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Pumpers on Cape Cod Must Adapt to New Technologies, Expansion of the Big Pipe
The Cape Cod peninsula in Massachusetts has seen tremendous changes since the 1950s when Robert Our Sr. worked as a commercial fisherman...
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Plenty of Insurance Coverage Protected His Business, Life Savings
In mid-2016, James Penner, the owner of AA Septic Service in Clayton, Indiana, was heading back to the shop on a rural...
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Don’t Let Nursing Home Bills Drain Your Retirement Savings
Most of us think about a long period of retirement in good health. But, we know that all the kale in the...
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How to Prepare Your Business for Catastrophe
None of us have been unmoved by the coverage of this year’s disastrous hurricane season, where Harvey, Irma and Maria wreaked havoc...
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Top Tips to Get the Best Insurance Coverage
There’s a paradox at the heart of insurance: You have to buy it, but you hope you’ll never need to use it.If...
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Check if Your Business Has Terrorism Insurance
No one was hurt when a homemade pipe bomb exploded in a garbage can in Seaside, New Jersey, shortly before a charity...
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Can Your Pumping Business Afford Employee Benefits?
You offer benefits because you want to provide a well-rounded compensation package. That’s a smart approach, because research indicates that more than...
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Does Your Pumping Business Need Workers’ Comp Insurance?
It’s hardly news that many in the pumping business look at the expense side of the ledger every month with an eye...
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Insurance Coverage: What Do You Need?
When it comes to insurance for your business, there are certain policies that virtually all owners need. There are also others that...
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Buying Insurance To Cover Your Small-Business Office
There are several possible scenarios for what “back at the office” means to the owner of a septic company. Maybe your entire business...
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Is Your Insurance Providing Enough Protection?
You’ve just finished pumping a customer’s septic tank and start pulling out of the driveway. Unfortunately, unbeknownst to you, the customer recently...
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Is Key Person Insurance Right For Your Company?
How many hats do you wear? General contractor, site director, head mechanic, substitute driver, payroll manager — for many of you, that’s...
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Should You Offer Employee Health Care?
Health care, its costs, and how it gets covered continue to be in the news. With the implementation of the federal Affordable...

















