Guest columnist Lynne Haggerman: "Begin preparing or revising policies to reflect the new paid sick leave benefit and contact legal counsel if questions arise."

Executive Editor Christine Temple sits down with industry executives.

A 2023 Harvard Business Review study suggests significant positive changes when employees take sabbaticals, including greater self-clarity and management confidence.

Newsmakers in the areas of architecture, arts, banking & finance, hospitality, insurance, nonprofit and utilities.

The Innovation & Growth publication explores business and community growth strategies, technology investments and regional assets needed to better compete for businesses and talent.

Mercy is on track to drop coverage by major insurer at start of 2025. 

Guest columnist Tristin Casper: "Partnering with an experienced insurance adviser can help construction companies navigate this new landscape. Ensuring that appropriate coverage is in place can provide essential protection as businesses incorporate advanced technologies into their operation."

An independent panel of judges selected Richard Ollis as the 2024 Legacy Adviser.

Guest columnist Hunter Johnson: "In this stabilizing environment, insureds will be underwritten more emphatically on their own merit, meaning that favorable rates and terms will be more attainable for high-quality risks that maintain positive loss results."

Springfield Business Journal’s 2024 Trusted Advisers event honors 10 businesspeople, including the Legacy Adviser, a pinnacle award for industry veterans.

Mercy announced Sept. 9 that it intends to end its contract with Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield within the state effective Jan. 1, 2025.

Negotiations continue, but in-network coverage is currently expected to end in 2025.

The Building a Region publication explores business issues fueling and impeding growth, corporate responsibility and government support needs.

On July 19, many Windows users woke up to cloudy skies – and blank, blue screens. That was the day of the CrowdStrike incident, in which a bug in the cybersecurity software known as CrowdStrike caused operating systems to crash.

An independent panel of judges has selected this year’s class of Most Influential Women. With the addition of this class, 500 women have received this award.

The Workforce Development publication explores themes such as payroll shifts, wages and benefits demand, labor shortage impacts and employee barriers impacting recruitment and retention.

Insurors of the Ozarks' Bryant Young: "Homeowners who have created a trust agreement as part of their estate plan should consult their attorney and their insurance agent to ensure no coverage issues arise."

SBJ interviews the HRIS manager at APlus Payroll Ltd.

Commercial property rates rose nationally in the second quarter – up 10.9% year over year, compared to 10.5% in the first quarter. That marked the largest renewal premium hike among several lines of insurance coverage tracked in a July report by Ivans Insurance Services, a unit of industry software provider Applied Systems Inc.