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Poker’s unofficial rules of conduct give players an edge when they’re playing, and can also work to give you an edge in the game of business. Several weeks ago, we brought you a couple of tips on how you can apply the rules of poker to running your small business. Our research into poker revealed [...]
Whether you’re an architect who creates the vision or the engineer who ensures the safety and stability in making that vision a reality, Hiscox specializes in protecting you. For small business owners who are architects, engineers or design professionals, finding an insurance product that caters to your specific needs just got easier. Today, we expanded [...]
Whether your clients require you to have Professional Liability Insurance or not, this coverage can come in handy for projects that run into problems. Starting a small business is inherently risky. Having professional liability insurance reduces the risks you face in delivering services, letting you focus on business development and delighting customers. What is professional [...]
Small businesses trying to trademark their names are being dragged into disputes that, if they lose, could sink their firms. Small businesses beware – big organizations are going to increasingly extreme lengths to protect their brands. And they may come after you. Small businesses trying to trademark their names are now attracting the attentions of [...]
Everyone makes mistakes – liability insurance can help protect your business when mistakes happen. It was inappropriate. But I just couldn’t help a wry smile to myself. I was reading my weekend New York paper when I saw the story about how a master illusionist and well known magician in Great Britain had managed to [...]
No, it’s not a Scandinavian stereo maker. Nor is it a small mid-western college with an up-and-coming basketball team. It stands for Errors & Omissions insurance (also known as professional liability insurance) and it might just save your business one day. What does it do? It does exactly what it says it does. It covers [...]
As an Englishman, albeit one that’s been adopted by New York, you wouldn’t expect much praise to come from me when it comes to the French. As close neighbors in Europe we ‘have history’. Centuries ago we had frequent wars between us – but in recent times things have been much more civilized with any [...]
Marketers – what’s your business, and what do you need to do to protect it? You’ll probably say that, essentially, you’re in the feel-good game, buffing clients’ images and promoting their wares. You may think the worst that could happen is that a customer drops you after the ad campaign you devised doesn’t give them the sales [...]
Changing the way you buy small business insurance I often reflect on the decades I’ve spent in the insurance industry, and how things have changed. I hate to think of myself as an “old dog ” because, if the truth be known, while technology has had a profound impact on society, the ideas that underpin [...]
Insure your small business against courting controversy Most of the time it’s John Q. Public who will decide whether a new product is a success. They’ll vote with their feet – or their pocket books. But in the case of Samsung’s Galaxy tablet and smartphones it is Judge Lucy Koh who may deliver the final [...]
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