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Business Wire | February 07, 2020

The CBIZ Small Business Employment Index (“SBEI”) showed companies hit the ground running with hiring in 2020, documenting a seasonally adjusted growth rate of 1.61% in January. This is the highest January reading since the metric’s inception in June 2009. The CBIZ SBEI tracks payroll and hiring trends for over 3,500 companies that have 300 or fewer employees, providing broad insight into small business trends. While January generally sees small businesses scale down their empl...

TECHNOLOGY

Slice Labs | March 09, 2022

Slice Labs Inc. (Slice), a technology company with the first on-demand cloud-based insurance platform, and Appalachian Underwriters, Inc. have launched Workers’ Compensation Insurance via AERO Insurance. AERO’s Workers’ Compensation Insurance product is available initially in Georgia and Illinois, but will soon be available nationwide to Appalachian’s growing customer base of over 100,000 independent agents. Agents experience a frictionless quote and bind j...

IMPACT

Vivity | October 26, 2021

Small businesses in Orange and Los Angeles counties will now have greater access to high-quality, more affordable health care thanks to Anthem Blue Cross. Anthem’s Vivity Heath Plan today announced it will be expanding its health care offerings to small businesses in both counties beginning in 2022. Vivity is Anthem’s regionally focused health plan with top-ranking non-profit health systems including Cedars-Sinai, Huntington Hospital, MemorialCare Health System, Providence, PIH Healt...

BUSINESS STRATEGY

Sana | November 11, 2021

Sana, a healthcare company that provides Fortune 500-level health benefits to small businesses at affordable prices, today announced its expansion into Ohio to offer comprehensive healthcare plans to small and midsize businesses throughout the state.Sana, a healthcare company that provides Fortune 500-level health benefits to small businesses at affordable prices, today announced its expansion into Ohio to offer comprehensive healthcare plans to small and midsize businesses throughout the state....