Progressive offers a line
of small business insurance for trades like stores, garages, restaurants, manufacturers, janitors, beauty salons, HVAC services, consultants, and more.
Liability is the bedrock
of any small business insurance policy.
An article for WomenEntrepreneur.com highlights the importance
of small business insurance.
Hiscox is a provider
of small business insurance.
SimplyInsured went through thousands
of small business insurance plans to help you identify the cost of EpiPens under each plan, and help you select the best health insurance plan for covering an EpiPen.
Not exact matches
Launched by Scott Gerber, founder
of the Young Entrepreneurs Council (and an Inc.com columnist), Startup
Insurance isn't an exchange so much as a broker for insurance options tailored specifically to entrepreneurs and small - busines
Insurance isn't an exchange so much as a broker for
insurance options tailored specifically to entrepreneurs and small - busines
insurance options tailored specifically to entrepreneurs and
small -
business owners.
That's the concern
of Anthony Cancela, president
of the New Jersey - based Cancela
Insurance Brokerage, which serves
small businesses with between one and 300 employees.
The federal healthcare website may be a fiasco, but thankfully there are a number
of entrepreneur - run private
insurance operators who have designed their offerings with
small businesses in mind.
Berkshire has more than 90 operating units, including large
businesses such as the BNSF railroad, Geico auto
insurance and Berkshire Hathaway Energy utilities, and
smaller businesses making Dairy Queen ice cream, Duracell batteries, Fruit
of the Loom underwear, Ginsu knives and the World Book encyclopedia.
According to a 2010 survey by Travelers
Insurance, 94 percent of small - business owners are confident their business is protected against insurable risks, despite only 56 percent having disaster - recovery i
Insurance, 94 percent
of small -
business owners are confident their
business is protected against insurable risks, despite only 56 percent having disaster - recovery
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Ideally, lenders evaluating a
small business for credit approval like to see up - to - date books and
business records, a large customer base, a history
of prompt payment
of obligations, and adequate
insurance coverage.
The agents, risk managers, and
small -
business consultants Inc. spoke with warned that
insurance purchases can be driven by exaggerated fears, particularly
of litigation.
Banks had $ 287.64 billion in outstanding loans to
small businesses as
of Dec. 31, up 1.4 percent from a year earlier, according to the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corp..
Property
insurance, which protects buildings and their contents, such as equipment, furnishings, and inventory, is the most popular kind
of protection for
small businesses.
The Ex-Im Bank, which provides credit
insurance for
businesses who extend terms to overseas customers, has been a political football
of late, with conservative politicians claiming the bank overwhelmingly supports big
businesses over
small ones.
«It's not the run -
of - the - mill loss you should be thinking about, but the home run, out -
of - the - park catastrophe,» says David Young, a former
insurance broker and risk manager now advising at the
Small Business Development Center in Seattle.
«The banks have no interest in financing
small business unless they are 100 % secured on company assets, personal
insurance and guarantees,» said a Bank
of Montreal client based in Saint - Laurent, Quebec.
While it's true that a good
insurance policy can do much to reduce lawsuit worries and that many
small, savvy
businesses don't have debt problems, it's also true that
businesses which face significant risks in either
of these areas should probably organize themselves as a corporation or LLC.
The President boosted the number
of federal regulations affecting
small businesses by 13 percent during his first term in office, leading governmental regulation and red tape to overtake sales, taxes and the cost / availability
of insurance as
small business's biggest problem, respondents to the National Federation of Independent Business small business survey
business's biggest problem, respondents to the National Federation
of Independent
Business small business survey
Business small business survey
business survey explain.
Mamoon Hamid, co-founder and general partner at venture capital firm Social Capital,
of Palo Alto, California, says broker - led health
insurance sales to
smaller businesses are probably worth up to $ 150 billion.
Today we'll look at some
of the major considerations for first time
business insurance clients, with the aim
of giving the people who run
small businesses a head start in understanding and purchasing their coverage.
Several Canadian universities offer specialized degrees in actuarial studies to enter the financial and
insurance business; there are a
smaller number
of master's degrees cropping up aimed at applying data sciences to a wider range
of fields, along with some certificate programs aimed at professionals already working in
business.
Small -
business owner: To encourage the government to hire more Canadians as part
of the Economic Action Plan, the budget proposes a hiring credit, which offers a one - year Employment
Insurance break
of up to $ 1,000 for firms with premiums below $ 10,001 in 2010.
«Make sure you are protected from anything that might take down your
business that you worked so hard to build,» said Hunter Hoffmann, head of U.S. Communications at Hiscox Small Business Insurance of White Plains, N.Y., during a Money Talk radio in
business that you worked so hard to build,» said Hunter Hoffmann, head
of U.S. Communications at Hiscox
Small Business Insurance of White Plains, N.Y., during a Money Talk radio in
Business Insurance of White Plains, N.Y., during a Money Talk radio interview.
