All the headlines from our Small Business Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 30 2007 // Now is the time for small business owners to bone up on a new law that makes big changes in employee retirement plans.The Pension Protection Act of 2006, passed in August, rewrote many of the rules on pensions in an effort...
Jan 29 2007 // There is a new political dynamic in Congress that presents both opportunities and pitfalls.Last year, the President signed into law pension and health care reform that will greatly benefit insurance consumers. House...
Jan 29 2007 // There is a new political dynamic in Congress that presents both opportunities and pitfalls.Last year, the President signed into law pension and health care reform that will greatly benefit insurance consumers. House...
Jan 29 2007 // There is a new political dynamic in Congress that presents both opportunities and pitfalls.Last year, the President signed into law pension and health care reform that will greatly benefit insurance consumers. House...
Jan 29 2007 // There is a new political dynamic in Congress that presents both opportunities and pitfalls.Last year, the President signed into law pension and health care reform that will greatly benefit insurance consumers. House...
Jan 28 2007 // There is a new political dynamic in Congress that presents both opportunities and pitfalls.Last year, the President signed into law pension and health care reform that will greatly benefit insurance consumers. House...
Jan 28 2007 // There is a new political dynamic in Congress that presents both opportunities and pitfalls.Last year, the President signed into law pension and health care reform that will greatly benefit insurance consumers. House...
Jan 15 2007 // Specialty Underwriters’ Alliance, Inc. has amended its agreement with Appalachian Underwriters, Inc. to include small employer’ workers’ compensation.AUI will provide workers’ compensation through...
Jan 10 2007 // CNA has enhanced Epack, its management and professional liability package policy, to create Epack EZ. Targeting companies with less than 50 employees and $10 million in assets, Epack EZ offers a stand alone employment...
Dec 25 2006 // Dan Hayes began working at Purcell’s Business Products, in Campbellsville, Ky., in the 1970s. By 1980, he owned the business selling office supplies and equipment with eight employees.A desire to “do good by...
Dec 24 2006 // Dan Hayes began working at Purcell’s Business Products, in Campbellsville, Ky., in the 1970s. By 1980, he owned the business selling office supplies and equipment with eight employees.A desire to “do good by...
Dec 11 2006 // Small business owners in the Jacksonville, Fla., area are feeling the pinch of skyrocketing property insurance premiums and more than half of them said they will need to pass those costs on to consumers, according to a...
Dec 10 2006 // Fla. businesses bemoan skyrocketing insurance costsSmall business owners in the Jacksonville, Fla., area are feeling the pinch of skyrocketing property insurance premiums and more than half of them said they will need to...
Nov 28 2006 // Hurricane Katrina’s 100-plus mph winds only damaged the eaves of Morris Strickland’s shopping center a few miles from the Ocean Springs, Mississippi beach.The damage cost less than $2,000, and stores leasing...
Oct 23 2006 // In Pennsylvania, a disabled customer complained of emotional distress when she dined at a restaurant that lacked adequate parking for her wheelchair van and where the restrooms were not fully wheelchair-accessible. The...
Oct 23 2006 // It’s a problem many brokers face: clients love our property casualty risk management products and services, but have we given them all they need? What else can we do for them?An employee benefits program offers an...
Oct 16 2006 // New rules expanding a program to help small businesses in Oklahoma provide health insurance for their employees are now in effect.Gov. Brad Henry announced Oct. 13 that he had signed Oklahoma Health Care Authority rules...
Oct 13 2006 // Some of the most frustrating problems facing small business owners — the ever-rising cost of health coverage, expanding government regulations and uncertainty about taxes — are again concerns as the midterm elections...
Sep 25 2006 // Florida’s residual market for commercial insurance began providing coverage for small businesses on Sept. 15.More than 60 agents had signed up online for the program within hours of the official signing of a contract...
Sep 18 2006 // Originally slated for a Sept. 1 start date, Florida’s residual market for commercial insurance began providing coverage for small businesses on Sept. 15.A signing event took place midday on Sept. 15 and by...