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Gig Workers: How to Collect Late Payments

Gig Workers: How to Collect Late Payments

“The cheapest form of credit is paying suppliers late.” That’s insight from a debt collector – Hans de Keijzer, Head of Policy Management for Allianz Trade, the world’s largest trade credit insurer and part of the Allianz global insurance family. And while late payments may be a boon for

There’s Money Lurking in Your Closet

There’s Money Lurking in Your Closet

Can you name an asset that has steadily appreciated in value over the past decade, impervious to market fluctuations, appreciating 500% between 1980 and 2015? It’s not financial services or heavy industry or even technology. It’s the Hermes Birkin bag. Yes, a handbag. But not just any handbag.

Home-Based Businesses Need Beefed-Up Insurance Coverage

Home-Based Businesses Need Beefed-Up Insurance Coverage

Everybody knows the stories about Silicon Valley bazillionaires who started out working in their garage. Nice stories but setting up a business in your home isn’t as easy as shoving a desk into the guest room and hoping for the best. There’s insurance for one thing. Businesses face

IRS Wants to Hear From Gig Workers

IRS Wants to Hear From Gig Workers

We hear a lot about how rich people supposedly don’t pay taxes. But the rest of us sometimes slip through the net as well, often using online payment platforms like PayPal, Venmo, CashApp and Zelle. This is about to get a bit more difficult. The Internal Revenue Service is

Does Your Insurance Cover You for Remote Work?

Does Your Insurance Cover You for Remote Work?

Once upon a time, employers tended to view working from home as a boondoggle. Who knew what employees were up to if they weren’t working in the office? Then the Covid-19 pandemic hit, and those skeptical employers became believers: overnight, working from home became the only viable option to