Category: Commercial

Quick take: Workers’ compensation insurance for small businesses Workers’ compensation insurance can help when an employee experiences a work-related illness or injury. Coverage includes wage benefits, medical treatment and rehabilitation, … Continue reading Does My Business Need Workers’ Compensation Coverage?

Here’s what you should know: The liability coverage on your policy helps cover the cost of lawsuits, including your legal defense and any damages you’re ordered to pay. You select … Continue reading Will Business Insurance Cover My Company if Someone Sues Me?

Here’s what you should know: Some types of coverage are required by law in some states. These include workers’ compensation and auto liability. Your mortgage holder or landlord may also … Continue reading Is Business Insurance Required by Law?

Self-driving cars could push some auto shops out of business. Not this one. Dwayne Myers has seen high-tech advances close auto shops like his, but the day a car drives … Continue reading Adapt or Get Left in the Dust. How One Business Owner Keeps Pace With the Cars of the Future

How Shake Shack’s hospitality consultant is helping businesses such as Merrill Lynch and Delta Airlines identify golden employees. While getting her doctorate in Organizational Behavior at New York University in … Continue reading What’s A 51 Percenter (and Why Does Your Business Need More of Them)?

Quick Take: Why did the coverage on my home increase this year? A COI is a statement of coverage issued by the company that insures your business. Usually no more … Continue reading What is a Certificate of Insurance (COI) and Do I Need One?

A magnitude 6.0 earthquake left this Napa Valley café with barely a scratch. But more than three years later, the business owner is still dealing with the fallout. Every Christmas … Continue reading With the Neighborhood in Ruins, He Doubled Down to Keep His Cafe Open

With his team’s kitchen know-how (what would you do with 56 gallons of mayonnaise?) and food world connections, chef Vinnie Cimino just kept cooking — and feeding his community. Summer … Continue reading His Sparkling New Restaurant Was Only Six Days Old When COVID-19 Shut It Down

Self-driving cars could push some auto shops out of business. Not this one. Dwayne Myers has seen high-tech advances close auto shops like his, but the day a car drives … Continue reading Adapt or Get Left in the Dust. How One Business Owner Keeps Pace With the Cars of the Future

Why hiring and keeping top talent for your startup or small business may not be as expensive as you think. Like many small businesses owners, Chris Post, founder and C … Continue reading Five Low- or No-cost Benefits Small-business Employees Love