All the headlines from our Small Business Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 28 2016 // Rocklin, CA, September 28, 2016- Builders & Tradesmen’s Insurance Services, Inc. (BTIS) is pleased to announce the launch of a new partnership with Hiscox providing access to small business solutions in 49...
Sep 21 2016 // Chubb is rolling out a new business owner’s policy, Chubb BOP. Crafted for small businesses, Chubb BOP incorporates protection for property and liability exposures, a supporting umbrella liability product, and the...
Sep 21 2016 // Online personal insurance seller CoverHound is adding business insurance offerings— including workers’ compensation and commercial auto— to its online platform at CoverHound.com.The site is starting by focusing...
Sep 19 2016 // Small business employees who get health coverage through the Covered California health insurance exchange will see an average price increase of 5.9 percent next year.The figure announced last week affects roughly 28,000...
Sep 19 2016 // Internet Insurance Group (IIG), a Waltham, Mass., based insurance agency that sells commercial insurance to small businesses, has launched its flagship website, SmallBusinessQuote.com.The firm has been working to build out...
Aug 22 2016 // No longer able to compete primarily on price, insurers are now focusing their efforts on pleasing customers, with the payoff being a significant increase in satisfaction among their small business commercial customers,...
Aug 9 2016 // No longer able to compete primarily on price, insurers are now focusing their efforts on pleasing customers, with the payoff being a significant increase in satisfaction among their small business commercial customers,...
Jul 27 2016 // The state is making millions of dollars in minigrants available for small businesses damaged by deadly floods last month.Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin announced Monday that grants up to $10,000 will be awarded to small businesses...
Jul 25 2016 // Insureon, an online agency for small business insurance, has formed a new managing general agency (MGA), Insureon Underwriting Managers, which will operate as a division of Insurance Noodle, the company’s wholesale...
Jul 15 2016 // Allied World North America has teamed with program administrator Great Point Insurance to offer umbrella coverage in the U.S. and Canada for small businesses through their online portal, UmbrellaPro. Designed for companies...
Jun 22 2016 // The Travelers Cos. Inc. announced it will offer insurance directly to UK small businesses with fewer than 10 employees and less than £2.5 million ($3.7 million) in revenues.The online platform will initially be available...
Jun 17 2016 // The U.S. Chamber of Commerce wants you to believe it is looking out for the little guy in its fight against new government regulation of the retirement investment advice industry.But that is a facade – as one...
Jun 15 2016 // The Small Business Investor Alliance is throwing its support for behind a bill to reauthorize and amend the California Organized Investment Network program.Assembly Bill 2728 will reauthorize COIN and ensure that insurance...
Jun 15 2016 // Within venture capital circles, the insurance industry is sexy right now. It seems not a week goes by without another startup being announced, some with niche angles such as peer-to-peer distribution, insurance for...
Jun 9 2016 // CoverHound CEO Keith Moore has a vision of simplifying cyber insurance sales that involves underwriting the security vendors used by insureds—a model that could ultimately allow small business customers to bind their...
Jun 9 2016 // Assurant, Inc. has teamed up with cybersecurity specialist MyDigitalShield to help protect small businesses against losses from data breaches.Assurant will provide support for MyDigitalShield’s data breach guarantee,...
Jun 3 2016 // Abacus Insurance Brokers, Inc., a Los Angeles-based program manager that distributes specialty insurance products online, has launched its online Professional Small Business Program.The program provides general liability,...
Jun 1 2016 // Nearly £36 million ($52.6 million) was paid in insurance claims to small businesses last year, due to customer insolvency or late payment, according to figures released by the Association of British Insurers (ABI).With...
May 18 2016 // Gov. Nikki Haley vetoed a bill Monday that would send $40 million in aid to South Carolina farmers, saying farmers may complain loudly, but don’t need a bailout that isn’t being offered to all small...
May 17 2016 // Investors have given $12.2 million to fund an insurance broker offering a cloud-based risk and insurance management system for small and mid-sized businesses. The broker, Embroker, promises to empower commercial lines...