On September 29th, three teams from InterWest’s Roseville and Sacramento offices joined fellow Junior Achievement of Sacramento supporters at their 2nd annual PlayForeJA fundraising event at Topgolf in Roseville. Check out team PAR-TEE PEOPLE who are featured on JA’s Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/JuniorAchievementofSacramento/ The event raised nearly $80,000 to support Junior Achievement in their mission to…
On Friday, October 7th and Saturday, October 8th, two teams from InterWest Insurance joined hundreds of community volunteers to provide critical home repairs for hard-working homeowners in the Bryte/Broderick community. This is the first annual Rock the Block in West Sacramento which is the first year in a five year commitment to the community of…
Commercial property insurance rates remain stubbornly high in California for businesses with properties that are susceptible to wildfire risks. Coverage is relatively easy to find at reasonable prices in any of California’s larger cities, but in small cities and towns, it’s a different story. Business with facilities in any areas that abut woodlands and other…
As group health plan open enrollment looms for most companies, communicating your offerings to your staff is key to getting as many of them as possible to sign up for coverage. That requires a solid strategy aimed at helping your employees understand their choices and the financial implications of them. Most importantly, you want to…
A new survey has found that most small businesses greatly underestimate the recovery costs after a company is hit by a cyber attack, as well as the time it takes to recover. Nationwide Insurance’s “Agency Forward” survey found that 40% of small business owners estimate that a cyber attack would cost their organization less than…
InterWest’s Distinguished Employee: John Jones John is an incredible manager and teammate. With the ongoing projects, he is especially diligent about reaching out to check on the status to make sure his colleagues have the tools and resources needed. He’s always willing to lend a hand where needed or manning the phone for countless hours…
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought mental health to the forefront for many people, as they tried to cope with abrupt changes to their work and social lives, isolation, fear of getting sick and losing loved ones to the disease. Even now, as the pandemic ebbs, the mental health crisis has not. A recent National Safety…
I’m not sure what it is about safety that confuses leadership so thoroughly, but there are a few easily corrected mistakes that are costing business owners thousands of dollars in direct and indirect costs from workplace injuries and corresponding productions delays. These mistakes are rooted in management style and an overall approach to safety. Recent…
At InterWest, we receive a lot of feedback from our clients that one of the most important services we provide is our leadership framework for managing change. Leadership is a much-needed commodity in the best of times, but over these past couple of extremely difficult years, it has been the key to weathering the storm.…
Do you remember as a kid having fun playing pick-up basketball with your friends? It was all fun and games up until somebody on the court said, “Hey, first team to 5 wins!” And then what happened? It was like the whole world changed. It was a massive shift. It’s kind of like the difference…