Archive content category ‘Business Planning’

10.06.11 Protecting Your Clients’ Business and Personal Information – By Nick Colbert GDI

Whether your business is a Fortune 500 company or a one-man show, data security needs to be a top priority. Small and medium-sized businesses are becoming more frequent victims of data breaches, whether through their own negligence or the efforts of a malicious attack. Unfortunately, it often takes the loss of hundreds of thousands of [...]

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09.09.11 POTENTIAL PITFALLS OF TELECOMMUTING – Matthew Davis MBA, AAI

According to recent reports, nearly 30 million Americans telecommute (work from home) at least 1 day each week, and the trend is only expected to continue to increase. There are a multitude of benefits that Employers can realize when they allow their employees to telecommute such as Increased Productivity, Higher Morale, Less Employee Turnover, and [...]

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09.08.11 FOCUS ON SAFETY CUTS WORKERS COMPENSATION COSTS – Matthew Davis MBA, AAI

Almost any broker will reiterate the classical Workers Compensation rhetoric regarding Frequency and Severity, Primary vs. Excess Losses, and how Safety Programs and Training could help reduce both the Frequency and Severity of losses.  They will also be able to claim that a given clients Experience Modification Factor (X-Mod) is either under control or out [...]

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09.06.11 EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES / EPLI POLICIES: NOT ALL CREATED EQUAL – Matthew Davis MBA, AAI

There are a number of situations that are assumed to be covered when an employer purchases Employment Practices Liability Insurance, also known as EPLI coverage.  But the fact is that not all of the situations an employer would assume to be covered actually are, and in order to effectively manage your business you need to [...]

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07.13.11 EXTRA EXPENSE COVERAGE – Are You Covered in Case of a Business Interruption?

If a fire causes ’s your facility to be temporarily unusable, what would you do next? Ideally, you would move to a temporary location while your permanent place of business is being repaired. Yet, traditional Property Insurance does not cover this move or a loss of income when a business must temporarily close. With Business [...]

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02.09.11 IPADS AND OTHER TABLETS – The Next Generation of Tools to Increase Productivity

The Apple iPad and other Tablet devices are considered the new wave of technological tools that are expected to be used to implement a new wave of productivity increases in the workplace.

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02.02.11 Susie Souza Shares Why She Joined GDI,

I have been asked several times now why I chose to join GDI. Why after all these years would I chose to start over and join a different insurance agency?
I thought I would share part of my list of reasons. Yes I made a list of pros and cons just like Ben Franklin suggested. The part of my list I would like to share is just some of the pro’s, or reasons I chose to become a GDI insurance broker.

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12.23.10 IRS Mileage Rate Change For 1-1-11 GDI Insurance

IRS announced the standard mileage rates to be used in 2011

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11.20.10 Key Person Life Insurance for Your Business, Nick Colbert GDI

Key Person Life Insurance. To minimize your risks in the event that one of your “key” employees dies, becomes disabled or leaves the company prematurely, consider Key-Person Life Insurance.

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09.30.10 Money Saving Workers’ Compensation Tips, Matthew Davis GDI

Focus On What You Can Control!

The rules, costs, and insurance companies are constantly changing as CA struggles to try and manage a broken system. The only thing a company can do is to make sure they qualify for the best rates available, and manage their workers compensation modification factor! Here is a brief outline of what GDI does for its clients.

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