Category: Business Insurance
Cyber Security Awareness Month A Success, But Was It Enough?
Posted: January 15, 2014
Concern about hacking attempts and personal identity theft appear to have been major sticking points for many residents and business owners last year, as a record number of people participated in the country's annual National Cyber Security Awareness Month festivities, new statistics show. But with waves of recent news relevant to Target's security breach affecting 70 million customers, and hacking attempts made to Skype and...
Contractor Selection Key To Successful Construction Project
Posted: January 7, 2014
If your family or business is planning a construction project in 2014, you can help assure your project’s success by selecting a qualified general contractor. Business owners and homeowners can mitigate construction risks by asking a lot of questions up front and weighing several factors before hiring a contractor. Keep in mind that a building contractor needs to be a business owner first and a...
Restroom Cleanliness Key Indicator For Businesses
Posted: December 19, 2013
When it comes to customers and prospective employees determining how much a company values its workers, the bathroom may be the best place to look, a recent poll suggests. More than nine in 10 Americans stated that the overall condition of a business's restroom is a telling indicator of whether or not company management holds its workforce in high esteem, mainly from a standpoint of...
Unique Interview Styles
Posted: December 17, 2013
While human resource managers and business owners in general come across lots of different personalities and people during employment interviews, some stand out more than others. So much so, they're uniqueness was notable enough to be worthy of offering them a job. With this in mind, job search engine CareerBuilder recently polled nearly 2,100 hiring managers, asking them to talk about some of the...
FIVE STEPS TO PREPARE YOUR BUSINESS FOR DISASTER
Posted: May 4, 2012
Severe weather in 2011 resulted in a U.S. record 14 billion-dollar disasters, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Meanwhile, natural disasters accounted for more than $107 billion in insured losses globally, while the catastrophic disasters resulted in more than $434 billion in economic losses, according to an annual report by Aon Benfield. Severe weather can be particularly disastrous for businesses. In...
