All Business Continuity articles – Page 42
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Firms unprepared for effects of climate change
Perception that climate change does not pose a serious threat to business remains with many companies, finds Atradius
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Law firm expands business continuity
Optima Legal has partnered with SunGard for its disaster recovery and business continuity plan
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Power firms at risk of being underinsured: Marsh
Industry needs to re-evaluate the potential impact of the growing demand for power on their insurance programmes, warns broker
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Mayor must reveal flood plans: Aon
Without action Boris Johnson could be responsible for hikes in flood insurance premiums, says broker
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Challenges grow more sophisticated
Scenario planning can build capacity to adapt to large-scale political shocks
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T5 chaos tarnishes BA
British Airways’ new multi-billion pound terminal five opened amid chaos at the end of March, and the airline’s problems snowballed throughout April
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Piracy hot-spot shifts to Horn of Africa
Danish shipping companies have recently been the targets of a number of attacks in Somali waters, warns Willis
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Forecasters predict well above average US hurricane season
69% chance of a major hurricane hitting the US coastline this hurricane season, says CSU
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Survey raises concerns about disaster recovery plans
One quarter of UK companies do not have a disaster recovery plan in place
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Survey raises concerns about disaster recovery
More than a quarter of UK firms do not have a disaster recovery plan in place, finds PWC
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Firms over-optimistic about their approach to BCM
Many firms overrate their own level of BCM, finds survey
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Lloyd’s spells out need to understand unique and complex terrorism threat
Asian terrorism threat is unique, complex and specific to the region, says Lloyd's
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Breaking down the silos
Business continuity and risk management have both come from very different places, yet there are increasingly obvious similarities on how both disciplines are applied in practice, says Douglas Ure
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Catastrophe Risk
Disasters bulletin: 19 November 2007 – 7 March 2008
By Professor Bill McGuire of Benfield – UCL Hazard Research Centre
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Hardware failure biggest threat to UK businesses
Significant increase in flooding and denial of access situations, finds study
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Extension of Bluetongue protection zones
New case of disease requires protection zone to be extended into Wiltshire and further into Hampshire
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T5 chaos wrecks BA’s reputation
Garry Honey argues that Terminal 5's chaotic opening has seriously eroded trust in the BA brand. The impact, he says, wont be felt overnight
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Otsuka pays $4m penalty for off-label marketing
The drug company allegedly encouraged its sales force to market an atypical antipsychotic drug for off-label uses
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Back from the brink
After trashing the company that shared his name with a few choice words, Gerald Ratner now runs one of the UK’s most successfull online jewelry stores—it’s a lesson in reputation management