challenging economy and fast-changing marketplace, the accounting industry faces significant change in the way it promotes products and services. To address this challenge, the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy, Inc. (NASBA) is featuring marketing sessions and special breakfast presentations on social media and business development at its National CPE Expo on September 21-23, [...]

Universal Insurance Holdings, Inc, a vertically integrated insurance holding company, announced that it has been named to the Fortune Small Business magazine 2009 ‘FSB 100′ list of ‘America’s fastest-growing small public companies.’ Universal Insurance Holdings ranked #2 on the list, which can be found at the following Web address: http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb100/2009/full_list
According to Fortune Small Business, the [...]

The U.S. division of Sun Life Financial Inc. announced it has won the Better Business Bureau’s 2009 Local Torch Award for Excellence, marking the company’s fourth consecutive win in the category for businesses with over 1,000 employees. The award, given by the BBB serving eastern Massachusetts, Maine, Rhode Island and Vermont, selected Sun Life based [...]

As a free service to small business owners, NetQuote Inc., the largest insurance shopping site on the Web, created SmallBizSmarts.com to arm owner-managers with customized advice and perspective on current issues in finance, management and insurance.
Now, owners can converse B2B with Randy S. Williams, CPA, SmallBizSmarts.com’s expert in tax, management and marketing. Williams is adjunct [...]

The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) has officially named EMPLOYERS America’s small business insurance specialist®, its workers’ compensation insurance provider of choice for its 22,000 California members. NFIB selected EMPLOYERS because of its strong presence in California, and its focus and expertise as a specialty writer of workers’ compensation insurance for small businesses.
As part [...]

OneBeacon Insurance Group announced the formation of its newest specialty business – OneBeacon Energy Group, which targets upstream and midstream mid-market energy risks, as well as alternative and renewable energy sources.
Initial coverage offerings include monoline property, monoline general liability, and general liability combined with auto liability. These are available to the exploration and production, [...]

Manulife Financial is launching an online Small Business Solutions centre to help advisors work more closely with small business by making it easy to identify and provide comprehensive business and personal financial solutions for their Canadian small business clients.
The site, which is exclusive to Manulife, provides advisors with one-stop access to products and information [...]

Great American Insurance Group’s Executive Liability Division is pleased to announce the acquisition of the Non Profit and Employment Practices Liability book of business from AUSCO, a division of Financial & Professional Risk Solutions, Inc., a subsidiary of Aon Corporation.
AUSCO has been providing management liability solutions for non-profit organizations since 1981. Since 2005, AUSCO and [...]

Great American Insurance Group’s Executive Liability Division is pleased to announce the acquisition of the Non Profit and Employment Practices Liability book of business from AUSCO, a division of Financial & Professional Risk Solutions, Inc., a subsidiary of Aon Corporation.
AUSCO has been providing management liability solutions for non-profit organizations since 1981. Since 2005, AUSCO and [...]

Pitney Bowes Business Insight (PBBI), one of the leading global provider of location and communication intelligence offerings, today announced that its GeoTAX® Insurance Premium Tax solution has been officially verified by the Kentucky Department of Insurance. Under a recent change in state legislation, Kentucky now requires that insurance carriers use a verified geo-spatial database that [...]