Theft is a growing problem for businesses of all industries, with the biggest threat coming from company employees. Employee theft is estimated to cost U.S. businesses a total of $50 billion every year, so it's important to mitigate these losses if you own your own business.

Learn about four steps you can take to reduce the opportunity for employee theft and protect the long-term future of your business.

Your company can offer great services and products, but it'll be difficult to even get customers in your doors if the outside of your business property looks dingy or unwelcoming. Enhancing the outside of your commercial property can go a long way in attracting new customers or welcoming back old customers that may have forgotten about your business.

In today's Aegis blog post, we'll look at four ways to improve the exterior of your business to boost curb appeal and help welcome more customers through your doors.

May 1st marks the start of National Hurricane Preparedness Week, and last week we explained several ways homeowners and renters can protect their personal property from the threat of hurricane damage. However, it's just as important for business owners to protect their company buildings, assets and inventory, and employees from possible weather disasters.

Starting a new business comes with several important choices and risks for owners, but few are as important as the business location. Once owners find a great part of town to open up a retail store, restaurant, or office, then they have to decide if they should rent a commercial space, or buy one outright.

In today's Aegis blog post, we'll compare buying versus renting a commercial location, and the impact that decision can have on finances and business insurance coverage.

Although businesses continue to experience worker shortages and recruiting challenges, a bigger risk for some companies can come from current workers becoming exhausted and overworked. Employees are desperately needed to help keep businesses afloat, but there are significant dangers that can result from worker fatigue.

In today's Aegis blog post, we discuss four of the primary dangers that come from worker fatigue, as well as ways company owners can better support their staff to minimize these risks.

Restaurants have to be adept at keeping up with constant changes in their industry, either with health regulations, new technology, or recent laws and ordinances. While these changes can impact daily operations, hiring, or efficiency, some can have a broad financial impact, especially with Restaurant Insurance coverage.

One of the worse problems any company can face is an accident or incident on site that leads to a physical injury. Workplace accidents and injuries can have ripple effects on team members, as well as the reputation of the business, so businesses should always make workplace safety a top priority.

Successful restaurants rely on a combination of great recipes, quality ingredients, excellent cooks and waitstaff, and efficient kitchens that can keep up with customer orders. Although restaurant owners might focus on improving areas such as recipes and menu offerings or waitstaff training, even the best restaurants can get derailed when they fail to properly maintain their essential kitchen equipment, which is the backbone of every restaurant.

As companies look forward to the start of a new year, many will choose to close out their year by celebrating their employees' hard work with a party during the holidays. While it can be a great way to unwind and relax, it can also open up businesses to potential liability risks for their owners. In today's Aegis blog post, we offer some suggestions for how to celebrate the holidays safely with employees while also reducing potential liability risks.

For business owners, having Commercial Insurance coverage is an important part of running a business since it offers financial protection and peace of mind in case disaster strikes. Unfortunately, not all business owners make wise decisions when it comes to what kind of policies are needed and how much coverage is needed. As a result, they could find themselves in a major financial bind when they do need to make a claim and discover they don't have the right kind of coverage needed.