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Renewing Business Insurance during the Pandemic: Tips for Business Owners
In an ideal world, renewing your business insurance is something you do after careful planning and analysis. Taking the time to review what happened last year and anticipating next year’s coming changes is the best way to ensure your new policy will provide adequate coverage at an optimal rate. Unfortunately, during the current pandemic, many […]
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COVID19 Workplace Safety Standards: Mandatory in Massachusetts
The four-phase approach to re-opening Massachusetts is underway. If you’re re-opening your Massachusetts business in the coming weeks, here are four items to download (and complete), according to state guidelines: COVID-19 control plan template – A template that satisfies the written control plan requirement for self-certification. NOTE: you don’t need to submit this plan to state […]
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Business Insurance Audits and COVID-19
They happen every year: business insurance audits. COVID-19 makes this year’s process a little more complicated… and potentially confusing. If you’re wondering how different payroll and operational changes could affect your audit, the following FAQs may help. During the pandemic, we’ve included COVID-related audit questions up top. More general FAQs about annual business insurance audits […]
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7 Steps to Reopen Your Business during the COVID-19 Recovery
Massachusetts officials are cautiously optimistic, as COVID-19 infection rates seem to be leveling off in our state. A four-phase reopening plan is now underway, with at least three weeks between each phase. And business owners from all industries are getting ready to bring people back to their offices, stores, and job sites. What do these […]
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COVID-19 Small Business Loans Scam Alert
As you’ve probably heard, The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) represents a major portion of the U.S. government’s recently deployed CARES Act. The PPP consists of $350 billion in government-backed loans—distributed via private banks. Unfortunately, because so many small businesses have been affected, and because banks are implementing this program on the fly, the application process […]
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The CARES Act: Coronavirus Aid, Relief & Economic Security
FAQs from Small Businesses on the New CARES Act While we are not financial advisors, bankers, or accountants, we have been fielding quite a few questions about the CARES Act from our commercial clients. Below is a list of these FAQs along with answers we’ve curated from a host of reputable sources, including the SBA […]
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Is My Business Essential? COVID-19 Restrictions in MA
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic and rising case numbers throughout the U.S., Governor Baker recently issued an emergency “stay-at-home” order for all of Massachusetts. The order limits the movements of Bay State residents, and requires all “non-essential” businesses to close their doors until further notice. Which, for many business owners, begs the question: Is […]
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Business Insurance and Coronavirus: Are You Covered for Lost Income, Employee Illness?
Does my business insurance cover losses due to coronavirus? If you don’t have time to read this entire article, we can tell you up front that the answer is, unfortunately, probably no. But we think it’s important people understand why this is currently the case. (NOTE: there may end up being coverage, as we are […]
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7 Steps to Reopen Your Massachusetts Business
We've gathered these essential tips and requirements from the Massachusetts state government and national agencies like OSHA and SHRM.
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