Munich Re has released its 2017 catastrophe review, and disaster related insured losses for the year are the highest on record at $135 billion. The record losses are driven by the costliest hurricane season ever in the United States and widespread flooding in South Asia. Overall losses, including uninsured damage, came to $330 billion. The United States… Continue reading 2017 SETS RECORD FOR HIGHEST INSURED DISASTER LOSSES

(TNS) – The number of deaths associated with this year’s severe flu season has quadrupled in a week, according to the latest update from the county Health and Human Services Agency. An additional 34 deaths were added to the tally Wednesday, including a one-year-old boy, as influenza raged throughout the region in what experts say… Continue reading Flu kills 34 more People, Including a 1-Year-Old, in San Diego

Is your business part of the 48% that lack a BC plan and still regards itself as ready for trouble? If so, it might be time to start a BCM program. A recent study found that 48 percent of small businesses are operating without any type of business continuity plan, yet 95 percent of the… Continue reading Do the Right Thing: Start a BCM Program

As we all stride into the New Year with new goals, and business aspirations, many end customers will be doing the same. Business from small to large will invest further in the cloud, and those who’ve yet to make the move to cloud will likely look to make a change in 2018. Now’s the time… Continue reading New Year’s Resolution: Fine-Tune Your Cloud Strategy

(TNS) — NAPA, Calif. — The Sonoma ridgeline was a sunrise of flame as Sgt. Brandon Cutting led deputies up country roads to pound on doors, hollering “Sheriff’s Office!” Thirty minutes later, with Cutting huffing from exertion and choking in thick smoke, the evacuation of Redwood Hill was still playing out one door at a… Continue reading California Wildfires Highlighted the Failures of Emergency Notification System

Replacing the choice to opt-in with the choice to opt-out has proven to be one of the most successful policies to come out of applied behavioral economics. For example, in France citizens are automatically enrolled in the organ donor registry unless they choose to “opt-out.” Only 150,000 people, out of France’s approximately 66 million, have opted… Continue reading CLOSING THE FLOOD INSURANCE GAP

If you live on the East Coast, you’ve probably been bitterly complaining through shivers over the last week as cold has blasted the area. Now, meteorologists are forecasting another doozy of a week. First, winter storm Grayson will move its way up the east coast from Florida, where it’s already created snow in some places for the first time in 28 years according to The Weather Channel, to Maine. This will cause snow and ice fall. View image… Continue reading How Dangerous Is The Incoming ‘Bomb Cyclone’ Winter Storm Actually Going To Be?

PCI, HIPAA, SOX, GLBA. The alphabet soup of government regulations and compliance standards is enough to give any CIO a migraine. But just when you thought it was safe to come out of the regulatory waters, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is right around the corner. Haven’t heard of GDPR? You soon will—and you’d… Continue reading GDPR overview: Everything you need to know for compliance