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How’s your Healthcare Premium Increase Looking this year?
As business leaders, tis the season for reviewing the increase to our healthcare insurance premium. For 2019, these costs were increased by 4-5%. As one of the most expensive benefits for employers to provide, any increase can be a burden. For Small Businesses For...
When You Don’t Know What You Don’t Know
What if what you thought to be true was not. Would you want to know? If so, when would you want to know? Ideally, the title to this article caused you to pause and consider the concept. What happens when you don’t know what you don’t know? You might be overpaying....
Electricity (Rate) Shock – Symptoms and Where to get Relief.
We were contacted recently when a prospective client saw an increase of over 80% on their electric rate. Obviously, they were in shock. How did this happen and what can I do about it? While, an increase isn’t a surprise given earlier this year energy companies...
COVID-19: Focus on what you can control: Services
Focus on what you can do. Not what you can’t. Small steps turn into miles. – Zig Ziglar A main target for cost savings is usually the biggest bills. At Silverback, we generally use that as a starting point when working with new clients. However, you shouldn’t dismiss...
COVID-19: Focus on what you can control: Insurance
Nothing gives a person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances – Thomas Jefferson While insurance is a broad term, it only means it has many ways to find savings. Our advice here will be focused on savings for our...
COVID-19: Focus on what you can control: Shipping
The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any. - Alice Walker One place you have power to find savings is in shipping. I will admit that these tips are not specific to reduced workforce and income. They are common recommendations of...