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Surety Bonds 08.18.2020

How Do I Become a Registered Investment Advisor (RIA)?

What does it take to achieve the status of a Registered Investment Advisor or an RIA? According to Investopedia, individuals who are eager to work as “independent financial advisors to individual investors, to manage assets…
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How Do I Become a Registered Investment Advisor (RIA)?
Cyber for Plan Sponsors 08.17.2020

What Is a Data Breach and How Can I Effectively Handle One?

According to the cybersecurity hub Norton, a data breach is a “security incident whereby information is accessed without authorization.” It’s crucial to highlight that not all data breaches are deliberate! There have been cases where…
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What Is a Data Breach and How Can I Effectively Handle One?
Cyber for Plan Sponsors 08.17.2020

What is the Cost of a Data Breach?

Like any other variety of pervasive thievery, data breaches emerge with a ponderous cost. Data thieves utilize evolving criminal techniques to carefully slip past sub-par security measures and expeditiously dine on a company’s finest sensitive…
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What is the Cost of a Data Breach?
Fidelity Bonds 08.17.2020

How Can Employee Dishonesty Bonds Protect a Small Business?

If this is your first time hearing the phrase “Employee Dishonesty Bond,” you’re in great company! Many business professionals are unaware of the exceptional benefits of this type of insurance. Employee Dishonesty Bonds safeguard companies…
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How Can Employee Dishonesty Bonds Protect a Small Business?
ERISA 08.17.2020

Omnicom Slammed with Fiduciary Breach

A former worker of Omnicom Group, Inc. is suing the company and plan fiduciaries, accusing them of ERISA violations while managing the firm’s employee benefit plan. The complaint, filed on July 31 in a U.S. District…
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Omnicom Slammed with Fiduciary Breach
License & Permit Bonds 08.13.2020

What Types of Electricians Are There?

From our primary lighting and electrical utility needs to the mega-watt industrial and commercial wiring applications that keep thriving businesses, schools, hospitals, and data centers, humming, electricians are critical for the swift function of modern…
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What Types of Electricians Are There?
ERISA 08.13.2020

What is ERISA’s Bonding Requirement for Our Employee Benefit Plan?

Suppose you’re a plan fiduciary that handles a 401(k) for your company. It can be tough to keep up with the prerequisites for the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, or ERISA. How do…
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What is ERISA’s Bonding Requirement for Our Employee Benefit Plan?
Cyber for Plan Sponsors 08.11.2020

The 14 Largest Data Breaches of the 21st Century

Unfortunately, in this day and age of businesses and consumers interacting online, data breaches are more commonplace. Roughly 3.5 billion people had their personal information swiped in the top two of the 14 largest cyber…
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The 14 Largest Data Breaches of the 21st Century
License & Permit Bonds 08.11.2020

Notary Public Demand Surges During COVID-19 Shutdown

Since the commencement of the pandemic, notary publics have been in high demand, with many notaries seeing a dramatic increase of in-person business. Notary publics are individuals who act as impartial parties to make sure…
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Notary Public Demand Surges During COVID-19 Shutdown