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The shift towards remote work has introduced numerous benefits for businesses worldwide, including increased flexibility and reduced overhead costs. However, this shift also presents new challenges in data security and...

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How to Leverage Telematics to Improve Commercial Driver Safety

In the commercial auto industry, safety is paramount. Not only does it concern the well-being of drivers and the public, but it also significantly impacts operational costs and company reputation. With advancements in...

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Help Protect Your Employees With Workers’ Comp

Business owners have multiple types of insurance to protect them from a variety of financial and legal risks. They should also protect their employees with workers’ comp insurance. Here’s what you need to know about...

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Help Protect Your Rental Property with These Smart Devices

If you own a rental property - whether a long-term one or a short-stay place you rent out to vacationers - you want to treat it like a business, as it provides income for you. Here are six smart devices that can help...

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Tips to Help Protect Your Business From Online Fraud

With the increase in online business operations and employees working from home, companies are at greater risk of internet fraud. To help keep your business from what could be a potentially ruinous incident, follow...

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Tips for Hiring Remote Workers for the First Time

Remote work is rapidly becoming a business model for the future. If your company has never hired remote workers before, here are some expert tips to help set you up for success and protect your business too. Determine...

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Is It Time to Review Your Business Insurance Policy?

Whether you’re a small startup or a large enterprise, you no doubt have business insurance to protect your investment and hard work. It’s easy, however, to operate on autopilot without assessing your insurance coverage...

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Tips for Managing Your Business’s Online Reputation

Reputation management and its cousin, brand reputation management, are essential these days if your business has an online presence. Here are a few ways you can help protect your company’s reputation both on a regular...

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What to Consider When Expanding Your Business Out of State

If you’re opening a branch of your company in another state, congratulations! That means your business is thriving. Here are four important considerations to mull over as you expand. What Does Commercial Property Cost?...

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Avoid Costly Liability and Damage Claims: A Maintenance Checklist for Rental Homes

Owning rental properties is a fantastic investment and a great source of regular income. You can safeguard your profit margins by reducing insurance claims for damages and liabilities. Use this checklist to make sure...

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The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Business: Opportunities and Challenges

Artificial intelligence has been taking the business world by storm lately, especially with the recent releases of new AI software. Would using AI be a good decision for your business? Let’s look at the pros and cons....

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How to Create a Business Continuity Plan to Help Protect Your Investment

Smart businesses have a plan in place to get up and running and protect their data if the worst happens. Here’s how to build a business continuity plan in case your company needs to deal with a catastrophe. Assess Your...

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Energy Efficient Landscaping for Your Commercial Property

With increasing energy costs, businesses are always on the lookout for ways to save money. Did you know that you can cut heating and cooling expenses by strategically landscaping your commercial property? Here are four...

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The Importance of Cyber Liability Insurance for Small Businesses

Small businesses today face many of the same challenges that larger ones do, and they're vulnerable to many of the same risks as well. One increasing danger for small businesses is cyber liability, because they're...

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How to Save Money on Commercial Auto Insurance

Commercial auto insurance is a must if you or your employees use vehicles for work. While this costs money upfront, it can save you in the long run. Just one bad accident without sufficient coverage can expose your...

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How to Shop for Multiple Business Insurance Products

If you’re starting up or buying a new business, it’s vital to have the right insurance coverage to protect your investment and your employees’ livelihoods. But it can be confusing shopping for multiple business...

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Commercial Building Fire Safety Checklist

As the owner or property manager of a commercial building, your fire safety protocols can mean the difference between life and death. Here’s a checklist to help you ensure your commercial property stays safe for...

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Commercial Property Maintenance Checklist

If you own or manage a commercial property, you may be able to reduce headaches, expenses, and safety issues by properly maintaining the structure and grounds. Here’s a commercial property maintenance checklist to get...

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Heading Back to the Office? Help Your Team Adjust

If your team has been working remotely for the last few years due to the pandemic, you may be returning to the office now that the situation has changed. To help your group adjust, here are five expert tips. Start With...

