Perseverance the Key to Success?
Posted: September 2, 2017
Communication Styles Can Hamper Business Success While a difference in communication styles can lead to simple misunderstandings, it can also threaten your relationship with customers and ultimately endanger your business success. Notes Sherrie Bourg Carter in an article for Psychology Today: "...'communication stress' can be one of the biggest sources of stress in relationships. After all, we're all talking the same language, aren't we?" Not...
Make Your Insurance Claim as Easy as PIE
Posted: July 9, 2017
How to Make Your Insurance Claim as Easy as PIE There's been an incident. You need to start the claims process. To many in this scenario, this responsibility not only looms large, but can feel intimidating. Whether the situation involves an employee injury, an auto accident, or property damage, follow this PIE recipe to make the process faster, easier, and less intimidating. Photograph: Capture images...
What To Do If You Are Being Sued
Posted: May 10, 2017
Speech to Computer Interface: Are "Robo-Butlers" Our Future? Computer-dictating systems have been around for years, but until recently they were notoriously - and often laughably - inaccurate, imprecise, and prone to errors. These days more people are interacting with technology using the spoken word. The newest generation of voice-enabled devices makes dictating memos, e-mails, and text messages reliable enough to be practical, and voice assistants,...
Watch Out For Storms
Posted: April 1, 2017
Storm Watch: Don't Get Blown Away This Spring During this "in like a lion, out like a lamb" month, the weather is nothing if not unpredictable. But the one thing you can usually count on is a storm; at some point this spring, your business will likely be pummeled by high winds and heavy rains. You might even be hit with hail. Dangerous winds, flying...
What's Your Property Worth?
Posted: January 30, 2017
What's Your Property Worth? How do you establish this value for insurance purposes? Gut feelings aren't the answer. Following are three terms that are often used interchangeably - and incorrectly so. Understanding these different terms may help establish your property's value and identify the insurance coverage that's best for you. Market value is the estimated dollar amount your property would sell for today, including the land it's...
