Latest Small Business Headlines
All the headlines from our Small Business Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Seven Steps to Selling Your Business
Mar 8 2010 // Owners of small businesses — like many insurance agencies — spend more time working on today’s issues than tomorrow’s potential. This may keep the doors open for now, but what about when they’re ready...
Private Sector Surveys Point to U.S. Jobs Recovery
Mar 4 2010 // Three forward-looking surveys of U.S. hiring intentions point to a tentative jobs recovery in coming months. The surveys by U.S. staffing and payroll companies suggest businesses are cautiously rebuilding staff, especially...
Property Casualty Market’s Love Affair With Main Street Business
Feb 7 2010 // Why Small Business Means Big Business for Insurers and Brokers Alike Main Street business often means different things to different people, but it generally refers to small commercial establishments that would be found in...
Seven Steps to Selling Your Business
Jan 24 2010 // Owners of small businesses — like many insurance agencies — spend more of their time working on today’s issues than tomorrow’s potential. It’s an approach that may keep the doors open for now,...
Seven Steps to Selling Your Business
Jan 10 2010 // Owners of small businesses – like many insurance agencies – spend more of their time working on today’s issues than tomorrow’s potential. It’s an approach that may keep the doors open for now,...
Small Businesses at Risk: A Growing Market for Employment Practices Liability Coverage
Jan 10 2010 // Small business owners are at risk from employment-related charges and lawsuits. Workplace discrimination claims are at an all-time high and small business owners feel vulnerable. Yet, although a recent survey showed that...
Special Reuters Report: America’s Route to Recovery
Dec 29 2009 // When Bob Hagan was a boy in Youngstown, Ohio, people equated the coke dust they swept off their doorsteps each day with opportunity, for it came from the steel mills that built this city. After graduating from high school...
The Seven Universal Rules of Sales and Marketing
Dec 21 2009 // In today’s economic climate, it’s difficult to find consistency. Business is changing at a rapid rate in every industry, and insurance is no different. As everything from the internet to the classic bear and...
Big Leaders
Nov 15 2009 // As forecast, the nation’s unemployment rate went over 10 percent last month. Even though it was expected, it wasn’t easy to accept. Leave it to small business owners to put that development and the whole...
Insurance Agents Unhappy with House Healthcare Bill
Nov 15 2009 // The leaders of the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America (IIBA) are not pleased with the healthcare reform bill that was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives. Agents are particularly opposed to the...
Insurance Agents Hit House Health Bill As Bad for Small Business
Nov 9 2009 // The leaders of the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America (IIBA) are not pleased with the healthcare reform bill that was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives. The group is particularly opposed to the...
State Insurance Chiefs Urge Steps to Control Health Costs for Small Business
Nov 5 2009 // Lower profit margins, the downturn in the economy and significant premium increases are among the reasons small business employers have more difficulty than larger competitors affording insurance coverage for their...
Small Business Owners See Their Firms Leading Recovery Next 2 Years
Nov 2 2009 // Looking out 12 to 24 months, small business owners say their companies will emerge from the recession strong and well positioned for growth over the next two years, leading the U.S. to economic recovery. According to new...
Obama to Boost Small Business Lending
Oct 21 2009 // President Barack Obama will announce a package of initiatives Wednesday to increase credit to small businesses, an administration official said Tuesday. “The proposal will increase the caps for existing SBA (Small...
Small Business to Congress: Fix Health Insurance Now!
Oct 2 2009 // Whether they’re young or old, entrepreneurs always have a hunger to come up with the next big idea, or to do something better than anyone else. That’s the spirit that lives in each and every small business...
Continental Risk Offers New Small Business Product
Sep 22 2009 // Continental Risk based in Lodi, Calif., is now offering a new business owners policy for small businesses that includes additional coverages outside of the typical property/casualty package. The program’s features...
Text: Sen. Baucus Introduces to Senate Financial Committee Health Bill
Sep 16 2009 // The following announcment was released by the office of Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D,Mont.). Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D,Mont.) today introduced the America’s Healthy Future...
Text: Senate Finance Committee’s America’s Healthy Future Act of 2009
Sep 16 2009 // Chairman’s Mark America’s Healthy Future Act of 2009 Scheduled for Markup By the Senate Committee on Finance On September 22, 2009 America’s Healthy Future Act of 2009 TITLE I—HEALTH CARE...
Alabama Uncertain If Small Business Tax Break Is Boosting Health Insurance
Sep 8 2009 // Craig Bacheler is able to offer the employees at his small Alabama IT firm health benefits because of a new state law, but some who helped push for the law say it is too early to measure its benefits. Small companies,...
Small Businesses Confront Big Cyber Risks
Sep 7 2009 // Larger Firms Tend to Have More Data Security Resources The theft of personal and private data — from credit card information, to Social Security numbers, to health information, is a thriving global crime — and it is...
