A cost-effective communications solution is now available through virtual phone services for small businesses, which combine the benefits of equipment-based PBX (private branch exchange) phone systems and VoIP (voice over Internet protocol) systems.

NU Assistant Managing Editor Caroline McDonald discusses results of yet another enterprise risk management survey and is somewhat dismayed by its findings.

Total insurance revenue for the nation's bank holding companies (BHCs), excluding MetLife, increased 7.2 percent last year, rising from $10.15 billion in 2007 to $10.88 billion, according to a study.

Allstate Corporation said today it won't participate in the government's Troubled Asset Relief Program, saying it already has adequate capital and cash on hand.