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Avoid These Common Business Insurance Mistakes

If you own a business, no matter what size it is, you most likely need business insurance. However, just because you have commercial insurance doesn’t mean you always have the right protection. Here are four of the most...

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Why Do I Need Business Insurance?

Many startups and small businesses often forgo business insurance to save money. However, this can backfire and actually cost you more in the long run - without the protection business insurance affords. Here’s why...

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Five Commonly Overlooked Business Insurance Vulnerabilities

Smart business owners have business insurance, no matter how big or small their company is. But do you have all the coverage you need? Here are five places where business owners often find themselves lacking in...

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Do I Need Business Insurance for My Small Business?

If you own a small business, especially if you work alone, you may think you don’t need business insurance. But actually, without this protection, you could be opening yourself up to a world of liabilities. Here’s what...

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Helpful Ways to Support Your Remote Employees

The remote work model of the last few years is shaping up to be the wave of the future. Follow these tips to support your remote employees, whether it’s for a few months as needed or as a permanent new business model. ...

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6 Ways to Improve Employee Mental Wellbeing and Satisfaction

Work consumes a huge chunk of most people’s lives. As such, a healthy and positive work environment is vital for employee mental health and business success. Luckily, more companies are now bringing mental health to the...

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5 Basic Coverage Options New Businesses Should Consider

Businesses are exposed to many different types of risks. A single, unfortunate incident or lawsuit can cause your business to crash before it can even get off the ground. Luckily, there is a wide range of business...

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How to Scale Your Insurance as Your Business Grows

As your business grows, so do its associated risks. Whether you are offering new products, increasing your headcount, expanding your operational structure, or shifting to a new location, all these moves come with...

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5 Safety Tips to Reduce Workplace-Related Injuries

As a business owner and employer, it is your moral and legal obligation to keep your employees safe and healthy at all times. Despite your intentional efforts to keep their work environment as safe as possible,...

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6 Tips to Minimize Risk of Extreme Weather on Your Business

Extreme weather can wreak havoc on your business. Tornadoes, wildfires, hurricanes, windstorms, flash floods, snowstorms, and blizzards - are you prepared for any of these to strike? Taking precautions against Mother...

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Why You Need Technical Writer Insurance

If you work as a technical writer or manage an agency that employs technical writers, it is crucial that you have technical writer insurance. Because of the specific, detailed nature of technical writing, you could be...

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Identity Theft Protection for Colorado Restaurants and Bars

According to the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics, 17.6 million people nationwide became victims of identity theft in 2014. This indicates an increase of 1 million victims over 2012 statistics. (Source: https://www.bjs....

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Insuring Tow Trucks in Colorado

When shopping for personal insurance, many individuals like to add towing and roadside assistance to their auto policies. As the owner of a tow truck in Colorado, you help people every day, and you understand the...

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Keeping It Legal with Errors and Omissions Coverage for Real Estate

Many people think of errors and omissions insurance (E&O) as a product purchased primarily by doctors, lawyers, therapists and other professionals with advanced degrees. Although malpractice insurance is a common...

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Loss of Income Coverage for Colorado Businesses

Colorado business owners don’t necessarily get paid when business comes to a screeching halt. Unfortunately, when equipment breaks down, a storm causes a power outage or other disasters affect your business, commercial...

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A Condo Owners Guide to Insurance

Could you save 10 percent or more by getting a condo insurance quote online? Possibly, but if you want to have the coverage you need for your Colorado condominium, it’s always a good idea to make sure you fully...

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Insuring Your Colorado Food Truck

Food trucks are popular in the Centennial State. Whether you serve tacos and tamales in the Mile-High City or distribute vegan delights in Boulder, you need proper protection for your business. Unlike other businesses...

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Customer Property and Your Colorado Towing Company

Operating a Colorado towing company can be rewarding, but many tow company and garage owners lose sleep over liability concerns. What can you be held liable for when towing and storing a customer’s automobile? With the...

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Protect Your Colorado Business with the Right Insurance

From the day an entrepreneur starts a business, he exposes himself to certain risks. Even before the first employee is hired, a business is at risk, making it important to have the right insurance in place. One lawsuit...

