Entries by Carol LaCombe

Top 9 Garage Door Security Tips to Prevent Break-Ins

Garage doors are a common weak point when looking at security in a whole-home approach and an easy target for thieves. Garage doors are not only a weakness, but provide criminals a shelter once inside. To the casual passerby an open garage with a work truck pulled up to it doesn’t look out of place […]

Key Points in the President’s 2015 Budget Proposal

Presented by John Steiger On March 3, President Obama announced his $3.9 trillion budget proposal for fiscal year 2015. Although the budget is more of a presidential “wish list” at this point, it includes initiatives that, if passed by Congress, could have a great impact on wealthy and middle-class Americans alike. Social security claiming strategies […]

2014 Changes affecting Federal Contractors

There have been significant developments in the labor policy arena during the first quarter of 2014.  In January, President Obama unveiled his plan to use an Executive Order to increase the minimum wage Federal Contractors pay their workers.  In March, a Presidential Memorandum was issued to the Department of Labor (DOL) to update and modernize […]

Directors & Officers (D&O) Coverage

Presented by Justin Yurchenko Every Board of Director member needs to realize the risks of operating any organization, and how to reduce those risks with appropriate management strategies. Written and implemented risk management procedures can serve as an effective way to monitor and mitigate risk within any organization. However, when these strategies are unsuccessful, the […]

Employee in the News

We are very proud of our own Deborah Corcoran.  If you have ever had the pleasure of working with Deb, then you know she strives to exceed expectations! In her free time during the summer and fall months Deb knits hats and mittens for two charity organizations.  This past December she donated 32 sets of […]

Client Spotlight: The Edge Sports Center

We are pleased to spotlight our client The Edge Sports Center which was founded and is managed by Scott Fusco. Scott graduated from Harvard University in 1986 where he was a two time All-American hockey player, the career scoring leader, and the Hobey Baker award winner in that year. Scott was also was a member […]

Data Breach Risk Management

Data breaches have been an all too common topic. Recent breaches at Target, Neiman Marcus and Yahoo have impacted millions of consumers. These recent examples are high-profile incidents but there are many more experienced by small and mid-sized businesses every day. For example, the Massachusetts Office of Consumer Affairs was notified of 1,555 data breaches […]

Why Provide Disability Insurance?

As a business owner, you naturally want to be able to justify every dollar that goes out the door. It’s a competitive market out there for your product or service, and every little advantage helps. Most successful entrepreneurs, however, are keenly aware that the market for talented employees is also keenly competitive – and there’s […]

Who Can Drive Your Commercial Vehicles?

By Michael Regan Commercial auto insurance provides protection for any vehicle designated for business use against both property damage and liability. Whether your employees drive a vehicle that is for dedicated business use or drive a personal vehicle for business, it is important to have commercial auto insurance, whether that’s insurance for a new HGV […]