As a small business owner, you are entrepreneurial by nature and open to taking personal risks that have the potential to result in long-term financial gain. This is likely why you decided to start your own business and probably one of the main contributors to your eventual success. However, even with the most optimistic of […]

With today’s insurance industry plagued by legal jargon, frivolous litigation, excessive fees and misleading small print, we’ve decided to step back and use our inaugural post to acknowledge the industry’s ancient and humanitarian roots. Although they may not have been using actuary tables, the earliest hunter and gatherer societies were in fact thinking about their […]

Your lawn care business is officially open, you did little to no promotion and your phone won’t stop ringing off the hook… said no one ever. But have no fear: Even though launching a new business can be difficult, a good balance of self-promotion and personal references can propel any business in the right direction. […]

“How’s your bracket doing?” With March Madness upon us, my basketball-loving friends and I are anxiously comparing stats.  Along with the game comes the joy of victory, the agony of defeat, last minute heroics…and the occasional human error that thwarts that winning play. Mistakes in small businesses may not be as well publicized or as […]

BizInsure is pleased to announce our new partnership with the Career Thought Leaders Consortium! The Career Thought Leaders Consortium (www.careerthoughtleaders.com) is a nationally recognized think tank of career industry professionals who are focused on innovating all phases of career development and job search. Today, in response to their members’ request, preferred access to BizInsure has recently been […]

Phishing is a criminal practice that exploits individuals via fraudulent electronic communication and interaction. Together with spear phishing, clone phishing and whaling, the Internet can be a scamming minefield.  If you don’t already, it might be a good time to pay attention to the security breaches you hear about in the news, like Gawker.com in […]

Since its inception in 1971, the NASDAQ has distinguished itself from the much older, world-renowned New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) by promoting itself as the more modern, technology-specialist exchange preferred by high profile, high-tech companies such as Apple and Google. Based on this reputation, it was the exchange chosen for the widely anticipated $16 billion […]

Have you heard about MF Global? If you’ve been following the top business news lately it would be hard to miss. It all started with a ratings downgrade which triggered a liquidity crisis and that then degraded into the firm’s bankruptcy on October 31, 2011. A Halloween fright for their employees, clients and shareholders for […]