Latest Small Business Headlines

All the headlines from our Small Business Topic Page, ordered by recency.

HSBC Launches Internet Insurance Site for U.K. Small Business Community

Jun 11 2000 // London based Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Corp. (HSBC) announced the launch of an interactive commercial insurance service for the U.K.’s small business community. Initially the service will offer commercial property...

Insure.com Launches Small Business Insurance Forum

Apr 18 2000 // Insure.com has introduced a new Small Business Insurance Forum, where readers can receive individual help with insurance problems. The forum joins insure.com’s other long-running forums focusing on auto, health, home...

Bricks and Mortar Agencies Clicking to Compete

Apr 10 2000 // Higginbotham & Associates, Arthur J. Gallagher make dash for the Internet.Being web accessible will be an absolute necessity for insurance agencies and brokerages in the next few years. So says Rusty Reid, president...

PEOs Change Focus by Courting Agents as Partners, not Customers

Apr 10 2000 // As much as 10 years ago, independent insurance agents were being courted by professional employer organizations (PEOs), which viewed the small structure of agents’ offices as ripe for their human resources...

Small Businesses Poised to Switch Insurance Carriers

Apr 4 2000 // An estimated 80 percent of small businesses would consider changing their property-casualty carrier unless they were completely satisfied with their business insurance according to a survey conducted by CustomerStance, a...