For business owners, hiring and retaining good employees is always a challenge. But in today’s highly competitive job market, the task of keeping your workforce engaged and productive is harder than ever. To help your business attract and retain the best people, here are 9 tips to boost employee morale. Tips to Boost Employee Morale
You started your business with a dream. A vision for the future. And there’s no satisfaction like watching that dream come to fruition. If business is booming and all your hard work is finally paying off, it’s natural to think about expansion. But how do you know when the timing is right to open a new location? Here are…
Each year, 78% of Americans tackle spring cleaning in their homes. Did you know that you can do the same thing for your small business – without the mop, bucket and rubber gloves? Here are seven things you can do as a small business owner to refresh your workplace this spring (or any time of year) without breaking too much of…
Gone are the days when phishing attempts were easy to identify and limited to only emails. While malicious messages are nothing new, they’re becoming more sophisticated and harder to pick out from legitimate business communications. Ways to Spot Phishing Messages
With holiday season upon us, shoppers are prepping by making lists, formulating gameplans, and looking for the best deals in town. As a business owner, your preparation likely looks a little different. Small Business Saturday is all about supporting local merchants by, you guessed it, shopping local. Here are 5 ways to make the most of it and appeal to…
Recognizing that a cyber breach is a likelihood, companies need well-planned processes to mitigate and manage operations before they become targets. In this article, we discuss how to avoid cyber breaches and how cyber insurance can help protect your business. As part of your planning, it is good practice to identify a cross-disciplinary team to engage when the crisis arises….
Insurance considerations for businesses can be many and overwhelming, and even with the best coverage in place, there can still be limits. That’s where a commercial umbrella policy comes in. Designed to give businesses extra coverage for those costs that exceed policy limits, an umbrella policy can be a saving grace for businesses hit with a claim that results in…
As individuals take on side hustles to generate more income or out of a desire to operate their own businesses, they also take on risks. If you have a side hustle, you need to insure yourself accordingly. After businesses shuttered and U.S. workers were sent home at the height of the pandemic in 2020, a report from Dollar Sprout revealed…
Each new year brings its own unique set of opportunities and challenges for small business owners. And 2022 is no exception.
If you have recently changed to remote or hybrid work schedules, your current business insurance policy may need to be updated.