Disaster recovery
Hurricane Katrina: 10 years on
A decade after Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, what lessons has the insurance industry learned –and how has the city recovered?
Disaster Response Forum 2015 – speaker: Scott Sayce
Scott heads up CNA Europe's technology and cyber risk business unit. He is responsible for developing and executing a strategy that supports profitable growth, and manages a team of 14 underwriters in seven countries across Europe.
Disaster Response Forum 2015 – workshop speaker: Dan Roberts
Daniel is Group Head of Risk for the First Central Group in Guernsey. He has over 30 years experience in Innovation, Internal Audit and Risk Management, Information Systems Audit, Information Technology, Consulting in E&E, Corporate Governance and XBRL.
Disaster Response Forum 2015 – speaker: Toni Meeking
Toni Meeking is a Commercial Claims Account manager at RSA and works closely with customers and brokers to understand what is important to them and their business to tailor our claims solutions to best suit them.
Disaster Response Forum 2015 – speaker: Owen Thomas
Owen Thomas is relationship director at RSA.
Disaster Response Forum 2015 – speaker: Jonathan Salter
Jonathan Salter is Director, Global Consulting at RSA and has over 16 years of experience in the insurance industry.
Disaster Response Forum 2015 – speaker: Jeff Hosking
Jeff Hosking head of major damage claims RSA.
Disaster Response Forum 2015 – speaker: Emma Dadson
Emma has spent the last ten years developing HDRS' Priority User Service, used by over 900 local authorities and businesses providing a dedicated, specialist response to document or book damage, thus minimising costs and disruption to business continuity.
Disaster Response Forum 2015 – speaker: Will Curtis
Will Curtis is Claims Risk Manager at Ecclesiastical, responsible for matters of compliance, audit and fraud in claims.
Disaster Response Forum 2015 – speaker: Mike Jones
Mike Jones is president of CILA
Disaster Response Forum 2015 – speaker: Martin Ashfield
Martin Ashfield is property and lifestyle claims director at Axa.
Disaster Response Forum 2015 – speaker: Marc Lehmann
Marc Lehmann is lead partner, strategic risk consulting, catastrophe risk management Willis Risk & Analytics.
Disaster Response Forum 2015 – speaker: Arun Padannakkot
Arun manages household claims for Allianz UK. He has 15 years of experience in the insurance industry, including P&C Insurance and Health Insurance.
Disaster Response Forum 2015 – speaker: Simon Lewis
Simon Lewis has been in post as head of emergency planning and response for the British Red Cross since 2010.
Disaster Response Forum 2015: As it happened
Couldn't make it to Post's Disaster: Risk and Response forum in London? Find out what went on with our blog.
Blog: A loss adjuster walks into a bar ... looking for a surge solution
Having a pint with a senior member of the loss adjusting fraternity recently, the thorny issue of surge response/management came up again.
Australia: Disaster averted?
Australian insurers facing possible requests from the government to help fund mitigation projects say it is not a cost they should bear and that any funding will eventually be paid for by policyholders.
Mining: Peace of mined
Fraught with danger, the mining industry has seen many safety improvements following high-profile disasters in recent years – but how has this impacted those insuring the sector?
Reinsurers urged to work with governments to improve disaster resilience
Rising losses in the wake of natural catastrophes is increasing economic instability in many developing and emerging economies, according to a report by Standard & Poor’s.
Zurich expands disaster recovery to all UK SME customers
Zurich has expanded its offering of disaster recovery services beyond the mid-market corporate sector to include all UK SME clients.
Bluefin partners with Prism for disaster recovery services
Bluefin Network has partnered with Prism Network to give its broker members access to the disaster recovery business' services.
Belfor Asia expands marketing team
Disaster recovery firm Belfor Asia has appointed Roger Fung as sales and marketing director and Stephen Williams as head of marketing communications.
Queensland to spend A$51m on disaster mitigation
Insurance Council of Australia welcomes Australian state's spending on disaster mitigation but criticises stamp duty policy.
Death toll at Turkish coal mine rises to 278
At least 278 people have been killed after an explosion at a coal mine in the Turkish town of Soma in the Western province of Manisa.