The 16-day federal shutdown is over, which means that furloughed workers at the U.S. Small Business Administration and other agencies are coming back to work. That’s especially good news for small companies who are applying for SBA-backed loans. Because of the shutdown, there was no one at the SBA to process the paperwork on new applications. As much as $100 million in loans per day may have been held up…
Don’t look at price alone—look at the people brokering your coverage, too. When shopping for insurance, many business owners—even ones who consider coverage an important part of their operations—use price as the deciding factor when choosing an insurance agency or broker. Not that price isn’t important. It is—very much so, in fact. But so is the quality of your brokers. After all, they’re the ones who hold the keys to…