Latest Small Business Headlines
All the headlines from our Small Business Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Safeco Adds Workers’ Comp Policies to Online Sales Platform
Nov 25 2003 // Seattle-based Safeco Business Insurance (SBI) has expanded its online sales platform to make it faster and easier for agents to sell workers compensation insurance to small businesses. The update means agents can go online...
CNA Names Small Business Unit Managers
Nov 20 2003 // Chicago-based commercial insurer CNA recently announced that Paul Nhem and Tom Gill will become partnering managers of its dedicated small business program unit. Nhem and Gill will partner with agencies to generate and...
Henry Pippins Jr. to Head CNA’s Small Biz Unit
Nov 17 2003 // Chicago-based insurer CNA Financial Corp. named Henry Pippins Jr. as senior vice president of its Small Business for Standard Lines unit, an $800 million business operation. Pippins previously served as vice president of...
Zurich N.A. Improves Small Biz Web Site
Nov 3 2003 // Schaumburg, Ill.-based insurer Zurich North America, announced the addition of a host of new features to its popular eZSB Web site for Zurich Small Business agents designed to provide new capabilities and improved...
St. Paul Opens Colorado Springs Service Center For Small Business Accounts
Oct 31 2003 // As part of The St. Paul Companies’ continued expansion into the small business insurance marketplace, the company announced recently the opening of a Commercial Service Center for its small business customers and...
Safeco Survey Finds Small-Business Owners Ill-Prepared When Disaster Strikes
Oct 22 2003 // A new nationwide survey by Safeco Corp. found most small-business owners are ill-prepared to recover costs if disaster strikes, such as company’s payroll, operating expenses and profits, and aren’t...
Small Business Owners Policy
Oct 20 2003 // Nuts & Bolts: Cascade/Amstar has available a market for small business owners policy. Endorsements—Many extensions of coverage including business income on an actual loss sustained, accounts receivable, valuable...
BOPs, The Small Business Shield
Oct 6 2003 // Like a fine wine, BOPs seem to be getting better with age. Long the marketplace standard of property and liability insurance for small businesses, BOPs, known more formally as Business Owners Package policies, have...
BOPs, The Small Business Shield
Oct 6 2003 // Like a fine wine, BOPs seem to be getting better with age. Long the marketplace standard of property and liability insurance for small businesses, BOPs, known more formally as Business Owners Package policies, have...
NAII and OSHA to Host Workplace Safety Workshop in Ill.
Aug 12 2003 // The National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII), in conjunction with individual insurers and OSHA, is hosting a workshop in Illinois focusing on workplace safety for small businesses. “Safety at Work I: Risk...
Fireman’s Fund Integrates Farm & Ranch Into Its Small Business Operations
Jul 30 2003 // Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company has integrated Farm & Ranch management into its Small Business operations, which completes a companywide realignment of its agricultural risks. “This management integration...
MBS, Digital Insurance Forge Small Business Alliance
Jul 29 2003 // Alpharetta, Ga.- based MyBenefitSource (MBS), a provider of integrated payroll, benefits and benefits administration services, announced it entered into an alliance with Atlanta-based Digital Insurance Inc., to address...
Zurich N.A. Enhances Small Biz Agents Web Site
Jul 23 2003 // Schaumburg, Ill.-based Zurich North America has announced enhancements to the automobile risk processing, risk processing tools and documents sections of its eZSB website for agents that write business for small...
Zurich North America Unveils FinanceSuite Product Line for Small Business Customers
Jul 18 2003 // Zurich North America announced the launch of the FinanceSuite(tm) product on the Business Finance Center website. The Business Finance Center is an online commercial lending marketplace where the Zurich network of...
Hartford Survey Says With More at Stake, Small Businesses are Least Ready for Natural Disaster
Jun 6 2003 // Although they have the most at stake, small businesses are less prepared than larger companies to withstand a natural disaster, according to a recent national survey of small and mid-sized businesses by The Hartford...
CNA Provides Big Opportunity for Small Business
May 30 2003 // Chicago-based CNA says it is creating opportunities for agents in Small Business with its people, services, technology, broad appetite, underwriting excellence, comprehensive products and programs, and targeted classes for...
E.G. Bowman, NY’s Largest Minority and Woman-Owned Insurance Brokerage, Celebrates 50th Anniversary
May 27 2003 // This month marks the 50th anniversary of the founding of E.G. Bowman Company, Inc. by Ernesta G. Procope, who set up her storefront insurance agency in Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood in 1953. The...
Hart to Build Small Business Strategy
May 1 2003 // Dale L. Hart has joined Synaxis Group, assigned with the responsibility of assembling a suite of resources for small business and providing an efficient delivery system. This new “platform” will provide a range...
Digital Insurance Forges Agreements with Assurex Global Partners
Apr 16 2003 // Atlanta-based Digital Insurance Inc. announced it has signed agreements with three Assurex Global-affiliated employee benefits brokerage firms to handle the day-to-day service and sales of a portion of their small group...
Holding Company of InsuranceNoodle and InsureVianet Created InsuranceVianet
Apr 16 2003 // A new holding company, InsuranceVianet, has been formed to provide overall guidance and governance of its two subsidiary operations, InsuranceNoodle and InsureVianet. “In creating InsuranceVianet, the board of...