Even though some
of the best talent working for
small businesses these days is young and doesn't always see the value in things like healthcare or life
insurance,
business owners will be better able overall to attract and retain good employees by offering those benefits.
In an era
of small businesses and startups, however, benefits packages are considered extras, with workers sometimes forced to choose between higher pay and costly health
insurance premiums or lower pay for the ability to provide great medical
insurance for their families.
A little less than one in three
small businesses were found to offer health
insurance benefits to employees, for example, as compared to the national average
of 96 percent
of larger firms.
According to a survey
of small business owners by Travelers
Insurance, nearly 44 percent
of all U.S.
small businesses do not have a written
business continuity plan, or any other type
of document, that explains what will happen to the
business in the event
of serious weather emergencies.
«These freelancers come on board as subcontractors and save the
small business owner the burden
of paying overhead associated with payroll taxes and expenses such as health
insurance and worker's compensation, as well as the space constrictions that growing a company in - house can present.»
Small business owners will be asked to provide a wide range
of materials, ranging from personal and
business financial statements to organization charts, licenses, and schedules
of business insurance.
To help you mind your
business — and, by extension, your bottom line — in good time, the folks at Make It Cheaper, a service that helps
small and medium - sized
businesses negotiate cheaper rates on
insurance, broadband and electricity, have rounded up seven key efficiency lessons from a host
of entrepreneurs.
But at the same time, we have prices at the pump rising out
of control, the burdens
of insurance costs (which also keep going up), as well as complicated taxes, and you can see why
small business owners continue to proceed with caution on hiring.
Since the passing
of the Affordable Healthcare Act, many startups and
small businesses opted not to offer employee health
insurance benefits.
You can navigate the process with the help
of an
insurance broker, or independent agent, who is a licensed individual representing a
small business owner and works on commission or a for a service fee.
The U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services has given conditional approval to 18 states to run their own
Small -
Business Health Options Programs (SHOPs) and to another 17 to run their own
insurance exchanges for individuals.
As I wrote last week,
small firms that didn't offer
insurance to their employees cited a variety
of reasons, but 79 percent called cost an important factor, while 76 percent said the same
of firm size — their
businesses were just «too
small.»
For
small business owners, this represents a tremendous opportunity to quickly access a broad pool
of talent without the limitations
of other expenses like
insurance and perks.
The other issue is that many
insurance companies that service
small business don't carry all
of the types
of insurance that you are required by your client to carry or they may not carry the coverage at the levels required by the client.
Theoretically, it's good for
small business: The Wall Street Journal reports that Giuliani hopes at least 13 million people will trade their employer - based
insurance for a private plan, bringing the number
of Americans who buy their own policies to more than 30 million.
A similar study conducted by the Guardian
Insurance Company offered even more marked results, with 35 %
of small business owners surveyed reporting that they actually started their
businesses to fund their retirements.
Small business owners take a much harder look at the entire cost
of an employee, which often comprises life
insurance, health care, savings plans, taxes, and so on.
«For a
small -
business owner, the stakes are much higher,» says Mark MacGougan
of Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and
Insurance Co..
«The
small -
business market was underserved until recently, but we've seen a huge increase in demand for our cyber products driven by a critical mass
of incidents happening very publicly to large companies,» says Tim Zeilman, vice president at Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and
Insurance Company.
What's more, another 24 percent
of companies answering the U.S. Chamber
of Commerce's quarterly
small -
business outlook survey said they will reduce staff to under 50 employees to avoid paying penalties for failing to offer health
insurance.
Zenefits» software helps
small businesses manage all
of their human resources functions in one place, such as health
insurance, payroll, retirement funds and equity grants.
Increasingly, entrepreneurs need to provide health
insurance as a means
of staying competitive, an issue that should be top
of mind as we celebrate National
Small Business Week.
The ACA «is a big boon to
small businesses and their workers, who care about health care
insurance,» says Dean Baker, co-director
of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, a nonpartisan policy think tank.
Hu's sentiments are common among
small business owners — 60 percent
of those that don't offer health
insurance say it's because it's too costly, according to a March 2015 survey by Manta, the
small business network.
A survey
of 500
small business executives, conducted by Reno, Nevada - based workman's compensation
insurance firm EMPLOYERS, revealed that 65 percent have the same concern.
For 2014, the Department
of Health and Human Services» (HHS) Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) granted conditional approval to 18 states to establish state - based
Small Business Health Options Programs, or SHOPs, and to 17 states to operate health
insurance exchanges for individuals.