Business continuity
Henderson smells success after winning cheese maker deal
Henderson Insurance Brokers Teesside has won a contract handling cheese maker Wensleydale Creamery's insurance needs.
Indian power failure highlights supply chain exposures
The widespread power failures in northern India in July highlighted the potential exposure for businesses relying on offshore outsourcing to deliver key services to customers worldwide, according to Zurich.
Nearly 80% of Vietnamese SMEs lack disaster preparation
Despite their exposure, small to medium sized businesses in Vietnam are seriously under-prepared for the possibility of a natural disaster, a study by the Asia Foundation has found.
Firms still failing to focus on supply chain resiliency
Despite a number of wake-up calls from last year's catastrophe events, many organisations still lack complete visibility into their supply chains and remain vulnerable to the next disaster, according to a white paper published today by Marsh.
View from the top: Business continuity needed for SMEs
Only 39% of SMEs have business interruption cover in place.
AIR targets supply chain risk
AIR Worldwide has expanded its suite of catastrophe risk engineering solutions to quantify and mitigate the risk associated with the impact of catastrophes on supply chain networks.
Only 16% of companies have reviewed BCP for Olympics
The vast majority of financial services companies have assessed the impact the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games will have on their business, according to research from Deloitte.
Q&A Peter Solloway
Peter Solloway, business development manager for Continental Europe at FM Global, pictured, spoke to Stephanie Denton about the challenges facing the French insurance market including exposure to nat cats, supply chain issues and distribution challenges.
Direct Line in Germany implements new business continuity infrastructure
German insurer, Direct Line Versicherung AG, has implemented Datacore's business continuity and disaster recovery architecture.
Japanese quake and Thai floods create double BI blow
Insurers covering Japanese earthquake losses are facing unexpected increases in business interruption claims from manufacturers who moved production and sourcing of supplies to Thailand, according to law firm Reynolds Porter Chamberlain.
Arab Spring: A little bit of politics
The recent uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa have underlined the narrowness of terrorism policies — but have insureds woken up to the more comprehensive benefits of political violence cover?
Marsh warns businesses to face up to impact of climate change
“Robust risk mitigation strategies” to deal with climate change are required to protect businesses from major losses, according to Marsh.
Marsh warns businesses to face up to impact of climate change
“Robust risk mitigation strategies” to deal with climate change are required to protect businesses from major losses, according to Marsh.
Damage management - Surge: Surging ahead
Recent surge events have shown insurers are getting better at coping with large numbers of claims but there is still room for improvement. Sam Barrett finds out what could make a crucial difference the next time an extreme event occurs.
Crisis Survivor goes into liquidation
Risk management specialist Crisis Survivor has gone into liquidation, four years after its launch.
Lockton aims for “uninsurable” risks
Lockton is to launch enterprise disruption contingency insurance, designed to help companies cope with previously “uninsurable” risks.
FSA seeks more 'intrusive' resilience benchmarking
Brokers have backed publication of a consultation document by the Financial Services Authority, Bank of England and HM Treasury that considers options for a financial sector resilience benchmarking programme.
Broking focus - BCP: Business Continuity Plans for beginners
Brokers and claims practitioners differ in opinion over the usefulness of business continuity plans. Amy Ellis looks at how the market can be educated about the inherent benefits.
Biba progress
The British Insurers Brokers' Association has met with the cabinet office to discuss business resilience ahead of a formal consultation document to take place in March.
Vincent West to head business continuity at Aon in UK
Vincent West has joined Aon Risk Solutions’ global risk consulting team in the UK to head up, and build upon its business continuity practice.
Aviva offers BI advice to tech sector
Aviva has launched a free business continuity plan template for businesses in the technology sector.
Supply chain failure: new report
Supply chain failure is increasingly common according to a new survey from the Business Continuity Institute. The research from 35 countries shows that over 70% of organisations recorded at least one supply chain disruption in 2010.
Supply chain failure: new report
Supply chain failure is increasingly common according to a new survey from the Business Continuity Institute. The research from 35 countries shows that over 70% of organisations recorded at least one supply chain disruption in 2010.
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