You can't be too careful online these days. Did you know we have options for you to protect yourself in the event of identity theft, a loss of business data, or in the event of a data breach?
Protecting Yourself Online
Your homeowners insurance policy protects you if severe weather damages your electronics or if a visitor falls and is injured ...
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Prepare for Summer Heat
Whether you’re supervising employees who work outdoors this summer or spending time outdoors yourself, heat-related illnesses are a serious summertime health concern. To prepare for the summer heat, make sure you and your workers recognize the symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat stroke and how to prevent them.
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Should My Business Have An Umbrella Policy? Is $1M Enough Coverage?
Last month many of us watched the devastation caused by an explosion at a fertilizer plant in West, Texas. The company that owned the plant, West Texas Fertilizer, had a general liability policy with $1,000,000 limit for any one claim and an Umbrella policy that gave them another $1,000,000 in coverage. It will simply not be enough to pay for the ...
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Business Owner’s Insurance Needs
As a business owner, you understand the meaning of "risk." The key is to understand how much risk you can afford, and when or where the right place to take risk is. Insurance can handle those unexpected risks that come as "Acts of God" (weather, sickness or other types of claims that are often beyond your control), as well as liability or workers ...
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How Safe is Private Information Stored at your Business?
You may not want to know the answer to that question. But if you're just a bit curious, consider visiting privacyrights.org/data-breach. What's surprising is how many of the data breaches occur at smaller organizations which you do not see in the headlines. The information on this site should serve as proof that when it comes to the safety of ...
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Priority WC bill passes; coverage gap closes
Businesses will enjoy increased flexibility thanks to passage of HB440. Worker's compensation legislation will now allow voluntary coverage for members of an LLC and partners of a partnership.
The bill was signed into law by Gov. Corbett on June 30, 2011 and takes effect August 29, 2011. ...
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Contractors Alert! Pennsylvania Construction Workplace Misclassification Act (HB400)
Some of your independent contractors could soon be reclassified as employees. The Pennsylvania Construction Workplace Misclassification Act, enacted in 2010, and effective February 10, 2011, targets the Construction industry. Meant to contain evasion from Unemployment Compensation and Workers' Compensation obligations, the law:
Spells out how ...
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