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What You Should Know About Small Business Insurance in Colorado

Did you know that more than half million entrepreneurs start a business each month across the country? That’s stiff competition! Making the right insurance moves can mean the difference between a first-anniversary...

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Home-Based Business Insurance in Colorado

You finally did it. You started your own business. You get to work from home. No more battling the traffic on SH 83 and SH 115 or dealing with the constant backups on I25. While you’re saving money on your commute, make...

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Equipment Breakdown Insurance for Apartment Owners

As an apartment building owner, you have a lot of balls in the air. And just when you think you’ve got the rhythm down and are juggling everything just right, another ball is thrown into the mix. Would you be prepared?...

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Cyber Liability Insurance for Colorado Businesses

Have you ever heard a news anchor try to explain the latest mega breach, data breach or security breach? It’s hard to follow the story because it’s difficult to comprehend – for the reporter and the viewer. Cyber...

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Apartment Owners - Beware

If you own an apartment building, you have a lot to worry about. Aside from tenants needing round-the-clock assurance that their concerns are being addressed, there are other business elements that apartment owners need...

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Insurance for Colorado Apartment Building Owners

What Should Apartment Building Owners in Colorado Consider When Evaluating Insurance Options? If you are a landlord looking for apartment owners insurance, Congratulations! You are taking your responsibilities as an...

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Colorado Workers Compensation

At Southern Colorado Insurance Center, we know that no type of business or workplace is completely free of risks. We also know that not every insurance product is right for every business. If you are an employer in the...

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Insurance Coverage for Contractors in Colorado

We at Southern Colorado Insurance Center understand that every contractor or construction company in Colorado is unique and has special insurance considerations. For contractors and construction companies, it doesn’t...

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Insurance for Retail Printing Companies in Colorado

Some people might think that printing hasn’t changed much over the past couple centuries, but they’d be wrong, and not just about moveable type and copper plates. These days, the printing business in Colorado involves...

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Worker Safety in the Oil and Gas Industry

At Southern Colorado Insurance Centerwe know that your oil and gas contracting business wants to keep a safe workplace and avoid worker injuries. You're in a dynamic industry that explores the unknown and finds...

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Understanding Professional Liability (E&O) Insurance

At Southern Colorado Insurance Center we want to do everything we can to help you protect your business, and help you understand the importance of your insurance. Most business owners know that they need general...

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Insurance for Excavating Businesses in Colorado

At Southern Colorado Insurance Center, we share your concern that excavation sites are serious business. Youngsters find digging fascinating. They love the sight and sound of the heavy equipment and the discovery of...

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Insurance for Carpentry Businesses in Colorado

As a carpenter you have a lot on your mind. For construction carpentry, you’re concerned with finding the right dimension in lumber or particle board and creating solid work that will stand the test of time. You and...

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Insuring Your Landscaping Business

At Southern Colorado Insurance Center we appreciate the hard work your landscaping, lawn-care or gardening business delivers to help both homes and places of business look their best. You and your team can enhance curb...

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Keep Water from Going Where it Shouldn't

One of the most disheartening experiences is to find flooding or extreme water damage to your treasured home. At Southern Colorado Insurance Center,we know you want to protect what's important. That's why we're offering...

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Managing the Cold Chain

Protect your restaurant, your customers, and your reputation Restaurant and foodservice owners across Colorado know the importance of managing the cold and how seriously it needs to be followed to prevent food borne...

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Small Business Professional Liability

Many small business owners have typically not worried about professional liability claims. However, due to the past few years economy, those worries are now increasing. We are seeing small business sued who in...

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Commercial Car Insurance

If you are in business for yourself or working for others it is likely that you need some form of commercial vehicle insurance. Whether you are a hauler, transporter, contractor or any other type of business that...

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Workers Compensation Insurance

Does every business need to have it? Worker's compensation insurance is required in just about every state although specific standards vary. . For specific requirements, contact your state department of insurance....

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Is a Business Owners Policy Enough?

In general, a Business Owners Policy may do the trick for a lot of businesses. A cursory will review makes it look pretty inclusive. It is important however to read it carefully, and make note of any exclusions written...

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