owners believe that tax-related regulations are too burdensome, while 51 percent find health...
Alabama Boosts Tax Break for Small Businesses Buying Health Insurance
Apr 25 2011 // Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley has signed legislation increasing the state income tax deduction that small businesses get for supplying health insurance for their employees. The new law applies to the current tax year....
Golden Eagle Expands Small Business BOP Product
Apr 18 2011 // Golden Eagle Insurance, a Liberty Mutual Agency Corp. regional company, has expanded its small commercial appetite with the addition of more than 60 business classes to its Commercial Protector BOP product. The majority of...
Starr Aviation Develops Workers’ Compensation Small Business Unit
Apr 5 2011 // Starr Aviation Agency, Inc., a member of Starr Cos., has developed a Small Business Unit within their Workers’ Compensation division. The focus of the Workers’ Compensation Small Business Unit is to provide an...
Pennsylvania Considers Workers’ Comp for Small Business Owners
Apr 4 2011 // Agents in Pennsylvania are urging lawmakers to pass legislation that would allow insurers to cover owners or partners of small businesses through a workers’ compensation policy. The legislation changes insurance laws...
Pennsylvania Ponders Workers’ Comp for Small Business Owners
Mar 23 2011 // Agents in Pennsylvania will urge lawmakers today to pass legislation that would allow insurers to cover owners or partners of small businesses through a workers’ compensation policy. The legislation changes insurance...
SBA: Small Businesses Provide Nearly 55% of Private-Sector Jobs in Louisiana
Mar 15 2011 // The U.S. Small Business Administration reports that in 2008 nearly 400 thousand small businesses were operating in Louisiana, representing 97.4 percent of the state’s employers. A report released in February by the...
Mood on Main Street: Agents on Hardest Hit Small Businesses
Feb 17 2011 // Agents across the country — except in Texas and neighboring states — agree that construction and related trades have been hardest hit by the recession. Restaurants appear to be the second hardest hit. In terms of lines...
Mood on Main Street: How Recession Changed Insurance Buying Habits
Feb 15 2011 // The recession has taken its toll on contractors, restaurants, retailers, small manufacturers and other Main Street business around the country and most of the survivors are not going to soon forget the pain of the past few...
As Small Business Shrinks, Small P/C Insurers Lose
Feb 7 2011 // The property/casualty small business sector – those accounts with less than 50 employees – has shrunk substantially since 2007, and there has been a dramatic shift in market share among small, mid-sized and...
Regulatory Uncertainty Impeding Economic Recovery
Feb 7 2011 // The goal of today’s hearing is to take a step back and look at the economy from two points of view. First, the economy as it is perceived by economists and academics through the lens of their historical analysis and...
As Small Business Shrinks, Small P/C Insurers Lose
Feb 7 2011 // The property/casualty small business sector – those accounts with less than 50 employees – has shrunk substantially since 2007, and there has been a dramatic shift in market share among small, mid-sized and...
How to Become Chief Risk Officer for Small Business Clients
Feb 7 2011 // Some small business owners are expressing their intentions to invest in future growth, as economic storm clouds of the past few years show signs of clearing. The National Federation of Independent Business’ latest...
